Bordeaux Observatory
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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] Bordeaux Observatory is home to a large collection of instruments and archives from well over a century of astronomical activities.[3] Until the 2016 it was actively used until the institution moved to a new location at the University.[4] In the French language the name is Observatoire de Bordeaux.[5]
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Observatory code | 999 |
Location | Floirac, canton of Floirac, arrondissement of Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Metropolitan France, France |
Coordinates | 44°50′06″N 0°31′34″W |
Established | 1877 |
Closed | 2016 |
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