Manila Observatory

Manila Observatory
OrganizationAteneo de Manila University
LocationQuezon City, Philippines
Coordinates14°38′12″N 121°04′36″E / 14.63667°N 121.07667°E / 14.63667; 121.07667
Established1865 (1865)
Websitewww.observatory.ph
Manila Observatory is located in Philippines
Manila Observatory
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The Manila Observatory is a non-profit research institute housed on the campus of the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines. It was founded by the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits, in 1865 as the Observatorio Meteorológico del Ateneo Municipal de Manila. It was later renamed Observatorio Meteorológico de Manila. It has done weather forecasting and earthquake research and today researches seismic and geomagnetic phenomena as well as radio and solar physics.