Cuatro senadores visitan el IAC

Senadores del grupo territorial del Partido Popular canario visitan las instalaciones de la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias acompañados por su director, Rafael Rebolo López. Crédito: Elena Mora (IAC).
Senadores del grupo territorial del Partido Popular canario visitan las instalaciones de la sede central del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias acompañados por su director, Rafael Rebolo López. Crédito: Elena Mora (IAC).
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Esta mañana, algunos de los senadores que componen el grupo territorial del Partido Popular canario, visitaron la sede central en La Laguna del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Rafael Rebolo López, director del centro, les enseñó las instalaciones y explicó la labor que el IAC desarrolla tanto en la sede central como en el Observatorio del Teide (Izaña, Tenerife) y en el Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos (Garafía, La Palma).

A esta visita asistieron María Isabel García Luis, senadora tinerfeña y portavoz del grupo; Antonio Alarcó Hernández, senador por Tenerife y anfitrión de este encuentro; Claudio Gutiérrez Vera, senador por Fuerteventura; e Hipólito Suárez Nuez, senador por Gran Canaria.

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