Argentine National Observatory |Astronomical Observatory of
Córdoba| |Organization||National University of Córdoba|
|Location||Córdoba Province, Argentina| Observatorio Astronómico
de Córdoba The Argentine National Observatory, today the
Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba, was founded on 24 October
1871, by Argentine president Domingo F. Sarmiento and the North
American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Its creation is the
beginning of astronomical studies in Argentina. When the
president Domingo F. Sarmiento was representing his country in
the United States, He had the opportunity to meet the pioneering
astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould, who was very interested in
travel to Argentina in order to study the stellar south
hemisphere. Once Sarmiento was already installed as president of
Argentina, he invited the eminent scientist to travel to
Argentina in 1869, to provide his full support to organize an
observatory. Gould arrived in Buenos Aires in 1870. The same
night of the inauguration of the Astronomical O