Observatory in Woody Allen film

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

I just watched Woody Allen's latest film,"Magic in the Moonlight", and there's a scene where Colin Firth and Emma Stone take shelter from a thunderstorm in an old observatory. They just walk in and push a button to open the dome. It's the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur in Nice with a dome designed by Gustave Eiffel. Beautiful 30" refractor dating from 1886. The movie hasn't had great reviews but it's worth seeing just for this.

[MattT]

One nice scope and dome ….one awful movie to be avoided….unless your wife wants to go to the flicks I saw it last year sometime ….dreadful but perked up at the dome scene, unbelievable as it was!
I'm a sucker for old refractors in old domes, specially this one as the Paris-Nice Pro bicycle race goes up a climb very close to the dome in early March every year.
Matt

[Kunama]

Beautiful observatory and scope, unfortunately for me it was closed when I was there in 2007. I think the guides were also at the Monaco Grand Prix.