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Haute-Provence Observatory, the 1.93 m telescope dome

author: S.Beaucourt/Novapix

reference: o-ohp02-00008

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 22 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

2012 - ASTRONOMY - DOME - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - FRANCE - HAUTE-PROVENCE OBSERVATORY - OBSERVATORY - OHP - PACA - T1,93M - TELESCOPE -