Description
The Canarias Islands include, in a amazing landscape, two of the most important astromical observatories :
* the Roque de Los Muchachos observatory, home of the biggest telescope in the world up to now (the GTC Gran Telescopio Canarias)
* the Tenerife observatory, in the top of the Teide caldera.
The Islands provide the best conditions for astronomy (clear sky, stable atmosphere, no light pollution) after Chile.
Version 5.0 for MSFS2024 : i did a lot of rework in the scenery to make it more compatible with MSFS2024 terrain, buildings and imagery.
Make sure to use the "Volcano Tree Fix" library.
Also make sure to install all the provided folders. Do not place them in a community sub-folder.
If you use MSFS addon linker, some folders will appear in red text (because MSFS2020 version). This is normal, all these folders are required even for MSFS2024 usage.
In June 2025, it was announced that the TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope) project could be saved thanks to the Spanish offer to locate it in La Palma island, Canarias. It is now included in the scenery
Mandatory library for MSFS2024 :
Volcano Tree Fix (global) for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS
Recommended libraries :
Download and install the “Windy Things Livrary” in your community folder.
Download and install the “Dave’s 3D People Library” in your community folder.
Optionnally, you can also add “Global AI Ship Traffic” to increase the traffic in Canarian seas.
This scenery is part of my Giant Telescope project, that you can download here : https://flightsim.to/file/12401/giant-telescopes
Canarias Telescopes
Explore the stunning Canarias Islands with two iconic astronomical observatories - Roque de Los Muchachos and Tenerife. Benefit from optimal astronomy conditions similar to Chile, with clear skies and minimal light pollution. Compatibility with World Update 8 (Iberia) & insights on setting priorities with Tenerife Airports included. Enhance your experience with the required libraries for a seamless simulation of these world-renowned telescopes.
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Created a version for MSFS2024 with a lot of rework for better compatibility with terrain, buildings, and 2024 imagery. Also includes Thirty Meter Telescopes Canarias option.
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Log Inabout 5 years ago
Thank you so much, I cannot thank you enough. For those of us who love astronomy, having an accurate depiction of the observatories is just great.
I almost got to tears when I saw that William Herschel in its dome!
El Roque is the most wonderful place in the world for me. One million Thanks.
9 months ago
9 months ago
over 3 years ago
Great, Tx!
over 3 years ago
2 questions please:
Precisely, wich files have to be deleted
What means "DEM's" ...?
over 3 years ago
DEMs means custom terrain : just use terrain provided with WU8 Iberia/Spain
Thank you for your comment : i added the name of the folders to be deleted to make it more clear.
over 3 years ago
Thanks for the update; assuming that I should delete the old droide-lapalma-wu8override folder? Also assuming I'm utterly wasting my time as this'll all be part of the megapack soon enough lol?
over 3 years ago
Indeed the megapack will be updated as soon as i can.
SU10 messed up everything, it will be a huge work to clean this up, to do this may take some weeks.
over 3 years ago
:( well good luck and know that the work is appreciated :)
about 4 years ago
Thank you so much for the correction.
about 4 years ago
So now with WU8, and not using other DEMs, which version should I be using?
about 4 years ago
You should use only WU8 (Iberia) and no custom terrain
(scenery version 4.x and upper)
about 4 years ago
World Update 8 now includes Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos
about 4 years ago
Yes, but they made a very ugly work !
I'll will publish a new version of my scenery that will totally override WU8,
nothing interesting to keep...
about 4 years ago
Does 3.3 work without Mikeaat's Spain Canary 20m DEM? They said their DEM doesn't work anymore: https://flightsim.to/file/14842/spain-canary-20m-dem-high-resolution-terrain-elevation-data-from-lidar-imaging/267468
about 4 years ago
I tested with 2m DEM and version 3.5 of this scenery
about 4 years ago
Brilliant. Thanhs for the update to the 2m DEM
about 4 years ago
Thank you so much for following my work
over 4 years ago
Been multiple times on La Isla Bonita (La Palma), even when the volcano started, I tried your scenery. It is great, no question!
Still, there is a "but": the two MAGIC and the LST are shown as radio telescopes. But they are optical mirrors to search for Tchernenkov Radiation in the upper athmosphere...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvb5gEDTPO/
I apreciate your work, it´s really great so far. Is it possible to change these three telescopes? Or are there no mirrors in MSFS? (I have no idea... I´m only a humble user)
over 4 years ago
Thank you for your comment. You are right, Cherenkov telescope have mirror surface on the opposite of radio-telescopes.
I tried to improve reflection rendering. Seems much better now, and i added a little surprise for night time...
It will be included in the next update very soon.
over 4 years ago
Thank you, great news, looking forward to the update!
Oh, sure, it´s Cherenkov... Tchernenkov was someone other... LOL