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nice observatory wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 description 2 history 3 directors and associated personalities 4 the great refracting telescope called the grande lunette 5 in popular culture 6 gallery 7 see also 8 references 9 external links toggle the table of contents nice observatory 29 languages العربية مصرى brezhoneg català deutsch ελληνικά español euskara فارسی français հայերեն italiano 日本語 қазақша lëtzebuergesch plattdüütsch nederlands norsk nynorsk norsk bokmål occitan polski português română русский türkçe українська اردو tiếng việt 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 43 43 39 n 7 17 57 e 43 72744 n 7 29907 e 43 72744 7 29907 nice observatory main dome from wikipedia the free encyclopedia astronomical observatory in nice france observatory nice observatory the nice observatory alternative names 020 ni named after city of nice organization observatory of the côte d azur observatory code 020 location mont gros nice alpes maritimes france coordinates 43 43 39 n 7 17 57 e 43 72744 n 7 29907 e 43 72744 7 29907 nice observatory main dome altitude 372 m 1 220 ft weather mediterranean climate established 1878 website www oca eu architect charles garnier telescopes grande lunette 77 cm refractor related media on commons edit on wikidata the nice observatory french observatoire de nice is an astronomical observatory located in nice france on the summit of mount gros the observatory was founded in 1879 by the banker raphaël bischoffsheim the architect was charles garnier and gustave eiffel designed the main dome in 1886 the largest refracting i e with an objective lens rather than a mirror telescope in the world made its debut at nice observatory the grand lunette 1 description edit the 77 cm 30 in refractor telescope 2 made by henry and gautier became operational around 1886 1887 2 3 was the largest in a privately funded observatory and the first at such high altitude 325 m or 1 066 ft above sea level it was slightly bigger in aperture several metres longer and located at a higher altitude than the new 1885 76 cm 30 in at pulkovo observatory in the russian empire and the 68 cm 27 in at vienna observatory completed early 1880s 2 in the records for the largest refracting telescopes all three were outperformed by the 91 cm 36 in refractor installed at the lick observatory at 1 283 m altitude in 1889 history edit the first studies for the construction of the observatory began in 1878 raphaël bischoffsheim a banker passionate about science and astronomy purchased the summit of mont gros to establish an observatory he enlisted his friend charles garnier to lead the architectural project garnier drawing on his background in botany designed a beautiful landscaped environment the site consists of 18 pavilions 13 of which were designed by charles garnier among the buildings are the large equatorial the small equatorial housing a 50 cm diameter equatorial instrument that enabled astronomer auguste charlois to discover 140 minor planets the bent equatorial the large meridian with its two sloped zenith opening roofs and the central pavilion housing a library and researchers offices all of these buildings are nestled among the botanical paths of the garden and an olive grove with 250 trees purchased by garnier in 1986 the nice observatory merged with the center for research in geodynamics and astrometry cerga to form the observatory of the alpes maritimes which became the observatory of the côte d azur in 1988 4 since 1988 the observatory site has been listed in the znieff natural zone of ecological faunistic and floristic interest inventory of the provence alpes côte d azur region the entire site is part of the znieff titled mont gros eze tête de chien which spans ten municipalities and covers an area of 2 907 hectares on july 6 1992 the site was partially classified as a historic monument and on october 24 1994 the buildings were fully classified including the various telescopes on march 1 2001 the observatory received the 20th century heritage label 5 directors and associated personalities edit the observatory has had the following directors henri perrotin 1880 1904 6 general j a l bassot 1904 1917 7 gaston fayet 1917 1962 7 8 jean claude pecker 1962 1969 9 philippe delache 1969 1972 10 jean paul zahn 1972 1975 philippe delache 1975 10 jean paul zahn 1975 1981 raymond michard 1981 1989 philippe delache 1989 1994 10 josé pacheco 1994 1999 jacques colin 1999 2009 farrokh vakili 2009 2015 thierry lanz 2015 2021 stéphane mazevet since 2021 the following notable figures are also associated with its history auguste charlois paul couteau jean louis heudier joanny philippe lagrula marguerite laugier guy reiss alexandre schaumasse henri chrétien michel hénon françois mignard alessandro morbidelli patrick michel the great refracting telescope called the grande lunette edit the main instrument of the nice observatory is the refracting telescope housed in the grand equatorial it is 18 meters long with a 76 cm diameter lens it became operational for the first time in 1888 and was at the time the largest refracting telescope in the world it was later surpassed by the telescope at the lick observatory which has a 91 cm diameter lens in popular culture edit the nice observatory was featured in the 1999 film simon sez it was also the setting for the title scene in the 2014 woody allen flick magic in the moonlight on may 7 2021 french artist french79 recorded a concert there which was broadcast on arte concert 11 in 2018 the exteriors in front of the great dome and the grand meridian served as the backdrop for angèle s music video la thune 12 in 2022 the band hyphen hyphen originally from nice filmed the music video for too young at the observatory 13 gallery edit the 77 centimetre 30 in refractor at nice observatory when built the world s largest longest and highest refracting telescope 2 the bischoffsheim cupola see also edit list of largest optical refracting telescopes list of largest optical reflecting telescopes list of astronomical observatories references edit 1914obs 37 245h page 248 articles adsabs harvard edu retrieved 2019 10 05 1 2 3 4 the observatory large telescopes page 248 british university observatories 1772 1939 by roger hutchins page 252 histoire www oca eu retrieved 2024 10 17 observatoire d astronomie du montgros également sur commune de la trinité archive wikiwix com retrieved 2024 10 17 the observatory vol 25 editors of the observatory 1904 pp 171 176 1 2 popular astronomy vol 25 goodsell observatory of carleton college 1917 pp 411 480 case newsletter cooperation on archives of science in europe university of bath april 2001 archived from the original on 7 february 2007 retrieved 23 july 2010 jean claude pecker jayant vishnu narlikar eds 2006 current issues in cosmology cambridge university press p i isbn 978 0 521 85898 4 retrieved 23 july 2010 1 2 3 bonnet r m 1996 janine provost francois xavier schmider ed the scientific achievements of ph delache sounding solar and stellar interiors 181 dordrecht kluwer academic publishers 222 bibcode 1997iaus 181 221b isbn 0792348389 cite journal cs1 maint periodical has isbn link youtube www youtube com 26 may 2021 retrieved 2024 10 17 angèle 2018 06 19 angèle la thune clip officiel retrieved 2024 10 17 via youtube hyphen hyphen 2022 07 06 hyphen hyphen too young official video retrieved 2024 10 17 via youtube external links edit monographie de l observatoire de nice by charles garnier portals france astronomy stars spaceflight outer space solar system education science authority control databases international isni viaf national united states greece israel geographic mérimée 2 structurae other idref yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title nice_observatory oldid 1364208370 categories astronomical observatories in france buildings and structures in nice second empire architecture great refractors charles garnier buildings hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata pages using gadget wikiminiatlas short description matches wikidata coordinates on wikidata pages using infobox mapframe without shape links in wikidata articles with infoboxes completely from wikidata articles containing french language text cs1 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