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Biography of the French astronomer Henri Camichel
Emmanuel Davoust
Henri Camichel was an astronomer at Pic du Midi Observatory, where he contributed to the study of planets of the solar system and their satellites with Audouin Dollfus and his team…
The solar eclipse of August 30, 1905 at Alcala de Chisvert
Emmanuel Davoust
Solar eclipses play an important role in the history of astronomy because their observation allowed astrophysics to expand. The eclipse of August 30th, 1905 is particularly interes…
The journey of the German expedition to observe the transit of Venus on December 9, 1874 at the Kerguelen Islands and its sojourn there
Emmanuel Davoust
Astronomers are the surveyors of the sky. They have always dedicated much time and resources to determining the scale of distances in the universe. Today, the Hubble constant; yest…
Joseph Devaux (1902-1936) Meteorologist at Pic du Midi Observatory
Emmanuel Davoust, Jean-Paul Meyer
Joseph Devaux, who held a position of assistant-meteorologist at Pic du Midi Observatory, had an outstanding career. He devoted his life to the Pic and to scientific research. A pi…
Biography of eight astronomers and physicists
Emmanuel Davoust
We provide a brief biography of seven French astronomers and physicists and of a Russian astronomer from the 19th and 20th centuries. Roger Bouigue (1920-) was the director of Toul…