Lyon Observatory

Summary

Lyon Observatory is an astronomical observatory^[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_observatory category, ranking #67 of 345).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lyon Observatory is located in Saint-Genis-Laval^[3].
• Lyon Observatory is located in 7th arrondissement of Lyon^[4].
• Lyon Observatory is in the country of France^[5].
• Lyon Observatory's image is recorded as Observatoire Lyon Coudee.JPG^[6].
• Lyon Observatory's instance of is recorded as astronomical observatory^[7].
• Lyon Observatory's instance of is recorded as school^[8].
• Lyon Observatory's founder is recorded as Charles André^[9].
• Lyon Observatory's ISNI is recorded as 0000000115079856^[10].
• Lyon Observatory's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141424360^[11].
• Lyon Observatory's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88600853^[12].
• Lyon Observatory's IdRef ID is recorded as 030201349^[13].
• Lyon Observatory's child organization or unit is recorded as Q134462426^[14].
• Lyon Observatory's Commons category is recorded as Lyon Observatory^[15].
• Lyon Observatory's Mérimée ID is recorded as PA69000033^[16].
• +1878-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Lyon Observatory^[17].
• Lyon Observatory's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.6947, 'lon': 4.7825}^[18].
• Lyon Observatory's Minor Planet Center observatory code is recorded as 513^[19].
• Lyon Observatory's parent organization or unit is recorded as Lyon astrophysics research center^[20].
• Lyon Observatory's parent organization or unit is recorded as National Center for Scientific Research^[21].
• Lyon Observatory's parent organization or unit is recorded as Claude Bernard University Lyon 1^[22].
• Lyon Observatory's parent organization or unit is recorded as École Normale Supérieure de Lyon^[23].
• Lyon Observatory's official website is recorded as http://observatoire.univ-lyon1.fr/^[24].
• Lyon Observatory's heritage designation is recorded as monument historique inscrit^[25].
• Lyon Observatory's heritage designation is recorded as classified historical monument^[26].
• Lyon Observatory's GRID ID is recorded as grid.482893.c^[27].

Body

Founding

Lyon Observatory's founder is recorded as Charles André^[9]. +1878-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[17].

Operations

Parent organizations include Lyon astrophysics research center^[20], a French UMR^[28], in France^[29], founded in 1995^[30]; National Center for Scientific Research^[21], a French public establishment of a scientific and technological character^[31], in France^[32], founded in 1939^[33], headquartered in Paris^[34]; Claude Bernard University Lyon 1^[22], a university in France^[35], in France^[36], founded in 1970^[37], headquartered in Villeurbanne^[38]; and École Normale Supérieure de Lyon^[23], a école normale supérieure^[39], in France^[40], founded in 2010^[41], headquartered in Lyon^[42]. Lyon Observatory's child organization or unit is recorded as Q134462426^[14].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Lyon Observatory include Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database^[43], a database^[44], founded in 1983^[45].

Why It Matters

Lyon Observatory draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (astronomical_observatory category, ranking #67 of 345).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for it include Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database^[43], a database^[44], founded in 1983^[45].