Telescope1 Name: | Cooke |
Telescope1 Type: | 0.42 meter Cooke & Sons refractor |
Telescope2 Name: | Coudé |
Telescope2 Type: | 0.3 meter Zeiss Coudé reflector |
Telescope3 Name: | Pazos |
Telescope3 Type: | 0.2 meter refractor |
The Valongo Observatory (Observatório do Valongo) is the astronomical observatory of the UFRJ. It is located on the top of the Conceição Hill, an old settlement in the downtown of Rio de Janeiro dating from the first centuries of the colonization of the city. The observatory hosts the Astronomy Undergraduation Course and the Astronomy Graduate School of this university.