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These include the Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory in Bolivia, which at 5,230 m (17,160 ft) was the world's highest permanent astronomical observatory [9] from the time of its construction during the 1940s until surpassed in 2009 by the new University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, [10] an optical-infrared telescope on a remote 5,640 m ...
Educational observatory This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in operation.
TAO then become the highest permanent astronomical observatory in the world. MiniTAO allowed the project to determine the viewing radius of the full-size telescope. [6] The construction of the TAO telescope started in 2013. [7] Ground-breaking ceremonies at the site for the main instrument building were held in late 2017. [8]
In September 2013, the observatory was put under monument protection by the Landesdenkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz, in order to prevent its full dismantling. One month earlier, the former observatory's friends' association was renamed as Astronomische Vereinigung Vulkaneifel am Hoher List e.V. (AVV). Since then, this non-profit club maintains the ...
A test facility, the miniTAO, with a 1.0 m (3.3 ft) telescope was completed in 2009. It is currently the highest permanent astronomical observatory in the world. [11] The Cerro Chajnantor Atacama Telescope (CCAT) is a proposed 25 m (82 ft) submillimetre radio telescope which will be located on Cerro Chajnantor near the TAO. Originally called ...
On the summit of this sparsely wooded domed hill stands the Hoher List Observatory and, on its densely forested southwestern spur at an elevation of 540.1 m is the castle of Altburg. The L 64 state road, a section of the Eifel-Ardennes Road, runs past the summit of the Hoher List, linking Schalkenmehren to the north with Brockscheid to the south.
The Sphinx Observatory is an astronomical observatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland. It is named after the Sphinx , a rocky summit on which it is located. At 3,571 m (11,716 ft) above mean sea level, it is one of the highest observatories in the world .
The Korgialenio telescope is one of the largest telescopes in Greece, with only the Aristarchos 2.3m Telescope in the Chelmos Observatory and the 1.3m Telescope in the Skinakas Observatory being larger in size. [5] [needs update] It is the main telescope of the Kryoneri Observatory and it was manufactured and installed by Grubb Parsons in 1975.