Observatory

Noun

 * 1) A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope.

Thesaurus
Cassegrainian telescope, Newtonian telescope, OAO, OSO, Texas tower, astronomical observatory, astronomical telescope, beacon, belvedere, bleachers, bridge, coelostat, conning tower, coronagraph, coronograph, gallery, gazebo, grandstand, heliostat, lighthouse, lookout, loophole, observation post, orrery, outlook, overlook, peanut gallery, peephole, pharos, planetarium, radar telescope, radio observatory, radio telescope, reflector, refractor, ringside, ringside seat, sighthole, spectrograph, spectroheliograph, spectrohelioscope, spectroscope, telescope, top gallery, tower, watchtower

Etymology
From the participle stem of observare:.

Translations

 * Bosnian: zvjezdara, zvjezdarnica
 * Chinese: 瞭望台
 * Croatian: zvjezdara, zvjezdarnica
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: observatorium
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: observatorio, havaintoasema
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מצפה (Mitz'pe)
 * Hungarian: obszervatórium


 * Italian:
 * Latin: observatorium
 * Polish: obserwatorium
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: observator (astronomic)
 * Russian: обсерватория
 * Scottish Gaelic: amharc-lann
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: звездара, звездарница
 * Roman: zvezdara, zvezdarnica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: observatorium