The Montegancedo Astronomical Observatory, based at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's School of Computing and part of the Madrid Region's ASTROCAM network, was officially opened on 23 January 2009, coinciding with the International Year of Astronomy 2009. In his brief talk, [Francisco Sánchez Moreno the head of the observatory and professor at the School of Computing] explained...that this is the first free, open access astronomical observatory in the world....
ASTROCAM: Red de Astrofísica de la CAM en la que participan científicos del CSIC, UCM, UAM, ESAC, UPM y UEM, así como las empresas DEIMOS, GMV, INSA, SERCO y VEGA.
The worlds first free, open access astronomical observatory officially opened Thanks to this remote-controlled observatory installed at the UPMs School of Computing anyone can study astronomy from their own home The Montegancedo Astronomical Observatory, based at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrids School of Computing and part of the Madrid Regions ASTROCAM network, was officially opened on 23 January 2009, coinciding with the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Present at the opening ceremony were the Universidad Politécnica de Madrids Vice Rector of Research, Gonzalo León, the Dean of the School of Computing, Javier Segovia, the principal investigator of the ASTROCAM project and Spanish National Research Council professor, José Cernicharo, and the head of the observatory and School of Computing professor, Francisco Sánchez Moreno. At the end of the ceremony a commemorative plaque was unveiled.