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Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
High on the Königstuhl hill, this state observatory was inaugurated in 1898. Under Max Wolf its astronomers pioneered photographic sky surveys and discovered hundreds of asteroids, including the Trojan Achilles in 1906. It joined Heidelberg University's astronomy centre in 2005.
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Location
Coordinates: 49.3986, 8.7208