Private visits are led by specialized guides, called “Starlight guides”.
People who want to visit the ORM must reserve their visit in advance throuhg the web of the Starlight Foundation.
The Starlight Foundation, with the collaboration of the IAC, trains and qualifies these professionals with the aim of providing the visitors with good quality information which is, undestandable and instructive about the installationsl, their history, their use, and their scientific output.
The guides also have sufficient knowledge about the security measures to be observed in the installations, so it is obligatory to follow their recommendations
Because of rhe working conditions within the telescope buildings the visits are organized in small groups, during daylight hours. The estimated length of a visit is 1 hour 30 minutes.
The meeting point for this guide will be the Visitor Centre. A visit to the Centre before the visit to the telescopes is recommended because it gives general informaton about the Observatory and some basic knowledge of Astrophysics.