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Stockholm's (old) Observatory, part 2.More photos of the surroundings to the observatory and one more history lessons from Nippe. 
From the hill the view is fantastic over the city. There is not another observatory down there in the dome, it's Stockholm's Business School. When walking on the streets around the observatory you can read the name of the blocks, they have names connected to astronomy: Star falls, Planets, Binocular, Vega street. 
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StockholmskällanKonstnär: Moine, Erik Wilhelm, 1780-1859 A drawing by Moine of Stockholm's old Observatorium, created maybe between the years 1830-1939 according to the original information about the drawing. In front of us, where todays street Sveavägen are. 
To the left is the library, that building also have a look of an observatory with its dome. Nippe has more to tell about the history of astronomy: When we are still talking about history and astronomy, I can not help but mention the moon's impact on man. Throughout history, the moon, planets and constellations have ruled human life. The moon has both fascinated and frightened. Something that may not be as well known is that it controls the weather. The Saros cycle is the cycle controlled by the moon's orbit as it passes the Earth's orbit. At about 18-year intervals, the lunar orbit returns to the same place and eclipses and the phases of the moon are repeated. Until 1869, it was stated in the almanac that the Academy of Sciences published that the weather was controlled by the moon in such a way that the same weather returned at intervals of about 18 years, ie a Saro cycle. All according to folklorist Jan Öivind Swan in his winter program on Swedish Radio P1 a few years ago. More to read about Saros cycle at Wikipedia:
Earlier it was a museum in the old observatory building which I have visited. One thing I remember from that visit was that they have temperature records from hundred of years. More to read about Stockholm Observatory at Wikipedia:
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In early 1930s the astronomers left this place and moved out to the new observatory at Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm "new" Observatory. You can read more about Saltsjöbaden's Observatory here. 
The library at Odenplan, placed at North of the observatory. More to read about Stockholm Public library at Wikipedia:
If you find the Swedish history about observatories interesting there is a copy of the book De Astronomiska Observatorierna i Sverige (Swedish). Written by the astronomer Östen Bergstrand, born 1873:
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