Toulouse Observatory
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The Observatoire de Toulouse (Toulouse Observatory) is located in Toulouse
, France
and was established in 1733.
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.
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
In the 1990s the observatory worked on MEGACAM
with several other institutions.
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
.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and was established in 1733.
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.
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
In the 1990s the observatory worked on MEGACAM
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with several other institutions.
Directors
Félix TisserandFélix Tisserand
François Félix Tisserand was a French astronomer.Tisserand was born at Nuits-Saint-Georges, Côte-d'Or. In 1863 he entered the École Normale Supérieure, and on leaving he went for a month as professor at the lycée at Metz. Urbain Le Verrier offered him a post in the Paris Observatory, which he...
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
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin was a French astronomer. Some sources give his middle name as Athanase....
was Tisserand's assistant astronomer, and they both went to the Paris Observatory
Paris Observatory
The Paris Observatory is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centres in the world...
in 1878. Tisserand was succeeded by Benjamin Baillaud
Benjamin Baillaud
Édouard Benjamin Baillaud was a French astronomer.-Biography:Born in Chalon-sur-Saône, Baillaud studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris. He worked as an assistant at the Paris Observatory beginning in 1872...
.
| Director | Life span | Years of directorship |
|---|---|---|
| Frédéric Petit Frédéric Petit (astronomer) Frédéric Petit was a French astronomer. He was the first director of the Toulouse Observatory, located in in Toulouse, France, serving from 1838–1865. In 1846 he announced that he had discovered a second moon of Earth... |
1810–1865 | 1838–1865 |
| Théodore Despeyrous | 1815–1883 | 1865–1866 |
| Pierre Daguin | 1814–1884 | 1866–1870 |
| Félix Tisserand | 1845–1896 | 1873–1878 |
| Benjamin Baillaud Benjamin Baillaud Édouard Benjamin Baillaud was a French astronomer.-Biography:Born in Chalon-sur-Saône, Baillaud studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris. He worked as an assistant at the Paris Observatory beginning in 1872... |
1848–1934 | 1878–1907 |
| Eugène Cosserat Eugène Cosserat Eugène-Maurice-Pierre Cosserat was a French mathematician and astronomer.Born in Amiens, he studied at the École Normale Supérieure from 1883 to 1888.... |
1866–1931 | 1908–1931 |
| Emile Paloque | 1891–1982 | 1931–1960 |
| Roger Bouigues | 1920– | 1961–1971 |
| Jean Rösch | 1915–1999 | 1971–1981 |