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The Observatorio Astrofsico de Javalambre: current status and future developments

The Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ) is a new Spanish
astronomical facility particularly conceived for carrying out large sky
surveys, making use of two unprecedented telescopes of unusually large
fields of view (FoV): the JST/T250, a 2.55 m telescope of 3 deg FoV, and
the JAST/T80, an 83 cm telescope of 2 deg FoV. After two years of
project development, JAST/T80 is already installed at the OAJ undergoing
the first performance tests, and JST/T250 is fully assembled in the
factory awaiting for the completion of the optics. We here provide an
overall description of the project,…

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