Israel's only professional astronomical observatory, owned and operated by Tel Aviv University, located in the Negev desert near the town of Mitzpe Ramon. Founded in October 1971 as a collaboration between Tel Aviv University and the Smithsonian Institution, it serves mainly staff and graduate students of the university's astronomy, astrophysics and geophysics programs.
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Observatory TypeGround-based optical observatory 1 LocationNegev desert, near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel 1 MeasuresOptical imaging and spectroscopy, serving research and graduate student training in astronomy, astrophysics and geophysics. 1 Operating PrincipleOperates a 1-meter Boller and Chivens wide-field Ritchey-Chretien reflector telescope mounted on a rigid off-axis equatorial mount. 1 Sources
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5 kilometers (3.1 miles) west of the town of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev desert
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The observatory was founded in October 1971 as a collaboration between Tel Aviv University and the Smithsonian Institution.
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It serves mainly staff and graduate students from the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the School of Physics and Astronomy, and from the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences.
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The observatory operates a 1 meter (3.3 feet)-diameter Boller and Chivens telescope, which is a wide-field Ritchey-Chretien reflector mounted on a rigid, off-axis equatorial mount.
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