Madagascar's first robotic observatory

A window to the universe from Madagascar

The Observatoire Écoles du Monde Madagascar
A cutting-edge instrument serving science, education and the empowerment of Africa from Besely.

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2022 Inaugurated in
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The Observatoire Écoles du Monde Madagascar is Madagascar's first robotic observatory, installed in 2022 on the Besely campus. It is managed by Haikintana, the SAF and the Uranoscope, and supported by several institutional and academic partners.

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"The sky of the southern hemisphere is not the same as that of the northern hemisphere. The observatory provides a base to observe asteroids, comets and many other objects that are not accessible from France."
— Sylvain Bouley, planetary scientist, Université Paris-Saclay / SAF