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OBSERVATOIRE DE LA COTE D'AZUR
The "observatoire de la Côte d'Azur" is made of :
- the Nice Observatory on the hill named"le Mont-Gros" in Nice
founded in 1881
- the astronomers of theCERGA (Centre de Recherches en Géodésie Spatiale) formerly in Grasse
- the Calern Observatory.
These three entities have a different past and history :
Nice Observatory
Founded in 1881 by R. Bischoffsheim, Nice Observatory has been built on the "Mont-Gros" in Nice. It was equipped since the origin by the "grande lunette" a powerful refractor sheltered by a dome built by Eiffel on a building designed by Garnier, the architect of the "Opéra de Paris".
| Founded : | 1881 |
| Activities : | hydrodynamics and non-linear dynamics, celestial mechanics atomic physics stellar physics |
| welcoming the general public : | tour every Wednesday and Saturday at 14h45 (start at the entrance
of the observatory) groups on reservation Phone : 33(4)92 00 31 12 e-mail : info@astrorama.net web site: http://www.observatorium.fr |
| Address : | Grande Corniche
Le Mont-Gros BP 4229 F-06304 Nice Cedex 04 |
| Phone : | 33(4) 92 00 30 11 |
| Contact "teachers" : (for all sites) |
Yves Rabbia (rabbia@obs-azur.fr)
Phone : 04 93 40 53 59 Dominique Rivet (domi@obs-nice.fr) Phone : 04 92 00 30 07 |
The former CERGA in Grasse
The CERGA (Centre de recherches en Géodésie et Astrométrie) was only a laboratory gathering astronomers and researchers without any telescope there. They work on geodesy, stellar catalogues and celestial mechanics. They used telescopes of the Calern site. The CERGA site was built in 1974 and closed in 2012.
Calern Observatory
The Calern site is an observing station with a Schmidt telescope, a 1m-telescope for laser to the Moon Lune and with interferometric telescopes.
| Founded : | 1974 |
| Activities : | observing station |
| Welcoming the general public : | tour every Sunday
from May to September, departure 15h15 price 6€ adult 3€ child Phone : 33(4) 92 00 31 12 e-mail : info@astrorama.net |
| Address : | 2130 route de Caussols
F-06460 Caussols |
| Phone : | 33(4) 93 40 54 54 |