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Photos of Nice Observatory

NASM Refractor Telescope by Mr.TinDC

There was an open house at the new National Air and Space Museum observatory Tuesday evening. With all the light pollution and clouds moving in, the target was easy-to-see Jupiter, and the 4 Galilean moons. This was a large refractor (I think 6"?) on a tracking equatorial mount, and provided a clear, colorful view of Jupiter's atmospheric bands. It would be nice to have a telescope like this one mounted on my balcony. The white balance is way off on this one, sorry!
The Observatoire de Nice (Nice Observatory) is an astronomical observatory located in Nice, France on the summit of Mont Gros. The observatory was founded in 1879 by the banker Raphaël Bischoffsheim. The architect was Charles Garnier, and Gustave Eif... Read further
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