El Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos abierto, todos los días, por vacaciones

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Entre visitas a la playa y excursiones para conocer pueblos y paisajes como los que ofrece el Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente, el viajero puede aprovechar su estancia en la isla de La Palma para conocer una de las baterías de telescopios más completas del mundo. El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), en colaboración con las Instituciones Usuarias del Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos está dando la posibilidad de visitar sus instalaciones científicas durante prácticamente todo el año, algunos días de la semana. No obstante desde el 1 de junio hasta el 30 de septiembre esta posibilidad se amplia a todos los días de la semana. En cada visita, realizadas por guías especializados, se podrán conocer varios telescopios. Además del Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), el mayor telescopio óptico-infrarrojo del mundo, con un espejo de 10,4 metros de diámetro, subir hasta el observatorio –a 2.396 metros de altura- ofrece la oportunidad de visitar los telescopios William Herschel, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Nordic Optical Telescope, Liverpool y Mercator, así como los dos telescopios de partículas de altas energías MAGIC.

Estas visitas forman parte del programa de actividades de divulgación que realiza el IAC para acercar la astrofísica a todos los públicos.

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 Para poder participar en una de las visitas, se debe realizar una solicitud a través de la web del IAC (http://www.iac.es/info.php?op1=24&op2=420). Las visitas no tendrán coste alguno para el visitante.

Tel:  922 485 752   (de lunes a viernes de 9h a 14h)

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