Bordeaux Observatory

Bordeaux Observatory
The dome of the "Grand équatorial" at Brodeaux Observatory, 2006
Observatory code 999 Edit this on Wikidata
Location Floirac, France Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates 44°50′06″N 0°31′34″W / 44.8349°N 0.526°W / 44.8349; -0.526Coordinates: 44°50′06″N 0°31′34″W / 44.8349°N 0.526°W / 44.8349; -0.526
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The Bordeaux Observatory is an astronomical observatory affiliated with the University of Bordeaux. Built in Floirac, France in 1893 its lenses were focused between +11 and +17 degrees declination. Until 1970 it had taken over 4,000 photographic plates.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ The Bordeaux Observatory Archived 2007-11-23 at the Canadian Government Web Archive
  2. ↑ "Les Collections Patrimoniales de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Bordeaux". Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved October 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


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