Bernard Lyot Telescope

Summary

Bernard Lyot Telescope is an optical telescope^[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (optical_telescope category, ranking #22 of 43).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bernard Lyot Telescope is in the country of France^[3].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's image is recorded as Télescope Bernard Lyot (Pic du Midi Observatory) at sunrise.jpg^[4].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's instance of is recorded as optical telescope^[5].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's instance of is recorded as laboratory^[6].
• Bernard Lyot is named after Bernard Lyot Telescope^[7].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's Commons category is recorded as Bernard Lyot Telescope^[8].
• +1995-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bernard Lyot Telescope^[9].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.91305556, 'lon': -0.19666667}^[10].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0588l6^[11].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's parent organization or unit is recorded as National Center for Scientific Research^[12].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's parent organization or unit is recorded as Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées^[13].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's parent organization or unit is recorded as University of Toulouse (2025)^[14].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's official website is recorded as http://www.tbl.obs-mip.fr/^[15].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's carries scientific instrument is recorded as Q111149389^[16].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'TBL'}^[17].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2877'}^[18].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[19].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's French national research structure ID is recorded as 201119467S^[20].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's CNRS research group ID is recorded as USR5026^[21].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's ROR ID is recorded as 03wa9cd25^[22].
• Bernard Lyot Telescope's Scilit organization ID is recorded as 105032^[23].

Body

Founding

+1995-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bernard Lyot Telescope^[9].

Identity

Bernard Lyot Telescope's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'TBL'}^[17].

Operations

Parent organizations include National Center for Scientific Research^[12], a French public establishment of a scientific and technological character^[24], in France^[25], founded in 1939^[26], headquartered in Paris^[27]; Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées^[13], an observatory^[28], in France^[29], founded in 1982^[30]; and University of Toulouse (2025)^[14], an educational institution^[31], in France^[32], headquartered in Toulouse^[33].

Why It Matters

Bernard Lyot Telescope draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (optical_telescope category, ranking #22 of 43).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]