{"id":4995,"date":"2013-10-21T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T15:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4995"},"modified":"2013-10-21T15:01:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T15:01:02","slug":"new-astronomy-observatory-opens-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4995","title":{"rendered":"New astronomy observatory opens in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Ethiopian Space Science Society<\/a>\u00a0(ESSS) has opened a astronomical observatory in the\u00a0Entoto mountains<\/a>\u00a0near the capital Addis Ababa:\u00a0Ethiopia sets sights on stars with space programme – AFP\/Phys.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When visiting Ethiopia with my wife, who is from Addis, I wondered whether the high, dry mountains, especially in the northern area of the country, would be an attractive area to put telescopes the way the mountains of Chile have become a\u00a0popular site for observatories<\/a>. Hope this new observatory marks the start of rapid growth in astronomical activity in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Ethiopian Space Science Society\u00a0(ESSS) has opened a astronomical observatory in the\u00a0Entoto mountains\u00a0near the capital Addis Ababa:\u00a0Ethiopia sets sights on stars with space programme – AFP\/Phys.org. When visiting Ethiopia with my wife, who is from Addis, I wondered whether the high, dry mountains, especially in the northern area of the country, would be an attractive area … Continue reading New astronomy observatory opens in Ethiopia<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1iz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9565,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9565","url_meta":{"origin":4995,"position":0},"title":"UV telescope on China’s Chang’e 3 lander images a galaxy from the Moon","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As noted here \u00a0back in March (see\u00a0First images from the UV telescope on Chang\u2019e-3 lander), the\u00a0International Lunar Observatory Association\u00a0(ILOA) based in Hawaii is\u00a0collaborating with\u00a0the National Astronomical Observatories -Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and the\u00a0China National Space Administration (CNSA) in the use\u00a0of the\u00a0Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope\u00a0(LUT) on the Chang'e 3\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0that landed on\u00a0the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"m101GalaxyFromMoon1214[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/m101GalaxyFromMoon12141.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10886,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10886","url_meta":{"origin":4995,"position":1},"title":"Public Telescope: Private sector initiative aims to make a space observatory available for all","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Public Telescope\u00a0is a German private initiative\u00a0to develop, launch, and operate a space-based observatory that would be dedicated for the use of the general public, students, as well as professional astronomers. 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