# Bosscha

*Observatory*

Bosscha Observatory, Lembang

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Where it is | 6.8200° S, 107.6200° E |
| State | ID |
| What is done there | optical observatory |
| Still working | yes |

Test ranges, observatories and ground stations are a hand-picked list kept in this project rather than a published catalogue: no catalogue answers which of the world's thousands of observing sites belong on a map of it. The article below is what lets the choice be argued with.

## What it is

Bosscha Observatory is the oldest modern observatory in Indonesia, and one of the oldest in Asia. The observatory is located in Lembang, West Bandung Regency, West Java, approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north of Bandung.

## Elsewhere

- This place on the live map: https://www.orbitalmap.space/?at=-6.82,107.62
- The article this row is vouched by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosscha_Observatory
- Every object: https://www.orbitalmap.space/o/
- What this site is and what it reads: https://www.orbitalmap.space/llms.txt

## Where this came from

Compiled 2026-09-17. Selected by hand for this project. Description from Wikipedia (en). Description: CC BY-SA 4.0.