Live

Where are we pointing tonight

Conditions, right now

The observatory runs two sites: the Toulouse dome, where the instruments are, and the pic du Midi, where the association has a wide-field telescope. Pick a site to see its conditions.

Clear night

Conditions are good for observing.

  • Temperature 19.8 °C
  • Humidity 49 %
  • Wind 16 km/h
  • Seeing, forecast 1.25–1.5″
  • Cloud cover, forecast 0–6%
  • Transparency, forecast 0.3–0.4

Conditions not measured

This site has no instruments: nothing is measured here.

  • Seeing, forecast 1–1.25″
  • Cloud cover, forecast 31–44%
  • Transparency, forecast 0.5–0.6

The two sites

Where the instruments stand

  • Toulouse dome: 43.5632 N · 1.4685 E · 160 m. Main telescope, wide-field refractor and solar telescope.

  • Pic du Midi: 42.936 N · 0.143 E · 2,877 m. Wide-field telescope, its mount and the DIMM dome.

The full picture

Cameras and complete readings

The reading above comes from Live, the service that gathers the observatory’s sensors. Live also carries the cameras, weather history, seeing and the forecast for the coming hours.

The all-sky camera stays open at all times, including outside sessions. The dome cameras only open in public mode. No camera filming people is published.

Cameras

  • Main stream live
  • Lighter stream live

All-sky camera

The whole sky, open at all times.

Weather station

Temperature, humidity, pressure, wind and rain.

Seeing

Estimated turbulence, measured with the micro-CYCLOPE.