The Forcarei Astronomical Observatory is an observatory in the municipality of Forcarei, Spain.

Location

The observatory is located at 670m altitude, on a hill three miles from

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, on the road from

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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

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camera.

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

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References

{{reflist Astronomical observatories in Spain