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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
| Organization | IAC |
|---|---|
| Location | La Palma, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean (Island owned by Spain) |
| Coordinates | 28 46 N, 17 53 W |
| Altitude | 2,500 m |
| Webpage | IAC website |
| Telescopes | |
| Gran Telescopio Canarias | 11.35 m reflecting telescope |
| William Herschel Telescope | 4.2 m reflecting telescope |
| Telescopio Nazionale Galileo | 3.5 m reflecting telescope |
| Nordic Optical Telescope | 2.56 m reflecting telescope |
| Isaac Newton Telescope | 2.5 m reflecting telescope |
| Liverpool Telescope | 2.0 m reflecting telescope |
| Mercator Telescope | 1.2 m reflecting telescope |
| Swedish Solar Telescope | 1.0 m refracting vacuum solar telescope |
| Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope | 1.0 m reflecting telescope |
| Dutch Open Telescope | 0.45 m reflecting solar telescope |
| Carlsberg Meridian Telescope | 0.18 m refracting telescope |
The seeing statistics for Roque de los Muchachos Observatory make it the third best location for optical and infrared astronomy after Dome C, Antarctica and Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii. The site has some of the premier astronomical facilities in the Northern Hemisphere, including the adaptive optics corrected Swedish Solar Telescope which provides the highest resolution solar imaging of any telescope.
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