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👉 Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in the context of Sierra Nevada Observatory

The Sierra Nevada Observatory (Spanish: Observatorio de Sierra Nevada; OSN; code: J86) is located at Loma de Dilar (2896 m altitude) in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, Spain; established in 1981. It is operated and maintained by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia - IAA) and contains two Nasmyth telescopes with apertures of 1.5 and 0.9 metres.

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Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in the context of José Luis Ortiz Moreno

Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in the context of José Luis Ortiz Moreno

José Luis Ortiz Moreno (born 1967) is a Spanish astronomer, and former vice director of Technology at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Spain. He leads a team working on minor planets at the Sierra Nevada Observatory in Granada, Spain, and was involved in the 2017 discovery of a ring system around the dwarf planet Haumea. The main-belt asteroid 4436 Ortizmoreno was named in his honor.

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