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These centres, with all the facilities they bring together, make up the European Northern Observatory(ENO).

The IAC is constituted administratively as a Public Consortium, created by statute in 1982, with involvement from the Spanish Government, the Government of the Canary Islands, the University of La Laguna and Spain's Science Research Council (CSIC).The observatories of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias - the Observatorio del Teide, in Tenerife, and the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, in La Palma - are located at two of the most favourable sites for astronomical observation. The contemporary history of astronomy in the Canaries began with astronomy expeditions in the 19th century. A collection of writings about these campaigns, by Prof. F. Sánchez, can be found in Vistas in Astronomy (1985).