Observatorio del Ebro
Situated near the delta of the Ebro River in the small town of Roquetes, near Tortosa.
GUIDED VISITS
Guided visit request form for groups
Individuals
First Friday of each month at 16:00 hrs 4pm : Free admission(No visits in August)
Duration of Visit: 90 minutes
Reservation: 977 500 511
Payment is accepted in cash or by bank transfer.
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Address
Horta Alta, 38 43520 Roquetes Telf. +34 977 50 05 11 Fax. +34 977 50 46 60 (map here and below)
Director
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Observatori de l’Ebre (image)
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146 km, 1 hour 36 mins from Sitges, near Barcelona, via AP-7
Opened: 1994: Inaugurated 30 August 1905
Website: www.obsebre.es
HISTORY & DATA
Founded by the Jesuitas (priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus), world pioneer in the study of the solar activity. A centre of magnetic variations with different rooms dedicated to electro-magnetism, the ionosphere, seismic, meteorology and a collection of scientific machinery.
| Ebre Observatory | ||||
| Location: Roquetas, Spain | Longitude: 0.49 E | Latitude: 40.82 N | ||
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| Telescope: | Description: Full-disk white-light images | |||
| Instrument: refractor | Data Type: Visible | |||
The Ebro Observatory is a research Institute founded by the Society of Jesus in 1904 to study the Sun-Earth relationships. It is a nonprofit Foundation associated with the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) since its inception. It has continuously maintained collaboration with the National Meteorological Institute (INM) since 1920. Recently, it has started collaboration with other institutions, like the National Technical Aerospace Institute and the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia.
Reportably… unfortunately, all of the early pioneers of this project went blind withing two days
Observatory Details
| IAGA Code | EBR | |
| Name | Ebro | |
| Opened | 1905-01-01 | |
| Closed | ||
| Latitude | 40.82°N | View map |
| Longitude | 0.493°E | |
| Altitude | 46.0m | |
| Country | Spain | |
| Website | http://www.obsebre.es/ | |
| INTERMAGNET Member | 2002 – present | |
| Notes | 2001 HMV & MMV: Data reprocessed by observatory; environmental interference removed. (2012-05-03)
2009 HMV & MMV: Missing Mar-Dec data provided by observatory (2012-05-03) |
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Contact Details
| Name | J. Miquel Torta |
| Address | Observatori de l’Ebre 43520 Roquetes (Tarragona) SPAIN |
| jmtorta@obsebre.es | |
| Fax | +34 977 504660 |
| Name | Juan José Curto Subirats |
| Address | Observatori de l’Ebre 43520 Roquetes (Tarragona) SPAIN |
| jjcurto@obsebre.es | |
| Fax | +34 977 504660 |
Yearbooks
Instrumentation
| Instrument | Type | In Use From | In Use To |
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| ELSEC 820 | Scalar | ||
| DI-fluxgate magnetometer (type ELSEC 810) | Absolute |
