Toulouse Observatory
Facade of the main building | |
| Observatory code | 004 |
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| Location | Toulouse, France |
| Coordinates | 43°36′44″N 1°27′46″E / 43.61233°N 1.46278°E |
| Established | 1733, 1841, 1981 |
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The Toulouse Observatory (French: Observatoire de Toulouse) 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.