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Starry sky and planets above Teide observatory

author: Stefan Seip/Novapix

reference: o-ten01-00007

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 24 cm

Venus, Mars and Saturn seen above Tenerife observatory in Canary islands. OGS telescope (at left) was originally built by ESA for tests with laser link and for space debris observations. For the remainder of the available observing time the OGS is currently used by the IAC for astronomy observations. It is a one-meter telescope with a focal length of 13.3 m. 12 august 2010.

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2010 - AMATEUR ASTRONOMER - ASTRONOMY - CANARY ISLANDS - DOME - ESA - EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY - HUMAN - MAN - MARS - NIGHT - OBSERVATION - OBSERVATORY - OBSERVER - OBSERVING NIGHT - OGS - PERSON - PHOTOGRAPH - PHOTOGRAPHER - PLANET - SATURN - SPAIN - STAR - STARRY SKY - TELESCOPE - TENERIFE - VENUS -