Adaptive Optics

This line includes instrumental projects designed to measure and correct the disturbances introduced by the atmosphere on the light received by the scientific instruments. We develop highly specialized devices to measure and characterize the atmospheric turbulence and also specific instruments that, placed in the telescope, are able to compensate the effects of the atmosphere and deliver a corrected beam to the scientific instrument.

  • News
    A study offers new prospects for finding life outside the Earth
    An international team of astronomers, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has participated, has found an exoplanetary system formed by...
  • Installation
    Adaptive Optics for the GTC
    Visit de web pages of the project for detailed information: GTCAO project web pages
  • Grant
    Adaptive Optics System for the Gran Telescopio Canarias
  • Grant
    Agreement between the MICIU and IAC for the execution of the second phase of the project “Scientific-technical Infrastructures and Institutional Services for the Strategic Development of the Observatories of the Canary Islands - INSIDE”
    The INSIDE (Scientific-Technical Infrastructures and Institutional Services for the Strategic Development of the Canary Islands Observatories) Project – Phase 2...
  • Grant
    Agreement between the Ministry of Science and Innovation and the IAC: INfraestructuras científico-técnicas y Servicios Institucionales para el Desarrollo Estratégico de los Observatorios de Canarias (INSIDE-OOCC, ICTS-2019-03-IAC-12) FEDER co-financing
    The operation contemplated here includes 11 sub-actions grouped in 4 main actions with high priority in the current Strategic Plan of the Observatorios de...
  • News
    ANTONIN BOUCHEZ: “Todos los instrumentos del GMT tendrán Óptica Adaptativa”
    En el Observatorio de las Campanas, en el desierto de Atacama, en Chile, se está construyendo uno de los llamados “Telescopios Extremadamente Grandes”: el...
  • Project
    AOLI-Adaptive Optics Lucky Imaging
    AOLI (Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager) is a state-of-the-art instrument that combines the two best existing techniques to improve spatial resolution: adaptive...
  • News
    Astronomers discover how to feed a black hole
    The black holes at the centres of galaxies are the most mysterious objects in the Universe, not only because of the huge quantities of material within them...
  • News
    Astronomers find the first galaxy whose ultraviolet luminosity is comparable to that of a quasar
    An international scientific team, led by researchers at the Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA) and with participation by the Instituto de Astrofísica de...