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OBSERVATOIRE DE LA SORBONNE

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17, rue de la Sorbonne, 75005Paris, France
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2024
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There are many tourists on the path of the nearby Pantheon to lift their eyes to the sky and to discover, rue Saint-Jacques, a strange tower of observation over a dome: This is the observatory of the Sorbonne, a building previously reserved for students who made their astronomy classes in the prestigious establishment. Today, the beautiful astronomical 153 mm diameter set under the dome, dating back to 1935, is managed by the Astronomical Society of France. Two evenings per week, depending on weather conditions, a small group of observers (5 to the maximum) can access this atypical place on the exclusive condition of reserved its place beforehand. Up there, apart from the fact that the bezel and its dome are beautiful, we discover another Paris from an exceptional and rare point of view. If we are lucky enough to have the moon or some planets on the night of his coming, their vision at the ocular, while Paris is crawling below the feet, is a magical experience to say the least. The return on the floor of cows is then an experiment… very land on earth.

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Visited in november 2023
Visite exceptionnelle de cet observatoire d’un autre temps, en plein coeur du quartier latin. Visite guidée par un benevole de l’association astronomique. Vous en saurez plus sur la fabrication de l’optique des lunettes et vous pourrez manoeuvrer le telescope. Possibilité de voir la lune et les anneaux de saturne par temps clair. Superbe panorame sur Paris et possibilité de zoomer sur les monuments pour en admirer les details
Visited in july 2023
Personnel extrêmement aimable et accueillant ça m'a fait super plaisir
Visited in march 2023
Good view.
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Visited in january 2023
Très beau

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