The Bernard Lyot Telescope is a 2-meter Cassegrain telescope operating in the visible domain since 1980. It is located at an elevation of 2,877 meters on the Pic du Midi in the French Pyrenees. Since
Bernard Lyot at sunrise
Underneath mirror inside
Pic du Midi de Bigorre Observatory, with the Bernard Lyot on the far left
A Cassegrain reflector is a combination of a primary concave mirror and a secondary convex mirror, often used in optical telescopes and radio antennas, the main characteristic being that the optical p