ROQUE DE LOS MUCHACHOS OBSERVATORY
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Placed in the island of La Palma, in the Canary islands Canaries, the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM) was inaugurated in 1985 and with the Teide Observatory belongs to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The Roque de los Muchachos has an altitude of 2423 meters and is next to the Nature reserve of Caldera de Taburiente. This Observatory offers exceptional conditions for the night observation, the Solar Physics and the High Energy astrophysics . The extraordinary quality of the sky for the astrophysics observation has done that establish in it telescopes of a great number of countries.
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Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC)
photo: IAC
It is a telescope of segmented primary mirror of 10,4 meters of diameter and of high presentations. On the verge of entering service, it will be one of the major ones and more advanced telescopes of the world. The GTC is the first project of " great science " that Spain is carrying out, led by the Institute of Astrophysics of Canaries (IAC).
William Herschel Telescope (WHT)
photo: Nik Szymanek
It has a primary mirror of 4.2 m. of diameter and this one operative from 1987. Close to the WHT and the INT there form the " Group of Telescopes Isaac Newton " whose users are PPARC (Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council), of the United Kingdom, NWO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek), of the Netherlands and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC).
photo: Nik Szymanek
With a primary mirror of
2,5 m. this telescope was moved to the Roque de los Muchachso in 1984 from
it previous location in the United Kingdom.
photo: Nik Szymanek
It
possesses a primary mirror of 1 m. and it is equipped with a CCD camera for
direct image in the Cassegrain focus.
Telescopio Nacional "Galileo" (TNG)
photo:
Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF
It is managed by the Foundation Galileo Galilei, financed by the Institute Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) of Italy. It primary mirror has a diameter of 3.5 meters.
photo: Jan-Erik Solheim
The primary mirror measures 2,5 meters. The NOT belongs to the Nordic Optical Telescope Scientific Association (NOTSA) integrated by Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland.
photo: IAC
With a mirror of 2
meters, it is one of the bigger automated telescope of the world. It belongs
and is operated by John Moores University (JMU) of Liverpool
photo: IAC
It is at the expense of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, of Belgium. It has a primary mirror of 1,2 meters of diameter.
photo: Dan Kiselman
Managed and financed by the Institute of Solar Physics of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Sweden, it saw first light on March 2, 2002. With a frontal lens of 1 m. Of diameter is the biggest telescope of solar optics of Europe and the second one of the world.
photo:
IAC
Inaugurated
in 1996, the opened structure reduces to the minimum the atmospheric
disturbances and the fluctuations of temperature and density what allows to
obtain images of excellent quality.
Carlsberg Meridian Telescope
(CMT)
photo: IAC
It function consists of measuring with high precision the position of the celestial objects. It belongs to the Observatory of the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and to the Real Instituto y Observatorio de la Armada de San Fernando (Cadiz, Spain).
Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescope (MAGIC)
photo: Nik Szymanek
MAGIC (Major
Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov Telescopes) is a collaboration of
universities and institutes of research. It possesses a telescope Cherenkov
of 17 m of diameter for the observation of high energy gamma rays and cosmic
rays, inside the area of the Experiment HEGRA.
photo: wasp
project
Inside the program of detection of extrasolar planets,
SuperWASP consists of 5 cameras of great field that monitor simultaneously
the sky to detect events of planetary transit.
Telescopio óptico, 60 cm.
Little optic telescope owned by the Asociación Astronómica Palmera (AAP).