Rejuvenation of an ancient observatory in southern India
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A change in policy that has allowed the public to use Thiruvananthapuram Astronomical Observatory brought about a consistent increase visitors is being spurred on by recent celestial events, such as appearance of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Astronomy
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2397-3366']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01956-4