Tenerife: Observatorio Astronomico

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Observatore Astronomico del Teide

The "Observatorio Astronomico del Teide" and its sister observatory at La Palma is operated by over 60 institutions from 19 countries. The first telescope was built in 1964 to study zodiacal light (light scattered by interplanetary dust).
Observatorio Astronomico
Date: Feb 04, 2004
Longitude: -16° 30.15'
Latitude: 28° 18.28'

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Map references: left: courtesy CIA, middle: courtesy Cicar, right: courtesy NASA.
This page has been updated on: 2007-Nov-08