Russian Observatory in N.Z.?
Kx pressing Ihe hope, that after the war some of the ground lost during it would be recovered and that astronomy in New Zealand, which; with the opening of the Garter Observatory shortly after the outbreak of war promised a new period of expansion would continue to ad--1 5 t vanee, Southern the journal of the New Zealand Astronomical Society says: "Advice has recently been received from overseas that the Russian Government is already planning a huge programme of rebuilding destroyed observatories in the. Union, and of establishing very large institutions in other parts of the world. Tentative plans drawn up mention many powerful instruments, including a 120 in reflector, one of which telescopes will be located in the southern hemisphere. The society has already taken action to approach the New Zealand Government with a suggestion that suitable sites in New Zealand be offered to the Russian Government for the establishment of one of these large observatories. It isto be 1 hoped that we will see in the not tocl lar distant future these proposals become an actuality."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 34, 19 December 1944, Page 2
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182Russian Observatory in N.Z.? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 34, 19 December 1944, Page 2
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