IAC managed telescopes

MONS

Webpage of the MONS telescope

OGS

Technical data Configurations Instrumentation Configurations Space debris website The telescope Latitude: 28º 18′ 03.4N Longitude: 16º 30′ 42.6″W Altitude: 2393m The Optical Ground Station (OGS), installed in the Teide observatory 2400 above the sea level, was built as part of European Space Agency (ESA) long term efforts for research in the field of inter-satellite optical […]

Telescopio Carlos Sánchez

Technical data Manual Instrumentation Schedule Publications The telescope Latitude: 28º 18′ 01.8″ N N Longitude: +16º 30′ 39.2″ W Altitude: 2386.75m The Carlos Sánchez telescope is located in the IAC’s (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) Teide Observatory. It has a primary mirror with diameter 1.52 meters and it is mainly setted for night observations in […]

IAC80 Telescope

Technical data Manual Instrumentation Schedule Publications The telescope Latitude: 28º 17′ 58.8″ N Longitude: 16º 30′ 39.7″ W Altitude: 2381.25m The IAC80 telescope, setted for observations in the optical, was fully designed and built by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and it was the first of its class developed in Spain. In 1980 […]

IAC managed telescopes

The IAC, through the Telescope Operation Group, directly manages a number of telescopes at the OOCC.