7 world-famous astronomical stations

Astronomical stations play an important role in developing human knowledge of the universe. Many stations are famous for high-tech equipment, while there are still observations through refracting telescopes.

List of important astronomical stations in the journey to explore the human universe

1. Einstein Tower

Among the buildings named after the great German physicist, Einsteinturm or the Einstein tower is perhaps the most impressive.The building is located between Alfred Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany.The Einstein Tower was completed in 1921, the work of architect Erich Mendelsohn.The tower holds a special solar telescope built by astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich to prove Einstein's theory of relativity.(Photo: AIP.)

2. Fabra astronomical station

Located in a modern palace, the Fabra astronomical station or Observatori Fabra is under the administration of the Spanish Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.Located on the top of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona at a height of over 400 meters, Fabra has been a meteorological, seismic and astronomical research site since 1904. (Photo: Doc Searls / flickr.)

3. Griffith Astronomical Station

Located in the same name park in Los Angeles, USA, the Griffith Astronomical Observatory is home to many cosmic models and telescopes, including a 20 cm refractometer telescope Zeiss.The building is built at 345 m above sea level.(Photo: Shutterstock.)

4. Kitt Peak Astronomical Station

The world's largest astronomical equipment belongs to the Kitt Peak astronomical station in the Sonoran desert in Arizona, USA.Kitt Peak is home to more than 20 telescopes, including the world's largest solar telescope McMath-Pierce.(Photo: Waqas Bhatti / flickr.)

5. Palomar astronomical station

Palomar is an astronomical station located north of San Diego County in the state of California, USA, often dubbed the "church of astronomy."Founded in 1928, Palomar astronomical station kept "The giant eye", a telescope with an aperture of more than 500 cm, held the largest telescope on the planet for decades.(Photo: Jack Miller / flickr.)

6. Parkes astronomical station

Australia's Parkes astronomical station is famous for its 64-meter mobile radio telescope, which receives live images from the Moon landing of the Apollo 11 spacecraft in 1969. (Photo: Amanda Slater / flickr.)

7. Pic du Midi astronomical station

Located at an altitude of nearly 2,900 m above the Pyrenee mountain range in France, the Pic du Midi astronomical station is also the highest museum in Europe.It used to be used by scientists to study the surface of the Moon before the landing of the Apollo spacecraft.(Photo: Wikimedia Commons.)