Meudon Great Refractor

metropolitan France · France

Meudon Great Refractor, France
Photo: Serge Golovanow, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Housed in a former royal château at Meudon, the Great Refractor was among the largest telescopes in the world when completed in 1891. The domed structure remains a landmark of the Paris Observatory.

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