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The Cagliari Observatory (Italian: Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, or OAC) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (National Institute for Astrophysics, INAF). It is located 20 km away from Cagliari in Sardinia. It was founded in 1899 to study the Earth's rotation.

AlternativenamesOAC Edit this at Wikidata
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Coordinates39°16′55″N 9°07′53″E
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Cagliari Observatory
Alternative namesOAC Edit this at Wikidata
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LocationCagliari, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Coordinates39°16′55″N 9°07′53″E
Websitewww.oa-cagliari.inaf.it Edit this at Wikidata
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