MAGIC telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
Title

MAGIC telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.

Caption

MAGIC telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Several astronomical observatories have been built at Roque de Los Muchachos, the highest point on La Palma at an altitude of just over 2400 metres. The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescope detects particle showers released by cosmic gamma-rays using Cherenkov radiation. As of 2009 it was the largest telescope of its type in the world.

Date

1911

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D71_252

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No

License type

Rights managed

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