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The Algiers Observatory was built in the late 19th century in the Algiers suburb of Bouzaréah, Algeria, North Africa. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911.
In the years 1891 and 1911, Algiers Observatory participated in the Astrographic Catalogue Carte du Ciel, and observed the zone between -2 and +4 degrees by exposing 1,260 photographic plates. Another research activity was the study of minor planets and comets, discoveries of asteroids between 1892 and 1940.
Astronomy studies have been developed in Algeria since 1890 when the Algiers Observatory was built. Several instruments were soon installed on the site and have contributed to many scientific projects such as the international sky-map program.
- Abdenour Irbah, Toufik Abdelatif, Hamid Sadsaoud
- 2001
Odette Bancilhon (22 September 1908 – 1998) was a French astronomer. She is best known for her work during the 1930s and 1940s at the Algiers Observatory , in Algeria, North Africa, where she discovered 1333 Cevenola , a stony Eunomian asteroid from the main-belt.
- 22 September 1908
- Discovered 1333 Cevenola asteroid
- 1998 (aged 89–90)
- French
The Algiers Observatory – OAPa INAF Osservatorio Astronomico. Founded by the French Government in 1856, initially it was a meteorological station, upgraded in 1858 to an astronomical station of the Paris Observatory. In 1885 the Observatory was relocated to La Bouzaréa, on the top of a hill on the city of Algiers outskirts.
Astronomy in Algeria is linked to the Algiers Observatory which is the only place where there is any astronomical activity. The Observatory was built in 1889 and was an important contributor to the famous Carte du del project.
