Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Astronomical station
- Description: Spanish astronomical observatory
- Also known as: “lapalma”, “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”, and “ORM”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nordic Optical Telescope and Roque de los Muchachos.
Nordic Optical Telescope
University
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The Nordic Optical Telescope is an astronomical telescope located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. The telescope saw first light in 1988, and was officially inaugurated during September 1989. Nordic Optical Telescope is situated 1¼ km southeast of Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
Roque de los Muchachos
Peak
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Roque de los Muchachos is a rocky mound at the highest point on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The rocks are found at an elevation of 2,426 metres above sea level, not far from the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, where some of the world's largest telescopes are situated; the altitude and the dryness of the climate here give rise to excellent observing conditions.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llano Negro and Las Tricias.
Llano Negro
Hamlet
Photo: Pepe Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llano Negro is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northwest of Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
Las Tricias
Village
Photo: Pepe Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Las Tricias is a village, which is situated 7 km west of Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
Franceses
Suburb
Photo: Vaikra.Ana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Franceses is a suburb, which is situated 8 km northeast of Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
- Category: astronomical observatory
- Location: Garafía, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Roque de los Muchachos Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مرصد روكي دي لوس موتاتوس”
- Arabic: “مرصد”
- Armenian: “Ռոկե դե լոս Մուչաչոս աստղադիտարան”
- Basque: “Roque de los Muchachosko Behatokia”
- Catalan: “Observatori del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Catalan: “Observatori Roque de los Muchachos”
- Catalan: “Roque de los Muchachos Observatory”
- Chinese: “穆查丘斯罗克天文台”
- Chinese: “穆查丘斯羅克天文台”
- Czech: “Observatoř Roque de los Muchachos”
- Czech: “ORM”
- Czech: “Roque de los Muchachos Observatory”
- Dutch: “Observatorium Roque de los Muchachos”
- Dutch: “Roque de los Muchachos Observatory”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio de Roque de los Muchachos”
- Esperanto: “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Esperanto: “ORM”
- Finnish: “Roque de los Muchachosin observatorio”
- French: “Observatoire de Roque de los Muchachos”
- French: “observatoire du Roque de los Muchachos”
- French: “Observatoire du Roque de los Muchachos”
- French: “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Georgian: “ORM”
- Georgian: “როკე-დე-ლოს-მუჩაჩოსის ობსერვატორია”
- German: “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- German: “ORM”
- German: “Roque de los Muchachos Observatorium”
- German: “Roque-de-los-Muchachos-Observatorium”
- Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים רוק דה לוס מוצ’אצ’וס”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium Roque de los Muchachos”
- Italian: “osservatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Italian: “Osservatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Japanese: “ラ・パルマ天文台”
- Japanese: “ロク・デ・ロス・ムチャチョス天文台”
- Japanese: “ロケ・デ・ロス・ムチャーチョス天文台”
- Kazakh: “Роке-де-лос-Мучачос обсерваториясы”
- Korean: “로크 데 로스 무차초스 천문대”
- Luxembourgish: “Roque de los Muchachos Observatoire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Roque de los Muchachos-observatoriet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roque de los Muchachos-observatoriet”
- Norwegian: “Roque de los Muchachos-observatoriet”
- Persian: “رصدخانه صخره بچه ها”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ صخرهٔ بچه ها”
- Persian: “رصدخانهٔ صخرهٔ بچهٔ ها”
- Persian: “رصدخانه صخره بچهها”
- Polish: “Obserwatorium Roque de los Muchachos”
- Portuguese: “Observatório Astrofísico do Roque de los Muchachos”
- Portuguese: “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Portuguese: “Observatório do Roque de los Muchachos”
- Romanian: “Observatorul Roque de los Muchachos”
- Russian: “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Ла-Пальма”
- Russian: “Обсерватория на острове Пальма”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Роке де лос Мучачос”
- Russian: “Обсерватория Роке-де-лос-Мучачос”
- Slovenian: “Observatorij Roque de los Muchachos”
- Spanish: “Observatorio astrofisico del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Spanish: “Observatorio astrofísico del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Spanish: “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Spanish: “Roque de los Muchachos observatorio”
- Spanish: “Roque de los Muchachos”
- Thai: “หอดูดาวโรเกเดโลสมูชาโชส”
- Turkish: “Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos”
- Turkish: “ORM”
- Turkish: “Roque de los Muchachos Gözlemevi”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія дель Рок де лос Мучачос”
- Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Роке-де-лос-Мучачос”
- Ukrainian: “Телескоп на Канарських островах”
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