Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía

General information on the OSN

Introduction

• The Sierra Nevada Observatory (OSN) is located at Loma de Dilar in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada. It is operated and maintained by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia and contains two Nasmyth telescopes with apertures of 1.5 and 0.9 meters.

  A brief history of the OSN

General Characteristics

• The general characteristics for the two telescopes are:
  Aperture: 1.5 and 0.9 m
  F Number: f/8 for both telescopes.
  Optical design: Ritchey-Chretien
  Mount: Fork mount
  Focal assembly: Double instrument carriers enabled by switching of the tertiary mirror for each telescope.

Geographical co-ordinates OSN

• Longitude: W 03º 23´ 05"
  Latitude:    N 37º 03´ 51"
  Altitude:    2896 m

Personnel and Point of contact

• Julio F. Rodríguez Gómez, Vicedirector of Technology

POSTAL ADDRESS:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (CSIC)
c/ Camino Bajo de Huétor, 50
PO Box 3004
18080 Granada


Telephone: +34 958 121311
Fax: +34 958 814530