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Armagh Observatory, founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson, is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage that includes T. R. Robinson's cup-anemometer, Dreyer's NGC Catalogue, Lindsay's Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard telescope and the work of the Estonian astronomer E. J. Opik.

Armagh Observatory, founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson, is a modern astronomical research institute with a rich heritage that includes T. R. Robinson’s cup-anemometer, Dreyer’s NGC Catalogue, Lindsay’s Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard telescope and the work of the Estonian astronomer E. J. Öpik {see planet  (2099)}. (M 41937)