Carlsberg Meridian Telescope

Part of Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope is housed in the low building on the bottom left.

The Carlsberg Meridian Telescope (formerly the Carlsberg Automatic Meridian Circle) is located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Canary Islands. It is a meridian circle that is dedicated to carrying out high-precision optical astrometry. It is now decommissioned and its last night of observing was on 2013/09/01.

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Coordinates: 28°45′36″N 17°52′57″W / 28.75999°N 17.88243°W / 28.75999; -17.88243

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