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Encyclopedia > Sierra Nevada Observatory

The Sierra Nevada Observatory (OSN) (37° 03′ 51″ N 03° 23′ 05″ W 2896m) is located at Loma de Dilar in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada. It is operated and maintained by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia and contains two Nasmyth telescopes with apertures of 1.5 and 0.9 meters. The Sierra Nevada, meaning snowy range in Spanish, is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia in Spain. ... Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the community of Andalusia, Spain. ...

a collection of modern optical telescopes
a collection of modern optical telescopes
Closeup of the radio telescope
Closeup of the radio telescope
An older telescope
An older telescope

Image File history File links Sierra Nevada Observatory File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Sierra Nevada Observatory File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Sierra Nevada Observatory File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Sierra Nevada Observatory File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Parkes 64 metre radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia (the bigger of the two shown) In contrast to an ordinary telescope, which produces visible light images, a radio telescope sees radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (dish) antenna, or arrays of... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1191x1400, 98 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sierra Nevada Observatory ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1191x1400, 98 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Sierra Nevada Observatory ... The Parkes 64 metre radio telescope in New South Wales, Australia (the bigger of the two shown) In contrast to an ordinary telescope, which produces visible light images, a radio telescope sees radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (dish) antenna, or arrays of... Image File history File links Sierra Nevada Observatory File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Sierra Nevada Observatory File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

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  • Official site

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Sierra Nevada (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (239 words)
The Sierra Nevada, meaning "snowy range" in Spanish, is a mountain range in the region of Andalusia in Spain.
The Sierra Nevada were formed during the Alpine Orogeny, a mountain-building event that also formed the European Alps to the east and the Atlas Mountains of northern Africa across the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
The Sierra as observed today formed during the Tertiary Period (65 to 1.8 million years ago) from the collision of the African and Eurasian continental plates.
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