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An '''observer''' is one who engages in [[observation]] or in watching an experiment.

'''Observer''' may also refer to:

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==Fiction==
* [[Observer (novel)|''Observer'' (novel)]], a 2023 science fiction novel by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress
* [[Observer (video game)|''Observer'' (video game)]], a cyberpunk horror video game
* [[Observer (Mystery Science Theater 3000)|Observer (''Mystery Science Theater 3000'')]], a fictional television character
* Observers, [[Mythology of Fringe#Observers|beings in the television show ''Fringe'']]

==Music==
* "Observer", a song by Gary Numan on his album ''[[The Pleasure Principle (Gary Numan album)|The Pleasure Principle]]''
* "The Observer", a track from The Flaming Lips' 1999 album ''[[The Soft Bulletin]]''
* The Observers, an alternative name for reggae session band [[Soul Syndicate]]

==Publications==
* ''Observer'', online successor to ''[[The New York Observer]]''
* ''[[The Observer]]'', a UK Sunday newspaper & magazine
* [[The Observer (disambiguation)|''The Observer'' (disambiguation)]], multiple publications including newspapers, magazines & fiction
* ''The APS Observer'', a member magazine of the [[Association for Psychological Science]] (APS)

==Science and technology ==
* [[Observer (general relativity)]]
* [[Observer (quantum physics)]]
* [[Observer (special relativity)]]
* [[Observer (meteorological)]]
* [[Observer pattern]], a design pattern used in computer programming
* [[State observer]] in control theory, a system that models a real system in order to provide an estimate of its internal state

==Other uses==
* The Observer type in the [[Enneagram of Personality]] model
*[[Air observer]], an aircrew member whose duties are predominantly reconnaissance, commonly used in the World War I era
*[[Donald Alaster Macdonald]] (1859–1932), Australian journalist who wrote under the pseudonym 'Observer'

==See also==
* [[Observer effect (disambiguation)]]
* [[National Observer (disambiguation)]], a variety of publications
* [[The Observer (disambiguation)]]
* [[United Nations Military Observer]]
* {{in title}}

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