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Canary Islands

Posted on October 8, 2019 by joem18b

Photo by noelsch at Pixabay.com

The world’s largest telescope was built in the Canary Islands. King Juan Carlos I of Spain officially inaugurated the telescope July 24, 2009.

With the King and his guests in attendance, the first object photographed, due to an error in the declination setting, was this canary.

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4 Responses

Kat Myrman, on October 9, 2019 at 3:02 pm said:

Is that a true fact?! How fascinating if it is! 😊

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- joem18b, on October 9, 2019 at 3:07 pm said:
  
  it must be true. i saw it on the internet.
  
  https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-biggest-telescopes-in-the-world.html
  
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  - Kat Myrman, on October 9, 2019 at 3:43 pm said:
    
    Ha! Good one! 😂
Twittering Tales #158 – 15 October 2019 | like mercury colliding..., on October 14, 2019 at 8:06 pm said:

[…] Joe at Does Writing Excuse Watching?: Canary Islands The world’s largest telescope was built in the Canary Islands. King Juan Carlos I […]

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