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Huguette Lacoste Francis, Présidente
Temporary closure due to an electronic problem on the main telescope used for visits. We are waiting for parts to repair it.
We have discovered an extremely useful on-line resource which gives a good estimate of the darkness which can be expected on any night of the year, based on sunset, sunrise and twilight, as well as the Moon phase and when it rises and sets. More information is given in the ""Help and Details"" secti...
This year, 2024, we have seen the aurora borealis (or "northern lights") at Le Bourdieu a couple of times. This is pretty unusual. They are caused when energetic particles and plasma, known as a coronal mass ejection, are launched from the Sun by a violent event called a flare, and intercept the Ear...
For several years, Richard has been taking photographs of nebulae, galaxies, stars, deep space objects a few hundred light years away with his state-of-the-art telescopes and cameras.Finally, he gave in to the request of friends; the summer exhibition of some of his astro-photographs was inaugurated...
