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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Observatories along the road - Roque de los Muchachos




The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.
Many observatory domes are visible along the road, including some of the worlds largest installations of their kind.

 The view shows the Italian Telescopio Nazionale GALILEO, but many others are nearby:
Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), William Herschel Telescope, Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), Isaac Newton Telescope, Liverpool Telescope, MERCATOR, AUTOMATIC TRANSIT CIRCLE, Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST), DOT, MAGIC, SuperWASP

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