Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma

Name: Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Address: La Palma, Spain

#6 among attractions in La Palma

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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma

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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The observatory site is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, based on nearby Tenerife. ORM is part of the European Northern Observatory. ()

Local name: Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos Coordinates: 28°45'49"N, 17°53'41"W

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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Roque de los Muchachos, Isaac Newton Telescope, Isaac Newton Telescope, MAGIC.

0.9 miSE
Rocky summit and the island's highest
Roque de los Muchachos, El Paso
23 min walk • Perched on the edge of the Caldera de Taburiente National Park, the Roque de los Muchachos is an iconic natural monument in the municipality of El Paso, nestled on the beautiful island of La Palma, Spain. This majestic peak, rising to an altitude of 2,426 meters, is...
1 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Isaac Newton Telescope, La Palma
27 min walk • The Isaac Newton Telescope or INT is a 2.54 m optical telescope run by the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands since 1984.
1 miE
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Isaac Newton Telescope, Garafía
27 min walk • The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes or ING consists of three optical telescopes: the William Herschel Telescope, the Isaac Newton Telescope, and the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope, operated by a collaboration between the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Dutch NWO and the Spanish IAC.
~1580 ftE
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MAGIC, La Palma
8 min walk • MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes situated at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, at about 2200 m above sea level.
0.8 miE
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William Herschel Telescope, La Palma
21 min walk • The William Herschel Telescope is a 4.20-metre optical/near-infrared reflecting telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The telescope, which is named after William Herschel, is part of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes.
0.7 miSE
Observatories and planetariums, Shopping
Galileo National Telescope, La Palma
19 min walk • The Galileo National Telescope, is a 3.58-meter Italian telescope, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.
0.9 miE
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Swedish Solar Telescope, La Palma
23 min walk • The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope is a refracting solar telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is run by the Institute for Solar Physics of Stockholm University.
0.9 miE
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Dutch Open Telescope, La Palma
22 min walk • The Dutch Open Telescope is an optical solar telescope located on Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma. With a main mirror of 45 centimeters, it can reach an 0.2 arcsec resolution for sustained periods. For further optimization of the images, the DOT uses the image despeckle mechanism.
1 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope, La Palma
26 min walk • The Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope or JKT is a 1-metre optical telescope named for the Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.
1 miE
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Mercator Telescope, La Palma
26 min walk • The Mercator Telescope is a 1.2 m telescope at the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos on La Palma. It is operated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in collaboration with the Observatory of the University of Geneva and named after Gerard Mercator, famous cartographer.
~1430 ftSE
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HEGRA, La Palma
7 min walk • HEGRA, which stands for High-Energy-Gamma-Ray Astronomy, was an atmospheric Cherenkov telescope for Gamma-ray astronomy. With its various types of detectors, HEGRA took data between 1987 and 2002, at which point it was dismantled in order to build its successor, MAGIC, at the same site.

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Nearby attractions include HEGRA, La Palma (7 min walk), MAGIC, La Palma (8 min walk), Galileo National Telescope, La Palma (19 min walk), Carlsberg Meridian Telescope, La Palma (20 min walk).