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Xinglong Observatory, NAOC

Xinglong Station is an observatory situated south of the main peak of the Yan Mountains in , , province, . Installed are seven telescopes: a Mark-III photoelectric astrolabe; a 60 cm reflector; an 85 cm reflector; a 60/90 cm Schmidt telescope; a 1.26-meter infrared telescope; and a 2.16-meter telescope.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: observatory situated in the Yanshan Mountains
  • Also known as: “Xinglong Station”

Xinglong Observatory, NAOC

Latitude
40.39601° or 40° 23′ 46″ north
Longitude
117.57737° or 117° 34′ 39″ east
Operator
NAOC
Open location code
8PGV9HWG+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 867347801
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­research_institute
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­observatory
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q2037209
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Xinglong Observatory, NAOC” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة شينغلونغ”
  • Armenian: “Սինլուն դիտական կայան”
  • Armenian: “Քսիլոնգ կայան”
  • Chinese: “兴隆天文台”
  • Chinese: “国家天文台兴隆观测基地”
  • Chinese: “國家天文台興隆觀測基地”
  • Chinese: “興隆觀測基地”
  • Chinese: “興隆觀測站”
  • Dutch: “Xinglong Station”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة شينلاو”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Singlong”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio Xinglong”
  • French: “Observatoire de Xinglong”
  • French: “Xinglong Station”
  • German: “Xinglong Station”
  • Italian: “stazione osservativa di Xinglong”
  • Italian: “Stazione osservativa di Xinglong”
  • Japanese: “国家天文台興隆観測基地”
  • Japanese: “興隆観測基地”
  • Japanese: “興隆観測所”
  • Luxembourgish: “Xinglong Station”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xinglong Station”
  • Norwegian: “Xinglong-observatoriet”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه زینگلونگ”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Xinglong”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Xinglong”
  • Russian: “Xinglong Station”
  • Russian: “Наблюдательная станция Синлун”
  • Spanish: “Estacion Xinglong”
  • Spanish: “Estación Xinglong”
  • Swedish: “Xinglong-observatoriet”
  • Turkish: “Xinglong İstasyonu (NAOC)”
  • Turkish: “Xinglong İstasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Сінлунська спостережна станція”
  • Ukrainian: “станція Сінлун”

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