Bordeaux Observatory

Bordeaux Observatory

The Bordeaux Observatory in 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. When in closed down in 1925 it had taken over 1260 plates (photographs). [ [http://www1.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/astrocat/acs/node46.html The Bordeaux Observatory ] ]

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