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Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory

Arcos de las Salinas, Gúdar-Javalambre, Teruel

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Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory

Monument · Arcos de las Salinas, Gúdar-Javalambre, Teruel

Astronomical observatory located on the sierra de Javalambre, taking advantage of the excellent quality of its skies, certified as a Starlight Reserve. Its facilities stand on the Pico del Buitre, at 1,957 metres, within the municipality of Arcos de las Salinas, and are managed by the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón, which developed them from 2007 after a first failed attempt in 1992. It has two professional telescopes, the JST250, of 2.55 metres, and the JAST80, of 80 centimetres, dedicated to mapping the universe for the study of dark energy through the J-PLUS and J-PAS projects; in 2020 JPCam was installed, a camera of over 1,200 million pixels, the second largest in the world after the one at Pan-STARRS in Hawaii.

Photo: Tono Balaguer/CEFCA (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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