Guimar-Tenerife Magnetic Observatory
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The Güímar-Tenerife Magnetic Observatory is a geomagnetic monitoring station on Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands, dedicated to tracking the Earth's magnetic field rather than the night sky.
About Güímar-Tenerife Magnetic Observatory
Operating under Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional, the station carries the IAGA code GUI and is part of INTERMAGNET, the global network of observatories that record variations in the Earth's magnetic field. It also acts as a reference station for the MultiTeide volcanomagnetic network, helping researchers separate external ionospheric and magnetospheric influences from the volcanic signals they are trying to measure on Tenerife.
Location & getting there
The station sits in the Güímar area of Tenerife, in Spain's Canary Islands. As it is an instrumentation site rather than a public attraction, use the map on this page mainly to see where on the island it is located.
Visiting Güímar-Tenerife Magnetic Observatory
As a scientific monitoring station rather than a visitor observatory, Güímar-Tenerife Magnetic Observatory is not generally open to the public. Anyone interested in its data should look to Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional or the INTERMAGNET network directly.
See your named star from here
Güímar-Tenerife Magnetic Observatory doesn't host public telescopes, but Tenerife's dark, high-altitude skies are still a wonderful place to look up. Name a star to get its coordinates, then use a stargazing app or telescope anywhere on the island, or browse the star catalogue to find it.
Opening hours and public-visit programs vary by season. Check Google Maps for current times before you travel.
