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The Observatoire de Nice (Nice Observatory) is an astronomical observatory located in Nice, France on the summit of Mont Gros. The observatory was founded in 1879 by the banker Raphaël Bischoffsheim. The architect was Charles Garnier, and Gustave Eiffel designed the main dome. The refractor telescope〔 made by Henry and Gautier became operational around 1886–1887,〔〔''British university observatories, 1772–1939'' By Roger Hutchins;page 252〕 was the largest in a privately funded observatory, and the first at such high altitude ( above sea level). It was slightly bigger in aperture, several metres longer, and located at a higher altitude than the new (1895) at Pulkovo observatory in the Russian Empire, and the at Vienna Observatory (completed early 1880s).〔(''The Observatory'', "Large Telescopes", Page 248 )〕 In the records for the largest refracting telescopes all three were outperformed by the refractor installed at the Lick Observatory at 1,283 m altitude in 1889. As a scientific institution, the Nice Observatory no longer exists. It was merged with CERGA in 1988 to form the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, which often is still referred to as "Nice Observatory". The Nice Observatory was featured in the unsuccessful 1999 film ''Simon Sez''. It was also the setting for the title scene in the 2014 Woody Allen flick ''Magic in the Moonlight''. == Directors == * Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin 1880–1904 * General J. A. L. Bassot 1904–1917 * Gaston Fayet 1917–1962〔 * Jean-Claude Pecker 1962–1969 * Philippe Delache 1969–1972 * Philippe Delache 1975〔 * Philippe Delache 1989–1994〔 * José Pacheco 1994–1999 * Jacques Colin 1999–2009 * Farrokh Vakili 2009–2015 * Thierry Lanz 2015– 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nice Observatory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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