Bordeaux Observatory
The dome of the "Grand équatorial" at Bordeaux Observatory, 2006 | |
| Observatory code | 999 |
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| Location | Floirac, canton of Floirac, arrondissement of Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Metropolitan France, France |
| Coordinates | 44°50′06″N 0°31′34″W / 44.8349°N 0.526°W |
| Established | 1877 |
| Closed | 2016 |
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The Bordeaux Observatory is an astronomical observatory affiliated with the University of Bordeaux. Built in Floirac, France in 1893 its lenses were focused between +11 and +17 degrees declination. Until 1970 it had taken over 4,000 photographic plates. Bordeaux Observatory is home to a large collection of instruments and archives from well over a century of astronomical activities. Until the 2016 it was actively used until the institution moved to a new location at the university. In the French language the name is Observatoire de Bordeaux.