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Observation by Dominic Ford: Painted ceiling at the Paris Observatory

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Dominic Ford

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Dominic Ford

Observed

2020 Feb 12 - 16:19

Uploaded

2020 Feb 13 - 23:22

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Equipment
  • Google Pixel 3a
Location

Observatoire de Paris

Target name

Painted ceiling at the Paris Observatory

Title

Painted ceiling at the Paris Observatory

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The Salle du Conseil at the Paris Observatory has this rather magnificent painted ceiling, completed in 1886, commemorating the 1882 transit of Venus.

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