Bernard Lyot Telescope

Bernard Lyot Telescope
Bernard Lyot at sunrise
Alternative namesTBL Edit this on Wikidata
Named afterBernard Lyot Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s)France Edit this at Wikidata
Coordinates42°54′47″N 0°11′48″W / 42.9131°N 0.1967°W / 42.9131; -0.1967 Edit this at Wikidata
Altitude2,877 m (9,439 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope stylelaboratory
optical telescope Edit this on Wikidata
Diameter2 m (6 ft 7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
Websitewww.tbl.obs-mip.fr Edit this at Wikidata
Bernard Lyot Telescope is located in France
Bernard Lyot Telescope
Location of Bernard Lyot Telescope
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Underneath mirror inside
Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory, with the Bernard Lyot on the far left

The Bernard Lyot Telescope (Téléscope Bernard Lyot, or TBL) is a 2-meter Cassegraintelescope operating in the visible domain since 1980. It is located at an elevation of 2,877 meters on the Pic du Midi in the French Pyrenees. Since 2007, the Bernard Lyot Telescope has housed an echelle spectropolarimeter, NARVAL, which allows astronomers to probe stellar magnetic fields with exquisite sensitivity.

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