File:Beijing Ancient Observatory 20090715-11.jpg

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Exhibition description: Armillary Sphere

Made in 1439 for the purpose of determining coordinates of celestial bodies, it was originally kept in Beijing and was moved to the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing in 1933.
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Camera location39° 54′ 22″ N, 116° 25′ 39.8″ E  Heading=135° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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