Life at Meudon Observatory, 1876-1963
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21715946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Lequeux (Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-186 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1440-2807 |
| Publisher | China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3724/sp.j.1440-2807.2022.02.01 |
| OpenAlex | W4319014683 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Meudon Observatory was created for Janssen in 1876 for physical astronomy, as a reaction to the conservative Paris Observatory. It merged in 1927 with this observatory, while keeping in practice some autonomy. It was very well equipped, with a great equatorial, a 1-m reflecting telescope and several novel solar instruments, but except for the latter they were not very much used due to lack of personnel and because of technical deficiencies. A modern equatorial table was installed in 1931 and became the main non-solar instrument. A physics laboratory had been installed from the beginning, producing data useful for astronomy; it was the responsibility of a 'Physicist of the Observatory'. In this paper, I describe the life at Meudon until the arrival of radio astronomers in 1956 and the nomination in 1963 of a radio astronomer as director, events that produced considerable changes in Meudon Observatory
Astrobiology · Astronomer · Astronomy · Observatory · Physics · Remote sensing · Telescope · History and Developments in Astronomy · History of Science and Natural History · Geology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |