Royal Observatory

Royal Observatory may refer to:

  • The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (formerly the Royal Greenwich Observatory)
  • The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
  • Before 1997, Hong Kong Observatory
  • The Royal Observatory of Belgium, Uccle
  • Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Famous quotes containing the words royal and/or observatory:

    “High on a throne of royal state, which far
    Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
    Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
    Show’rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
    Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
    To that bad eminence; and, from despair
    Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
    Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
    Vain war with Heav’n, and by success untaught,
    His proud imaginations”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)

    “Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)