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The Bernard Lyot Telescope (''Téléscope Bernard Lyot'', or TBL) is a 2 m Cassegrain
The Bernard Lyot Telescope (''Téléscope Bernard Lyot'', or TBL) is a 2 m Cassegrain telescope
A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally meaning only an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to obse ...
operating in the visible domain, since 1980. It is located at 2877 m elevation on the Pic du Midi in the French Pyrenees
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to ...
. Since 2007, the Bernard Lyot Telescope is housing an echelle spectropolarimeter NARVAL, allowing astronomers to probe stellar magnetic fields to an exquisite sensitivity.
See also
*Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
The Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP) is an astronomical observatory part of Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University, France.
It federates the laboratories of the (astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology), planetary sciences and the environmental sci ...
*List of largest optical telescopes in the 20th century
The following is a list of the largest optical telescopes in the 20th century, paying special attention to the diameter of the mirror or lens of the telescope's objective, or aperture. Aperture rank currently goes approximately by the usable phys ...
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