The Observatoire Astronomique du Mont-Mégantic is located at an altitude of 1,100m and was inaugurated in 1978. First and foremost, it is a research centre in astronomy. It is administered by both the Université de Montréal, the Université Laval and Université McGill. Its telescope, which holds a 1.6m mirror and weights almost 24 tons, makes it the most important observatory of North America's East Coast.
For more information, visit the website www.astro.umontreal.ca/centre
The Observatoire Astronomique du Mont-Mégantic is located at an altitude of 1,100m and was inaugurated in 1978. First and foremost, it is a research centre in astronomy. It is administered by both the Université de Montréal, the Université Laval and Université McGill. Its telescope, which holds a 1.6m mirror and weights almost 24 tons, makes it the most important observatory of North America's East Coast.
For more information, visit the website www.astro.umontreal.ca/centre
Evening activities :
In the evening, the Observatoire Astronomique is exclusively dedicated to research. Fortunately, there is an exception to this rule! Two nights a year, during the Festival d'astronomie Populaire du Mont-Mégantic, the observatory's large telescope is opened to the general public, and its electronic instruments are replaced by an ocular permitting visual observation.
