title: Forcarei Astronomical Observatory
text: # Forcarei Astronomical Observatory
  
  Observatorio Astronómico de Forcarei (Spanish entry)
  
  ## Location
  
  The observatory is located at 670m altitude, on a hill three miles from Forcarei, on the road from A Estrada.
  
  ## Equipment and facilities
  
  It is a two floor building: there are also several outbuildings at ground level; the main telescope is on the upper one, within a 4m dome. The telescope has a 50 cm reflector with a focal aperture of ca.4 meters and is equipped with a 4008 x 2672 pixel CCD camera.
  
  ## History
  
  The observatory was opened on 13 March 2009. Public night sessions were first held the same year after Easter. The observatory hosted the 1st Astronomical Meeting as part of the International Year of Astronomy.
  
  