Pic du Midi Observatory

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a French scientific institution located in the Pyrenees near the summit of the Pic du Midi. Founded in 1881 as a meteorological observatory, it became affiliated with the University of Toulouse in 1903. Its chief instruments are 38-cm twin and 60-cm refracting telescopes, 102-cm and 200-cm (under construction) reflecting telescopes, and 20-cm twin and 26-cm coronagraphs. Its areas of research include the photographing of the planets, the moon, and binary stars with high—up to 0.2”—angular resolution and of the surface of the sun with resolution up to 0.3”, observations of the solar corona outside of eclipses, the construction of astronomical instruments, and atmospheric optics.

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No references found			Using the high-sensitivity NARVAL spectropolarimeter installed at the Bernard-Lyot telescope at the Pic du Midi Observatory in France, a team of astronomers detected the effect of a magnetic field (known as the Zeeman effect) in the light emitted by Vega. Astronomers obtain first detection of magnetic field on bright star ... by Asian News International Scientists at the world-renowned Pic du Midi observatory in the Pyrenees say light from surrounding cities is preventing them from getting a good look at the heavens. Astronomers try to preserve night sky by Independent Television News Limited (ITN) The researchers used instruments on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope atop Hawaii's Manna Kea and the Bernard-Lyot Telescope at the Pic du Midi Observatory in France to record the polarization of light from the star and the magnetic splitting of spectral lines. Stellar switch: sun not alone in making magnetic flip-flops by Cowen, Ron / Science News			Piatra-Neamt Piatras Grishkiavichius Piatras Piatrovich Grishkiavichius Piatt County Piaui Piauí Piavchenko, Nikolai Piavchenko, Nikolai Ivanovich Piave Piave River piazza Piazza Armerina piazza house Piazzetta, Giovanni Batista Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista Piazzi, Giuseppe Piazzi-Smyth Lens Piazzolla, Astor pibal Pibel Lake State Recreation Area pibroch PIC PIC BASIC PIC code Pic du Midi d'Ossau Pic du Midi Observatory pica Picabia Picabia, Francis Picacho Peak State Park Picacho State Recreation Area picador Picard Picard method Picard's big theorem Picard's first theorem Picard's little theorem Picard's second theorem Picard, Edmond Picard, Emile Picard, Émile Picard, Jean Picardy Picarel picaresque picaresque novel Picasa Picasso Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Pablo Ruiz Y Picatinny test			PIBL PIBLD Piblokto Pibloktoq PIBM PIBMM PIBN PIBO PIBOC PIBOL PIBOR PIBOR PIBP pibroch pibroch pibrochs pibrochs PIBS PIBSA PIBT PIBTC PIBV pic pic pic PIC BASIC PIC code Pic du Midi d'Ossau Pic du Midi de Bigorre Pic du Midi Observatory Pic Ed PIC line PIC-O pica pica pica pica pica Pica (species) Pica (species) Pica (species) PICA Assignment Working Group pica em Pica pica Pica pica Pica pica hudsonia PICA syndrome pica-pica Picabia Picabia Picabia, Francis PICAC Picacho Middle School Picacho Peak Picacho Peak State Park Picacho State Recreation Area PICAD picadillo picadillos Picadilly

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