In 1867, Paris astronomer Charles André requested of the prefect of Rhone, that a new observatory be created.

On March 11, 1878, Patrice de MacMahon approved the creation of the Lyon Observatory.

[1][2][3] Lyon Observatory has worked on polychromatic artificial stars for adaptive optics systems, made by a laser.

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