{"id":3754,"date":"2025-09-18T12:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montsec.ieec.cat\/?page_id=3754"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:55:23","slug":"tfrm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montsec.ieec.cat\/en\/astronomy\/tfrm\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabra-ROA Montsec Telescope (TFRM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/montsec.ieec.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/slider-TJO2.webp&#8221; z_index=&#8221;1&#8243; height=&#8221;280px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#160019&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;34px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; 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