Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

The IAC conducts projects on earth and space telescopes, high resolution, infrared instrumentation, optics and microwaves, as well as technological support.

Current projects (in alphabetical order):

• DIMMA
• ELT
• EMIR
• ESPRESSO
• EST
• FastCam
• FRIDA
• GREGOR
• HORUS
• IMaX
• JEMEUSO IRCAM
• Laser Guide Star with OGS
• MIRADAS
• NIPS (EUCLID)
• OGS (Operation)
• OPTICON
• OSIRIS
• QUIJOTE
• SOPHI
• WEAVE

Previous projects

• Adaptive Optics with FPGAs
• ARTEMIS Laser Link
• CMB Polarimetry
• Cosmosomas
• EAV Virtual Acoustic Space
• FDI (Simbiotic)
• FIN
• GTC Adaptive Optics System
• Herschel and Planck
• INTEGRAL
• LIRIS
• NAHUAL
• ROCLIs - Development of Liquid Crystal Optical Retarders
• SCIDAR
• TIP II
• VSA Extension