Teide Observatory

Teide Observatory, IAU code 954, is an astronomical observatory on Mount Teide at 2390m, located on Tenerife, Spain. It is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias since its inauguration in 1964. It became one of the first major international observatories, attracting telescopes from different countries around the world because of the good astronomical seeing conditions. Later the emphasis for optical telescopes shifted more towards Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma.TelescopesSolar telescopesSolar Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT): 70 cm diameter. Operated by the Kiepenheuer Institute of Solar Physics, Freiburg (Germany). Installed in 1989.THÉMIS Solar Telescope: 90 cm diameter, built 1996, operated by Italy and France. GREGOR Solar Telescope: 1.5 m, operated by a German consortium. In operation since May 2012.A node of the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON), operated by the University of Birmingham, UK.