Besançon Observatory

metropolitan France · France

Besançon Observatory, France
Photo: Euldulle, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Founded in 1878, this observatory combined astronomy with precision timekeeping for the local watchmaking industry. It still measures time and studies celestial mechanics in eastern France.

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