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    The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GranTeCan or GTC) is a 10.4 m (410 in) reflecting telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island...
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    Astronomical seeing Cherenkov Telescope Array Gran Telescopio Canarias IACT Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Isaac Newton Group La Palma List of space...
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    next-largest telescopes currently in use are the Keck Telescopes, the Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Southern African Large Telescope, which each use small...
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    Zaragoza, Seville, Málaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Bilbao. In early antiquity, the Iberian Peninsula was inhabited...
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    observers on Earth appears roughly square. The 10.4 m telescope Gran Telescopio Canarias recently observed the OB-type stars that power the giant HII regions...
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    Observatory, the national optical observatory of South Africa. Also known as the GranTeCan, the Canaries Great Telescope uses a total of 36 segmented mirrors....
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    not yet anticipated." Atacama Desert Extremely Large Telescope Gran Telescopio Canarias List of largest optical reflecting telescopes List of optical telescopes...
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    became fully operational in January 2008. The 10.4-metre (1,040 cm) Gran Telescopio Canarias had a first light image of Tycho 1205081 on 14 July 2007. The IRIS...
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  • Integrated Spectroscopy (OSIRIS) is an optical spectrometer at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) in Spain. It was the first instrument in operation at the...
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  • Integrated Spectroscopy (astronomical system on the land-based Gran Telescopio Canarias) OSM – (i) One Saturday Morning OSMF - (a) OpenStreetMap Foundation...
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