Sierra Nevada Observatory
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The Observatorio de Sierra Nevada (Sierra Nevada Observatory, OSN) is located at Loma de Dilar (2896 m altitude) in the Sierra Nevada
mountain range, in the province of Granada
, established in 1981. It is operated and maintained by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
(Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia - IAA) and contains two Nasmyth telescope
s with apertures of 1.5 and 0.9 metres.
Sierra Nevada (Spain)
The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the region of provinces of Granada and Almería in Spain. It contains the highest point of continental Spain, Mulhacén at 3478 m above sea level....
mountain range, in the province of Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
, established in 1981. It is operated and maintained by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía is an astrophysics-related research institute funded by the High Council of Scientific Research of the Spanish government Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , and is located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain...
(Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia - IAA) and contains two Nasmyth telescope
Nasmyth telescope
The Nasmyth telescope, also called Nasmyth-Cassegrain, is a reflecting telescope developed by James Nasmyth. It is a modified form of a Cassegrain telescope, mounted on an alt-azimuth mount.-Scheme:...
s with apertures of 1.5 and 0.9 metres.