The '''European Northern Observatory''' ('''ENO''') is the name by which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and its observatories (the Teide Observatory on Tenerife and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma) are collectively known.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Ridpath |editor-first=Ian |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Dictionary_of_Astronomy/O31j9UJ3U4oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA155 |title=Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy |publisher=OUP Oxford |page=155 |date=2012 |access-date=4 June 2025 |isbn=978-0199609055}}</ref> It was established in the 1990s as part of the IAC's consolidation in that decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iac.es/en/about-us/history |title=History {{!}} Scientific and technical consolidation of the IAC, the decade of the 90's |work=IAC |access-date=4 June 2025}}</ref> Its name is a word play on the successful collaboration of the member countries in the European Southern Observatory organisation.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
== See also == * European Southern Observatory
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141225122656/http://www.iac.es/eno.php?lang=en ENO]
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