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Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca

Imagine you have a big telescope that can see really far away. Now imagine that you have a special place to put that telescope called an observatory. The Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca is one of those special places where people go to use big telescopes to look at the stars and planets in the sky.

It's located on the island of Mallorca, which is part of Spain, and that's a special place too because it has really good weather for observing the stars all year round. The scientists who work at the observatory are called astronomers and they use their telescopes to find out more about space.

They study things like galaxies, stars, planets, and even asteroids! They make measurements of their brightness, size, and shape to learn more about them. Astronomers also use telescopes to find new planets that are outside of our solar system! They can learn a lot about these planets just by studying the light they give off.

The Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca is an important place for astronomers because it gives them a chance to use really good telescopes to study the sky. They can discover new things about space that we didn't know before which helps us learn even more about our universe.