Telescopio Carlos Sánchez
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The Telescopio Carlos Sánchez is a 1.52 m Dall-Kirkham type infrared telescope with an equatorial mount and an f/13.8 Cassegrain focus. It is located at Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife
, and is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
. It was built in 1971 by the United Kingdom
and has been used for a wide range of infrared observational programmes, from large-scale Galactic Centre mapping to stellar oscillations.
The name of the telescope was adopted in honour of Prof. Carlos Sánchez Magro, Astrophysics Professor at the University of La Laguna.
Tenerife
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, and is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is an astrophysical research institute located in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. It was founded in 1975 at the University of La Laguna.It operates two astronomical observatories in the Canary Islands:...
. It was built in 1971 by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and has been used for a wide range of infrared observational programmes, from large-scale Galactic Centre mapping to stellar oscillations.
The name of the telescope was adopted in honour of Prof. Carlos Sánchez Magro, Astrophysics Professor at the University of La Laguna.