The equatorial mount was designed at Tokyo Imperial University and completed in 1921. The telescope inside the dome is made by Carl Zeiss. It had been used for sunspot observations since 1938 and had been in use for 61 years. #Mitaka #AstronomyHistory #RetroArchitecture #Japan #国立天文台 #レトロ建築 #近代建築

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