Teide Observatory

Teide Observatory
Teide Observatory
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Organization Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Location Tenerife
Coordinates
Altitude 2,390 m. (7,841 ft.)
Established 1964

The Observatorio del Teide (Teide Observatory) is an astronomical observatory on Tenerife operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. Opened in 1964, it became one of the first major international observatories, attracting telescopes from different countries around the world because of the good astronomical seeing conditions. Later the emphasis for optical telescopes shifted more towards Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma. It is considered one of the world's major observatories.

Contents

Telescopes

Solar telescopes

THÉMIS

Nocturnal telescopes

  • Carlos Sánchez Infrared Telescope (TCS): 152 cm diameter installed by the UK in 1971
  • Mons reflecting telescope: 50 cm diameter, operated by the University of Mons (Belgium), built in 1972.
  • IAC telescope, installed in 1991.
  • OGS Telescope: 1 m European Space Agency optical ground station for satellite communications, built in 1998.
  • Bradford Robotic Telescope: 35cm Telescope for educational use.
  • robotic telescopes: 120 cm STELLA is an abbreviation of STELLar Activity, operated by Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics (AIP) with the collaboration of the IAC, put in operation 2006.
  • SLOOH: US robotic telescopes, built in 2004.

Radio telescopes for cosmic microwave background astronomy

  • The 33 GHz interferometer
  • The COSMOSOMAS Experiment (10 and 15 GHz)
  • The Very Small Array (VSA: 14-element interferometer at 30 GHz)

Other buildings on the site

The observatory has a visitors' centre and a residencia (hostel) for astronomers.

See also

External links

References

  • Rayrole, J. (1985). The European observatory at the Canary Islands. 233. pp. 32–50. doi:10.1007/BFb0022394. 

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