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Haute-Provence Observatory, the 1.93 m telescope dome.

by

S.Brunier/Novapix

Reference

o-ohp02-00017

Date

2007-11-20

The 1.93 m telescope dome with partially eclipsed moon and startrails. Here has been discovered the first extrasolar planet (51 Peg b) in 1995.OHP is situated in the southeast of France, it lies at an altitude of about 650 m, near the village of Saint-Michel l'Observatoire.