Valongo Observatory

Organization	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Location	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°54′S43°11′W / 22.9°S 43.19°W /-22.9; -43.19
Altitude	14 m (46 ft)
Website	www.ov.ufrj.br
Telescopes
Cooke 0.42 meter Cooke & Sons refractor Coudé 0.3 meter Zeiss Coudé reflector Pazos 0.2 meter refractor
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TheValongo Observatory (Observatório do Valongo) is theastronomicalobservatory of theUFRJ. It is located on the top of the Conceição Hill, an old settlement in the downtown ofRio de Janeiro dating from the first centuries of the colonization of the city. The observatory hosts the Astronomy Undergraduation Course and the Astronomy Graduate School of this university.

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