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| Alternative names | Observatorio Fabra | ||||
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| Named after | Camil Fabra i Fontanills | ||||
| Organization | Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona | ||||
| Observatory code | 006 | ||||
| Location | Barcelona,Spain,EU | ||||
| Coordinates | 41°25′06″N2°07′27″E / 41.418409°N 2.124047°E /41.418409; 2.124047 | ||||
| Established | 1904 | ||||
| Website | fabra | ||||
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TheFabra Observatory (Catalan:Observatori Fabra,IPA:[upsəɾβəˈtɔɾiˈfaβɾə];obs. code:006) is anastronomicalobservatory located inBarcelona,Catalonia,Spain pointed towards the south at 415 metres above sea level (latitude: 41,4184° N;longitude: 2,1239° E).
It was established in 1904 and belongs to the Royal Academy of Science and Arts of Barcelona (Catalan:Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona). Its main activity is the study ofasteroids andcomets. It is the fourth oldest observatory in the world that is still functioning.
It is where the comet32P/Comas Solà was discovered byJosep Comas Solà.
The double refractor was built byMailhat, Paris, in 1904. The visual instrument (the lower of the two tubes) has an aperture of 38 cm and a focal length of 6 meters (f/15.8). The photographic instrument also has an aperture of 38 cm, but a shorter focal length of 4 meters (f/10.5).[1]
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