Sierra Nevada Observatory

Province of Granada, Spain · built 1981

The Sierra Nevada Observatory (Observatorio de Sierra Nevada, OSN, code: J86) is located at Loma de Dilar (2896 m altitude) in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, Spain; established in 1981. It is operated and maintained by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia - IAA) and contains two Nasmyth telescopes with apertures of 1.5 and 0.9 metres.

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