One of the oldest refracting telescope observatories is the Paris Observatory of France. Built in the year 1667, the Paris Observatory is considered an institution when it comes to scientific researches in Physics and Astronomy.
This European astronomical observatory has a long standing constitution which contains its important missions such as scientific researches, imparting knowledge to the general public and scientific collaboration with other countries.
Most of the astronomical researches are on the topics in Astrophysics and Astronomy, specifically the history of sciences, specifically stellar physics (as well as the physics of the galaxies), systems involving the planets, the sun and the solar system and the gravitational waves.
The Observatory is composed of an Institute and a scientific unit and five other scientific observatories. It is also where the International Time Bureau is found until it was dissolved in 1987.
It also owns an 83 centimeter (32.68 inches) refracting telescope and has a solar observatory set up at Meudon, which is 9 kilometers south of Paris, France. Meudon is a commune built on the hills of Seine. Most astronomical observations are done on this place.
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