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Toulouse Observatory Location Toulouse, France CoordinatesEstablished 1733, 1841, 1981 The Observatoire de Toulouse (Toulouse Observatory) is located in Toulouse, France and was established in 1733. [1]
It was founded by l'Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse ("Academy of Science, Inscriptions and the Humanities of Toulouse"). It was moved 1841 and again in 1981. [2]
In 1987, Genevieve Soucail of the Toulouse Observatory and her collaborators presented data of a blue ring-like structure in Abell 370 and proposed a gravitational lensing interpretation[3]
In the 1990s the observatory worked on MEGACAM with several other institutions.[4]
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Directors
Félix Tisserand was a famous director from 1873 to 1878. He published Recueil d'exercices sur le calcul infinitesimal as well as making several expeditions, including a 1874 trip to Japan. Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin was Tisserand's assistant astronomer, and they both went to the Paris Observatory in 1878. Tisserand was succeeded by Benjamin Baillaud.
Director Life span Years of directorship Frédéric Petit 1810–1865 1838–1865 Théodore Despeyrous 1815–1883 1865–1866 Pierre Daguin 1814–1884 1866–1870 Félix Tisserand 1845–1896 1873–1878 Benjamin Baillaud 1848–1934 1878–1907 Eugène Cosserat 1866–1931 1908–1931 Emile Paloque 1891–1982 1931–1960 Roger Bouigues 1920– 1961–1971 Jean Rösch 1915–1999 1971–1981 Telescopes
The observatory has used many telescopes over its lifetime. For example, a 83 cm aperture refractor telescope was installed in 1875.
See also
- List of observatories
- Pic du Midi Observatory
References
- ^ MSN Encarta "Toulouse" "Toulouse," Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2008 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997–2008 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
- ^ Observatory_of_Toulouse speedylook.com
- ^ Soucail, G.; Mellier, Y.; Fort, B.; Mathez, G.; Hammer, F. (October 1987). "Further data on the blue ring-like structure in A 370". Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361) 184 (1-2): L7–L9. Bibcode 1987A&A...184L...7S.
- ^ MEGACAM: A Status Report Derrick Salmon, CFHT
External links
Further reading
- Levy, Jacques R. (1970–80). "Bigourdan, Camille Guillaume". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0684101149.
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