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observatory

noun as in watchtower

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Lenormand managed to jump publicly from an observatory and survive.

The instrument is attached to the Anglo-Australian Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory, northwest of Sydney, Australia.

Because GRBs are so rare, the best way to look for them is with an automated observatory.

I visited the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico two years ago, where the telescope taking data for BOSS is located.

Nearly 700 people have been killed in the fighting in recent days, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Captain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.

Sometimes the Time Observatory would pinpoint an age and hover over it while his companions took painstaking historical notes.

The iris of the human eye dilates and contracts with every shift of illumination, and the Time Observatory had an iris too.

He remained on his feet just long enough to see his Time Observatory dim and vanish.

Ascending into the Time Observatory a thought came unbidden into his mind: Others he saved, himself he could not save.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to observatory, such as: lookout, tower, and catbird seat.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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