Lines of instrumentation: Research and Development
Research and Development
This line includes cross-cutting technological projects and studies that represent a substantial technical advance in precise aspects of utility, whether in future astronomical instruments or projects of non-astronomical technical applications.
Publication
The New Robotic Telescope: progress report
The robotic 2-metre Liverpool Telescope (LT), located at Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, has seen great success in its <15 year lifetime. In particular the...
The Spanish Goverment increases the budget of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias by 9 million euros
In the document presenting the General National Budget for 2021 approved by the Council of Ministers for 2021, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
Valorization of technology and promotion of synergies with the productive environment
Another purpose of the IAC is to increase the value of the research results generated by the center. The transfer of knowledge for the development of new...
The IAC was a participant in this project to create a device capable of generating acoustic signals to carry information about space. Its aim is to create a...