£100,000 effort to save early Scottish observatory built by legendary astronomer
One of the first observatories to be built in Scotland by an astronomer who catalogued more than 7,000 stars could be lost forever - unless £100,000 can be raised to save it.
The Brisbane Observatory, in Largs, North Ayrshire, was built in 1808 by Sir Thomas Brisbane, an officer in the British Army.
Sir Thomas, born in 1773, was a keen star-gazer, and had studied astronomy and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.
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