One of the Canary Islands Isle of La Palma.

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One of the Canary Islands Isle of La Palma

The isle of La Palma has a maximum altitude of 2423 meters

The Grantecan Telescope

It is one of the important observatories in the Northern Hemisphere

Telescope William Herschel Telescope Dutch Open Telescope Carlsberg Meridiam Telescope Solar Sueco Telescope Isaac Newton Telecope Jacobus Kapteyn

Telescope Galileo Grantecan (largest telescope Of the Canary Islands)

The clear sky of La Palma makes the island an ideal place to watch the stars

Global clusters

The White Dwarf

The Milky Way

The Great Andromeda Galaxy Messier 31

Young Orion

Supernova

Remnant of the Supernova

Dark Nebula

Andromeda

Elephant trunk

Músic: The Seventh Sign, Jack Nitzsche.

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