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EspañolPIC DU MIDI DE BIGORRE
:''Another Pic du Midi is the Pic du Midi d'Ossau.''
The 'Pic du Midi de Bigorre' or simply 'Pic du Midi' (altitude ) is a mountain in the French Pyrenees famous for its astronomical observatory, the 'Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre' ('Pic du Midi Observatory'), part of the 'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées' ('Midi-Pyrénées Observatory').
Construction of the observatory began in 1878, and the dome was completed in 1908. A 106-centimetre (42-inch) telescope was installed in 1963 funded by NASA, and was used to take detailed photographs of the surface of the Moon in preparation for the Apollo missions. A new telescope, known as the Bernard Lyot Telescope and nearly twice the size of the original, was placed at the observatory in 1980. It is the largest telescope in France. A 60-centimetre telescope (the Gentilly's T60 telescope) is also implemented at the top of the Pic du Midi. Since 1982 this T60 is dedicated to amateur astronomy and managed by a group of amateurs, called association T60.
The observatory is located at , placing it very close to the Greenwich meridian.
★ Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
The 'Pic du Midi de Bigorre' or simply 'Pic du Midi' (altitude ) is a mountain in the French Pyrenees famous for its astronomical observatory, the 'Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre' ('Pic du Midi Observatory'), part of the 'Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées' ('Midi-Pyrénées Observatory').
Construction of the observatory began in 1878, and the dome was completed in 1908. A 106-centimetre (42-inch) telescope was installed in 1963 funded by NASA, and was used to take detailed photographs of the surface of the Moon in preparation for the Apollo missions. A new telescope, known as the Bernard Lyot Telescope and nearly twice the size of the original, was placed at the observatory in 1980. It is the largest telescope in France. A 60-centimetre telescope (the Gentilly's T60 telescope) is also implemented at the top of the Pic du Midi. Since 1982 this T60 is dedicated to amateur astronomy and managed by a group of amateurs, called association T60.
The observatory is located at , placing it very close to the Greenwich meridian.
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