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Pic du Midi

Pic du Midi de Bigorre - A mountain in the French Pyrenees famous for its astronomical observatory.


Jules Baillaud

From 1937 to 1947 he was also the director of the Pic du Midi observatory and directed the Carte du Ciel from 1922 to 1947.


see also

Pic du Midi d'Ossau

The Pic du Midi d'Ossau was reputedly first climbed in 1552 by an expedition led by François de Foix-Candale, later to become the Bishop of Aire.