| Toulouse Observatory | |
|---|---|
| Location | Toulouse, France |
| Established | 1733, 1841, 1981 |
The Observatoire de Toulouse (Toulouse Observatory) 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. [2]
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[3]
In the 1990s the observatory worked on MEGACAM with several other institutions.[4]
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Félix Tisserand 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.
| Director | Life span | Years of directorship |
|---|---|---|
| Frédéric Petit | 1810–1865 | 1838–1865 |
| Théodore Despeyrous | 1815–1883 | 1865–1866 |
| Pierre Daguin | 1814–1884 | 1866–1870 |
| Félix Tisserand | 1845–1896 | 1873–1878 |
| Benjamin Baillaud | 1848–1934 | 1878–1907 |
| Eugène Cosserat | 1866–1931 | 1908–1931 |
| Emile Paloque | 1891–1982 | 1931–1960 |
| Roger Bouigues | 1920– | 1961–1971 |
| Jean Rösch | 1915–1999 | 1971–1981 |
The observatory has used many telescopes over its lifetime. For example, a 83 cm aperture refractor telescope was installed in 1875.