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La Galga Destination Guide

Explore La Galga in Spain

La Galga in the region of Canary Islands is a place in Spain - some 1,132 mi or ( 1821 km ) South-West of Madrid , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of La Galga

Time in La Galga is now 05:36 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Canary " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Funchal, Tenagua, Telde, Santiago del Teide, and Santa Úrsula. Since you are here already, consider visiting Funchal . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in La Galga ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

LA ISLA DE LA PALMA, UNA CANARIAS DIFERENTE - MUCHOVIAJE.COM

4:24 min by muchoviaje
Views: 37390 Rating: 4.79

la-palma.muchoviaje.com - LA PALMA (ISLAS CANARIAS) A pesar de ser una de las islas más montañosas del archipiélago, cuenta entre su costa con unas de las playas más bonitas de todas las islas. ..

Hotel Romantica Barlovento La Palma - Guided Tour

10:10 min by daijamesw
Views: 2023 Rating: 5.00

Views of rooms, restaurant, bodega gardens and facilities at the Hotel Romantica. a gem on la Palma - La Isla Bonita ..


La Palma Canary Islands Timelapse

4:31 min by cinea13
Views: 1342 Rating: 5.00

Several Timelapses from La Palma (Canary Islands). You'll see clouds and volcanoes, even a night shot with milky way on Roque Muchachos. Beautiful Island - i loved it! Zeitrafferaufnahmen von La Palma ..

Nacientes Marcos y Corderos - La Palma - 2003 Part III

3:06 min by dalviman
Views: 1170 Rating: 5.00

Hiking experience in La Palma Island (Canary Islands) - Place: Nacientes de Marcos y Corderos - Summer 2003 - Part III/III ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes

The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes or ING operates the William Herschel Telescope, Isaac Newton Telescope and Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope optical telescopes for the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the NWO and the IAC. The telescopes are located at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands. These telescopes were formerly under the control of the Royal Greenwich Observatory before UK government cutbacks in 1998.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 28.76 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma

Mercator Telescope

The Mercator Telescope is a 1.2m telescope, operated by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven University), Belgium, in collaboration with the Observatory of the University of Geneva. It is named after Gerard Mercator, famous cartographer. The telescope contains two different measuring devices. First of all, there is the MeropeII CCD camera. This camera has a size of 2k by 6k pixels Frame Transfer detector originally designed for ESA's canceled Eddington space mission.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 28.76 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Telescopes

Liverpool Telescope

The Liverpool Telescope (LT) is a 2-metre fully robotic Ritchey–Chrétien telescope that observes autonomously; i.e. , it operates without human intervention. Professional astronomers and other registered users submit observation specifications to be considered by the telescope's robotic control system (RCS) at any time of the day or night using an online GUI. Each night the RCS decides for itself what to observe next based on visibility and weather conditions.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 28.76 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Liverpool John Moores University, Telescopes

SuperWASP

SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) is an international academic organisation performing an ultra-wide angle search for transiting extrasolar planets with the aim of covering the entire sky down to ~15th magnitude.

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Located at 28.76 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Astronomical observatories in South Africa, Astronomical surveys, Astronomy organizations, Exoplanetology, Robotic telescopes

Swedish Solar Telescope

The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (or SST) is a refracting solar telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is run by the Institute for Solar Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The primary element is a single fused silica lens, making it the second largest optical refracting telescope in use in the world. The 110-cm lens has a clear aperture diameter of 98 cm.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 28.76 -17.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in La Palma, Solar telescopes