OSN

Instrument:

Instrumentación OSN

Observatory: Sierra Nevada Observatory

Description:

The Sierra Nevada Observatory (OSN) is located in Loma de Dilar, in The ski resort of The Sierra Nevada (Granada, Andalucía). It is operated, mainteined and supplied by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC). There are two telescopes of 1.5m and 0.90m apertures.
You may read a brief history of the OSNwhere the astronomical instruments used before the construction of the OSN are described, the origins of the observatory and why it is located in Loma de Dilar.

IAA development:

Telescopes (T90, T150) and instruments (CCDs, Albireo) control systems.

Status: Under maintenance and improvement.

Launch date: December, 1981

URL project:

www.osn.iaa.es

OSN

Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC Glorieta de la Astronomía, s/n. E-18008, Granada Tel.: +34 958 12 13 11 - Fax: +34 958 81 45 30

Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC
Glorieta de la Astronomía, s/n. E-18008, Granada
Tel.: +34 958 12 13 11 - Fax: +34 958 81 45 30