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====Highest astronomical observatories====
{{main|List of highest astronomical observatories}}
Since the mid-20th century, a number of astronomical observatories have been constructed at very [[high altitude]]s, above {{convert|4000|–|5000|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The largest and most notable of these is the [[Mauna Kea Observatory]], located near the summit of a {{convert|4205|m|ft|abbr=on}} volcano in Hawaiʻi. The [[Chacaltaya#Observatory|Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory]] in Bolivia, at {{convert|5230|m|ft|abbr=on}}, was the world's highest permanent astronomical observatory<ref name="ASR2009">{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.asr.2008.10.039|last=Zanini|first=A.|author2=Storini, M.|author3=Saavedra, O.|date=2009|title=Cosmic rays at High Mountain Observatories|journal=Advances in Space Research|volume=44|issue=10|pages=1160–1165|bibcode=2009AdSpR..44.1160Z}}</ref> from the time of its construction during the 1940s until 2009. It has now been surpassed by the new [[University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory]],<ref name="TAO">{{cite web|url=http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/press/press-2009-15en.html|title=The 1m telescope at the Atacama Observatory has Started Scientific Operation, detecting the Hydrogen Emission Line from the Galactic Center in the Infrared Light|last=Yoshii|first=Yuzuru|display-authors=etal|date=August 11, 2009|work=Press Release|publisher=School of Science, the University of Tokyo|access-date=21 December 2009|archive-date=28 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528115920/http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/press/press-2009-15en.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> an optical-infrared telescope on a remote {{convert|5640|m|ft|abbr=on}} mountaintop in the [[Atacama Desert]] of Chile.

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| image2            = Chichen Itza Observatory 2 1.jpg
| image3            = Maragheh observatory 2.JPG
| image4            = Jantar Mantar at Jaipur.jpg
| image5            = Tartu asv2022-04 img06 Old Observatory.jpg
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| caption1          = Ancient Indian observatory at Delhi
| caption2          = "El Caracol" observatory temple at [[Chichen Itza]], Mexico
| caption3          = Remains of the [[Maragheh observatory]] (under dome) at [[Maragheh]], Iran
| caption4          = [[Jantar Mantar (Jaipur)|Jantar Mantar]] in [[Jaipur]], India
| caption5          = The Estonian [[Tartu Observatory]] starting point of the [[Struve Geodetic Arc]]<ref>Taavi Tuvikene, [http://www.obs.ee/index_eng.html Tartu Old Observatory], 18 February 2009</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140611231732/http://www.to.ee/eng Tartu Observatory – Official website (English version)]</ref>
| caption6          = 19th century Observatory [[Sydney]], Australia (1872)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030602155203/http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/ Official Web Site] of the [[Sydney Observatory]]</ref>
| caption7          = Ecuador's 1873-[[Quito Astronomical Observatory]] near the [[Equator]]<ref name="astroguyz.com">{{Cite web |url=http://astroguyz.com/2009/12/09/the-oldest-observatory-in-south-america/ |title=One of the Oldest Observatories in South America is the Quito Astronomical Observatory |access-date=2015-01-05 |archive-date=2012-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118055218/http://astroguyz.com/2009/12/09/the-oldest-observatory-in-south-america/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://oaq.epn.edu.ec/ Official website of the Quito Astronomical Observatory]</ref>
| caption8          = The 1962-built Solar observatory on [[Lomnický štít|Lomnický peak]] in Slovakia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-29059374 |title=Slovakia's High Tatras mountains are seen from the solar observatory station on the Lomnicky Stit peak|publisher=[[BBC]]|date= 5 September 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://thestarphoenix.com/news/Photos+World+Photos+Sept/10174778/story.html A long time exposed picture taken by night shows Slovakia's High Tatras mountains seen from the Solar observatory station on the Lomnicky Stit peak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016031205/http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Photos+World+Photos+Sept/10174778/story.html |date=2017-10-16 }} 4 September 2014.</ref>
| caption9          = A modern observatory in [[Tehran]]'s [[Ab-o-Atash Park]], Iran
| image10           = Griffith observatory 2006.jpg
| caption10         = [[Griffith Observatory]] in September 2006 in [[Los Angeles, California]]
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