Ole Rømer

Ole Christensen Rømer (September 25, 1644, Aarhus – September 19, 1710, Copenhagen) was a Danish astronomer who made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light (1676).

The Ole Rømer Museum

The Ole Rømer Museum is located in the municipality of Høje-Taastrup, Denmark, at the excavated site of Rømer's observatory at Vridsløsemagle. The observatory operated until about 1716 when the remaining instruments were moved to the Rundetårn in Copenhagen. There is a large collection of ancient and more recent astronomical instruments on display at the museum.

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Høje-Taastrup - Denmark

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Since 2002 this exhibition is a part of the museum Kroppedal at the same location.

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2002 - Kroppedal

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