OCA NI 004997 W15 POCHETTE 1 PLAQUETTES OCA  

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

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 Access condition  : free access for all

 

Description  :

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.
 

 

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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 

 

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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 

 

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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

 

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