Bosscha Observatory is one of the observation of the oldest stars in the Indonesia. Bosscha Observatory located in Lembang, West Java, about 15 km in the northern city of Bandung with geographic coordinates 107 ° 36 'east longitude and 6 ° 49' south latitude. This place stands on the land area of 6 hectares, and located at an altitude of 1310 meters above sea level or at an altitude of 630 m from the plateau of Bandung. Code of the International Astronomical Union observatory to observatory Bosscha is 299.
history
Bosscha Observatory (formerly called Bosscha Sterrenwacht) built by Sterrenkundige Nederlandsch-Indische Vereeniging (NISV) or the Association of the Dutch East Indies star. At the first meeting NISV, it was decided to build an observatory in Indonesia to promote Astronomy in the Dutch East Indies. And in that meeting, Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha, a landlord in Malabar tea plantation, would be a major funder and promised to provide assistance purchasing telescopes. In recognition of his services K.A.R. Bosscha in the construction of this observatory, hence the name Bosscha immortalized as the name of this observatory.
Construction of the observatory itself spent less than 5 years since 1923 until 1928.
The first international publication Bosscha Observatory carried out in 1933. But then the observation is to be discontinued due to World War II. After the war, carried out major renovation at the observatory because of the ravages of war until the end of the observatory can operate normally again.
Then on October 17, 1951, this observatory NISV handed to the government of Indonesia. After the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) was established in 1959, Bosscha Observatory became part of the ITB. And since then, Bosscha functioned as research institutes and Astronomy formal education in Indonesia.
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