French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil, who died OTD in 1725, discovered several nebulae; he made unsuccessful attempts to observe the 1761 and 1769 transits of Venus from India https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/paris-megaliths/?s=mb #travel #France #astronomy #history
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreNeolithic Megaliths in the Suburbs near the Paris ObservatoryVisit megalithic structures near the Paris Observatory in the southern suburbs of the city.