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Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

The specific conditions at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory site, combined with the physical principles of telescope design, enable the telescopes of the European Northern Observatory to produce top-quality astronomical images

Figure 1 Location of La Palma and the Canary Islands

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An understanding of how modern telescopes are designed involves both waves (reflection, diffraction, interference, spectra and resolution) and particle physics (electron–positron pair production).

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