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The climate of Egypt makes it a very favourable country for astronomical observations and an ideal place for a large telescope. It is only recently, however, that the erection of such a telescope has become possible. Since 1905 planetary and stellar observations had been dependent upon a 30-inch, f/5 telescope presented to Helwan Observatory by Mr. Reynolds, a past treasurer of the Royal Astronomical Society in London. Valuable work was performed with this instrument, but the Egyptian astronomers realised that its capabilities were strictly limited.
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Samaha, A.H. (1967). Lunar Research at the Kottamia Observatory. In: Measure of the Moon. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3529-3_10
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