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 telescopes with apertures of 1.5 and 0.9 metres.
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The IAA modern optical telescopes
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A radio telescope maintained by IRAM
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Closeup of the IRAM radio telescope
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An older telescope
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OAN 1.5
