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  • The SONG Telescope at Teide Observatory in morning light during a full moon night. (Photo: Uli Fehr, www.fehrpics.com)
    The SONG global network is celebrating its first decade of scientific research with a conference in Tenerife.
  • The President of the Cabildo of La Palma, Sergio Rodríguez inaugurated this morning the International Conference LSST@Europe 6
    The President of the Cabildo of La Palma inaugurates the International Conference LSST@Europa 6
  • Reinstalation of Commissioning Camera (ComCan) de LSST en Agosto de 2024 / Hernan Stockebrand
    La Palma welcomes the Conference LSST@Europe 6, a front-line initiative in the exploration of the Universe
  • Image of the exterior lighting of the jetty of Puerto de las Nieves, in Agaete (Gran Canaria).
    The IAC will advise Puertos Canarios to reduce light pollution from their installations
  • La ministra de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades ha presidido este jueves en el CaixaForum el acto de reconocimiento de las Acreditaciones Severo Ochoa y María de Maeztu, que concede el Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICIU), a través de la Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), a centros y unidades de investigación de excelencia.
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, present during the formal awarding of the Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu qualification
  • Central region of the old galaxy NGC 1386 where thousands of stars are forming into star clusters
    Regions where extremely young stars are forming have been found in very old galaxies
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    SONG 2024 Science Meeting

    IACTEC. La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

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    The Whole Sun 2024 Scientific Meeting

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 

    San Cristóbal de La Laguna, S/C de Tenerife, Spain

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    LSST@Europe 6

    La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

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