Circumpolar above the dome of the 1.93 m of the Observatory of Haute - Provence...

Circumpolar above the dome of the 1.93 m of the Observatory of Haute - Provence - Haute - Provence Observatory, the 1.93 m telescope dome - Photographic pose showing the apparent rotation of stars around the polar star (circumpolar). Below, the dome of the 1.93 m telescope of the Observatory of Haute Provence. This is where the first exoplanet was discovered in 1995. The Observatory of Haute-Provence is located in the south-east of France, near the village of St. Michel l'Observatoire, a hundred kilometers north of Marseille, on a plateau with an average altitude of 650 meters. Long exposure image of starry sky around the pole star (circumpolar). Below, the 1.93 m telescope dome. Here has been discovered the first extrasolar planet (51 Peg b) in 1995. OHP is situated in the southeast of France, it lies at an altitude of about 650 m, near the village of Saint-Michel l'Observatoire