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| Organization | Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy | ||||||
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| Observatory code | 152  | ||||||
| Location | Kulionys,Lithuania | ||||||
| Coordinates | 55°18′57.5″N25°33′48″E / 55.315972°N 25.56333°E /55.315972; 25.56333 | ||||||
| Altitude | 200 meters (656 feet) | ||||||
| Established | 1969 | ||||||
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TheMolėtai Astronomical Observatory (MAO;Molėtų astronomijos observatorija in Lithuanian) is anastronomicalobservatory owned and operated byVilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. It is located on the Kaldiniai Hill next toKulionys,Lithuania, 10 km from the town ofMolėtai.
Theold astronomical observatory ofVilnius University, opened in 1753, and the new University observatory nearVingis Park, built in 1921, gradually appeared inside the city of Vilnius where conditions turned out to be unsatisfactory for astronomical observations. In 1969, a new observatory was started[1] in the Molėtai district, about 70 km north of Vilnius. It is built on the Kaldiniai Hill just near the small village of Kulionys, about 10 km from the town of Molėtai. In the fall of 1969, the first 25 cm diameter telescope of the Molėtai Astronomical Observatory (MAO) was mounted. Later on, it was placed to the 35/51 cm Maksutov telescope. In 1974 and 1991, the reflecting telescopes of 63 cm and 165 cm diameters were put into operation.
MAO currently has three research telescopes:
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