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Rejuvenation of an ancient observatory in southern India

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A change in policy that has allowed the public to use the Thiruvananthapuram Astronomical Observatory has brought about a consistent increase in visitors that is being spurred on by recent celestial events, such as the appearance of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).

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Fig. 1: First-light images from the Schmidt–Cassegrain telescopes at Thiruvananthapuram Astronomical Observatory.
Fig. 2: Footfall in the observatory.

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I thank the University of Kerala for facilitating the study.

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Jayakrishnan, R. Rejuvenation of an ancient observatory in southern India. Nat Astron 7, 506–508 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-01956-4

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