An astronomical observatory at 2,750 meters in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, run by Cadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh and home to roughly 250 clear nights a year in a semi-desert setting. It hosts the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey for small Solar System bodies and the TRAPPIST-North telescope, operated remotely from Liege, Belgium, whose twin instrument at Chile's La Silla Observatory contributed to the 2016 discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system.
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Observatory Typeastronomical observatory 1 LocationOukaïmeden, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, at 2,750 meters elevation 1 Measuressmall Solar System bodies (asteroids and comets) 1 Operating Principlehosts the TRAPPIST-North telescope, a twin of TRAPPIST-South at La Silla Observatory, operated remotely from Belgium 1 FAQs
What is TRAPPIST-North and how does it relate to the telescope in Chile?
TRAPPIST-North is the Moroccan twin of the TRAPPIST-South telescope at La Silla in Chile.
TRAPPIST-North is a robotic telescope installed at Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco in 2016. It is the northern counterpart of TRAPPIST-South, a 60 centimeter robotic telescope installed in 2010 at the European Southern Observatory site at La Silla, Chile. The University of Liège describes the Moroccan instrument as the little brother of TRAPPIST-South.
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1. Wikipedia: Oukaïmeden Observatory
Lead section, first sentence
Oukaïmeden Observatory (obs. code: J43) is an astronomical observatory located in the commune of Oukaïmden in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco
Lead section, elevation clause
2,750 meters above sea level
Sky Survey section
the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey is conducted to observe small Solar System bodies
TRAPPIST-North section
the TRAPPIST-North telescope is a twin telescope of TRAPPIST-South located at the La Silla Observatory in Chile
In Group: Optical Observatories of Africa and Oceania, Lead sentence
code: J43) is an astronomical observatory located in the commune of Oukaïmden in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, where the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey is conducted to observe small Solar System bodies.
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