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Title : Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur [plaquettes de présentation]
Authors : Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur ;  Association pour le développement international de l'Observatoire de Nice (collab.) ; Tully, John (trad.)
Publisher : Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
Date :  1991
Pagination :   1 f. , 1 dépl. 3 volets en coul.  , 1 br. en coul. (11 p.))
Call number : W15 / OCA-NI-004997
Online date : 03 july 2024
Origine of the document :  Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur. Bibliothèque Nice Mont-Gros

 Access condition  : free access for all

Cardboard pocket in A4 format containing 3 presentation documents from the Côte d'Azur Observatory:
- 1 sheet in French (1)
- 1 3-fold leaflet in French (2)
- 1 brochure in English of 11 p. (3)
These various documents relate the history of the Observatory and its scientific activity in the early 1990s. 

1. Sheet "L'observatoire de la Côte d'azur" (in French)

Content : Origin of the OCA (merger of Obs. de Nice and CERGA) - Its missions - Its workforce - Its place in the region - the promotion of its heritage 

2. 3-fold leaflet (in French)

Table of contents :
Présentation de l'O.C.A.
Visites publiques :
- L'observatoire de Nice
- L'observatoire de Calern

Color Phot. (selection) : Observatoire de Nice ; Plateau de Calern ; Roquevignon Grasse ; Tir laser à Calern 

3. Brochure "Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur" (in english)

11-page brochure produced by OCA in collaboration with ADION, translation of the French version by John Tully

Table of contents  :
[1] A brief historical online [1879-1988] [p.1]
[2] Measuring the universe (p.2-7)
- Measuring distances by laser techniques (p.2)
- The dimensions of stars (p.4)
- Where are the stars ? (p.6)
[3] The Universe as a laboratory (p.8-11)
- Movement in the Universe (p.8)
- What is going on inside the sun ? (p.10)

Color Phot.  (selection) :  Grande coupole ; plan général de l'observatoire ; portraits de Raphaël Bischoffsheim et d'Henri Chrétien ; instruments du plateau de Calern ; simulations numériques