MONS Telescope at 2,390 m (7,840 ft).

Research observatory · Izana, Canary Islands, Spain

MONS Telescope

MONS Telescope is a research observatory in Izana, Canary Islands, Spain. MONS Telescope sits inside Cumbres de Tenerife Starlight Reserve, a Bortle Class 4 dark sky place.

MONS Telescope in brief

Open to the public
No regular public access
Elevation
2,390 m (7,840 ft)
Bortle class
Not yet rated
Part of
Teide Observatory

Official site

Can you visit MONS Telescope? No regular public access

Research telescope; Teide Observatory daytime guided tours and visitor center (book ahead).

For telescope views near MONS Telescope, see the observatories open to the public and astronomy clubs nearby; clubs hold free public star parties.

Telescopes at MONS Telescope

50cm.

Teide Observatory: 15 observatories on one site

How dark the sky is at MONS Telescope

MONS Telescope has no Bortle rating in the list yet. The scale below shows what each class looks like.

1 mag 8.0 21.99+ 2 mag 7.5 21.89+ 3 mag 7.0 21.69+ 4 mag 6.5 20.49+ 5 mag 6.0 19.50+ 6 mag 5.5 18.94+ 7 mag 5.0 18.38+ 8 mag 4.5 18.00+ 9 mag 4.0
The Bortle scale. Each panel shows the class number, the faintest star the naked eye reaches at the zenith, and the darkest-edge sky brightness reading of that class in mag/arcsec².

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added, at the coordinates below. Research telescopes are often sited on mountains above the haze, so the real sky can be darker than the map suggests.

MONS Telescope among the observatories of Spain

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Research or private observatory Observatory open to the public

Green dots are observatories open to the public, blue dots research or private sites, squares dark sky places; select one for its page. See Observatories in Spain for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Teide Observatory, Izana (complex, IAC): 28.300°N, 16.510°W.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Open the larger map · Directions. Mountain observatory roads are often gated after dark; go only on a scheduled public night.

Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near MONS Telescope

MONS Telescope sits inside Cumbres de Tenerife Starlight Reserve, a Bortle Class 4 dark sky place. See Cumbres de Tenerife Starlight Reserve for camping, where to set up and the sky by season.

Nearest dark sky places

PlaceWhereBortleDistance
Cumbres de Tenerife Starlight ReserveLa Esperanza, Spain40 km (0 mi)
Camino Barranca de BadajozGuimar, Spain510 km (6 mi)
Teide National ParkLa Orotava, Spain414 km (9 mi)
Quimpi Starlight CampLa Esperanza, Spain416 km (10 mi)
La Matanza de AcentejoLa Matanza de Acentejo, Spain518 km (11 mi)
Granadilla de AbonaGranadilla de Abona, Spain421 km (13 mi)

Other observatories open to the public within 150 km

  • Teide ObservatoryLa Orotava (Izana), Canary Islands, Spain, 0 km (0 mi). Guided daytime tours by booking through authorized operators
  • Isaac Newton TelescopeGarafia (Roque de los Muchachos), Canary Islands, Spain, 143 km (89 mi). Included in some ORM guided visits; booking required
  • Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT)Garafia (Roque de los Muchachos), Canary Islands, Spain, 144 km (89 mi). Included in some ORM guided visits; booking required
  • Gran Telescopio CanariasGarafia (Roque de los Muchachos), Canary Islands, Spain, 144 km (90 mi). Guided daytime visits to the observatory including GTC on scheduled days via the ORM visitor center; booking required
  • Roque de los Muchachos ObservatoryGarafia, Canary Islands, Spain, 145 km (90 mi). ORM visitor center and guided telescope visits by booking

MONS Telescope record

Every value in the observatories dataset for MONS Telescope
ID644
NameMONS Telescope
CityIzana
StateCanary Islands
CountrySpain
ContinentEurope
Webhttp://www.ot-admin.net/mons/index.php?lang=es&item=inici
Publicn
Telescope50cm
ComplexTeide Observatory
Elevation2390
Lat28.30000
Lon-16.50972
LatLonSpotTeide Observatory, Izana (complex, IAC)
StatusActive
StatusNote50cm educational telescope; status not individually verified
PublicNoteResearch telescope; Teide Observatory daytime guided tours and visitor center (book ahead)
Sourceshttps://ocan.iac.es/?p=13
GlobalParkID253
ParkKm0.0

From the site's observatories dataset (observatoriesglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.