 Facade of the main building | |
| Observatory code | 004 |
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| Location | Toulouse, France |
| Coordinates | 43°36′44″N 1°27′46″E / 43.61233°N 1.46278°E |
| Established | 1733, 1841, 1981 |
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The Toulouse Observatory (French: Observatoire de Toulouse) 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.[citation needed]
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[2]
In the 1990s the observatory worked on MEGACAM with several other institutions.[3]
- ^ MSN Encarta "Toulouse" Archived 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine "Toulouse," Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2008 http://encarta.msn.com©1997–2008 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Archived 1999-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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. 184 (1–2): L7–L9. Bibcode:1987A&A...184L...7S. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ "MEGACAM: A Status Report Derrick Salmon, CFHT". Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-03-01.