Dax observatory is one of the most equiped amator observatory in France. Our equipment is mainly composed by:

• A meteo department which allows us to always know the weather all around the world every half an hour
• A lot of observation instruments (a 128mm refractor and five reflectors which have a diameter larger than 200mm). These instruments stay under their dome (diameter between 2m and 4m).
• Two CCD cameras HiSIS 22.
• A photography laboratory where black&white photographies are developped.
• A planetarium, the first planetarium built by an amator in France.
• And other machines...

The numeric station has been created for the INSU (National Institut of Universe Sciences) in order to determine the better site to build an observatory. The pictures can be obtained thanks to a contract with France meteo.
On that page our paraboles can be seen.

In this observatory, a lot of intruments can be used in order to take photosphotographies, CCD pictures, calculate the double stars or just observe the beauty of the sky. Let see some of our instruments:

• A 318mm reflector this intrument is remote controled.
• A 250mm reflector.
• Two 200mm reflectors: the T2000, and the LX200.
• A Dynestron of 8 inches.
• A Unitron refractor with a diameter of 128mm.
• Four 115mm/900 reflectors, three have been given to the observatory and one built.

We still have 2 other mirors: a 310mm and a 500mm. And sooner, the telescopes for these mirors will be built. It is two of our projects.

We have everything to develop black & white photographies. This helps us a lot when TP2415 is used to take photographies.

In 1981, Mr Philippe Dupouy is the first french amator astronomer which have made a planetarium. More than 1000 hours of work have been spend to create this planetarium. Hundreds of holes more or less large in function of the brightness of the star have been drill. The move of the planets have also been reproduced.

We also have others materials: books, a library, lasers and so on.


If you want more informations, please contact us.