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Calar Alto Observatory
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Calar Alto Observatory book
Calar Alto Observatory
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Calar Alto Observatory book
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2000
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 1
eBook ISBN 9781003220435
ABSTRACT
The Calar Alto Observatory, or `Centro Astronomico Hispano-Aleman', is located at an altitude of 2168 m in the `Sierra de los Filabres', in southern Spain. Its construction on Calar Alto mountain began in 1973. It is operated jointly by the MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE in Heidelberg (MPIA), Germany, and the `Comision Nacional de Astronomia'. The MPIA provides four telescopes of diameters 3.
