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- ↑ "Vejen til nye netværk! Foreninger og netværk i Danmark". Netvaerksportalen.dk. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ↑ "København og Aarhus". Astronomisk.dk. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ↑ "Dr. N.P. Wieth-Knudsen Observatoriet". Astronomisk.dk. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
- ↑ "Foreningen". Astronomisk.dk. Retrieved 2013-02-12.
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