Astronomy Normandy

Little known to the general public, the observatory in Rouen is nevertheless a true monument which has had all its importance in French astronomy during the last century! Founded in 1884 by Ludovic Gully, professor of mathematics in Rouen, the observatory was used to photograph the passage of Halley's comet in 1910 or the solar eclipse of 1912. Today the place receives the public free of charge on the ^1st Saturday of each month and opens according to important events (eclipses, Nuits des étoiles). A must for young and old alike.

Permanent stay at the observatory every Saturday afternoon between and. Located 400 kilometres north-east of Le Havre and 5 kilometres south of Etretat, the observatory of the astronomical society in Le Havre has a material, a mm telescope under a m diameter dome. Precise and state-of-the-art equipment to observe and dream of the stars.