Named in honor of Nicolas Dupont, in religious life Frère Basile {1905–1999} of the Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes, professor of mathematics and amateur astronomer. Soon after World War II he was assigned to teach cosmography at the Institution Saint Joseph in Nancy. Many students considered the subject too dry and it was subsequently removed from French curricula. To interest his puplis further by giving them “hand-on” experience with the sky, Frère Basile designed and built with a small group a 26-cm telescope and observatory, founded the Cercle Orion and in 1965 co-founded the Société Lorraine d’Astronomie. Since then he has organized many trips to several European observatories and at the age of 84 continues to teach astronomy, observe, arrange astronomy camps in the summer and publish the Echo d’Orion. Several professional astronomers owe him their vocations. Frère Basile is a laureate of the Société Astronomique de France,... _ _.