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Forcarei Astronomical Observatory

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Location
Equipment and facilities
History
References

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Location

The observatory is located at 670m altitude, on a hill three miles from Forcarei, on the road from A Estrada.

Equipment and facilities

It is a two floor building: there are also several outbuildings at ground level; the main telescope is on the upper one, within a 4m dome. The telescope has a 50 cm reflector with a focal aperture of ca.4 meters and is equipped with a 4008 x 2672 pixel CCD camera.^[1]

History

The observatory was opened on 13 March 2009. Public night sessions were first held the same year after Easter.

The observatory hosted the 1st Astronomical Meeting as part of the International Year of Astronomy.

References

1. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20100922085523/http://fc3.es/observatorio.html El observatorio en archive.org de la Fundación Ceo, Ciencia y Cultura], (accessed 31 January 2019)

Artículo El observatorio astronómico de Forcarei abrirá al público después de Semana Santa en La Voz de Galicia, (accessed 31 January 2019)
Atlántico Diario{{Deadlink | date=January 2019}}
El Observatorio Astronómico de Forcarei, que promovió Vigo, estrena telescopio atlantico.net, (accessed 31 January 2019)

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