UAE national observatory to be constructed soon

Sky gazing in the UAE to watch for meteor showers or study celestial bodies will “soon” be done high up in the mountains at the proposed UAE national observatory that will be well underway in the next 12 months, astronomers told Gulf News.

“The UAE National Astronomical Observatory and Telescope project has been approved and that has been done. We are now at the phase of putting the specification for the bidding process,” Hassan Al Hariri, CEO of the Dubai Astronomy Group, told Gulf News on the sidelines of the special viewing of the Perseid meteor shower at Zubair Camp in Sharjah on Monday night.

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UAE national observatory to be constructed soon