5. Optical: Calar Alto Observatory

The German-Spanish Astronomical Center at Calar Alto is located in the Sierra de Los Filabres (Andalucía, Southern Spain) north of Almeria. It is operated jointly by the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC) in Granada/Spain.




 

Photo: The Calar Alto Observatory–Almeria

Calar Alto is a leg of Around the World in 80 Telescopes tour:


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Next stop: IRAM (previous stop: Haute-Provence)

The Calar Alto Observatory provides three telescopes with apertures of 1.23m, 2.2m and 3.5m to the general community.

A 1.5m-telescope, also located on the mountain, is operated under the control of the Observatory of Madrid.

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