Organizational unit: INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS

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Description
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is a Public Consortium and Public Research Body (OPI), without prejudice to its nature as a consortium. It is governed according to the Law of Science, Technology and Innovation (Law 14/2011) and by its own Statutes. It is a juridical person empowered to work towards the realization of its goals. The Spanish Government has declared the IAC a 'Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence'. It is constituted by the General State Administration, the Public Administration of the Canary Islands Autonomous Community, the University of La Laguna, and Spain's Science Research Council (CSIC). The IAC is a self-sufficient technical service under the General State Administration and the Public Administration of the Canary Islands Autonomous Community.
  • Project
    DALI(PoP). Pioneering the tunable broad band search for axion dark matter above 25 μeV

    The detection of the axion would be one of the most important events in the history of science. This hypothetical particle can simultaneously solve two...

  • Project
    Development of the Laser Guide Star Facility (LGSF)

    The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the IAC has signed the ERDF Agreement INSIDE-OOCC (8,139 keuros) to guarantee the implementation of 11...

  • Project
    Enhance Technological Capabilities At The Observatories, Including The Joint Development Of State-Of-Art Instrumentation-INSIDE (OOCC)

    The Observatorios de Canarias (OOCC) represent the largest collection of professional solar and night-time telescopes in the world. The aim of the IAC´s...

  • Project
    EuroCC – National Competence Centres in the framework of EuroHPC

    Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias is a member of the National Center of Competences in High Performance Computing/Supercomputing (HPC), High Performance Data...

  • Project
    Scientific instrumentation of the CMB laboratory at Teide Observatory - INSIDE OOCC

    The QUIJOTE experiment is a reference project for Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) research at the IAC. It started operations in 2012. Currently and in the...

  • Educational resource
    TEACHING UNIT: Occultations

    Unidad Didáctica sobre eclipses, realizada en colaboración con la FECYT. Una ocultación es la alineación o interposición de un cuerpo celeste por otro visto...

  • Project
    Updating and Substantial Improvement of Activities Related to the Atmospheric Characterization of the Observatorios de Canarias - INSIDE OOCC

    Keeping the Observatorios de Canarias (OOCC) among the most competitive sites in the World for astronomical observation requires a continuous effort to...

  • Publishing
    ¡ASTRONOMÍA, se rueda!

    "¡Astronomía, se rueda!" es la recopilación de las charlas y exposiciones impartidas por expertos en el curso que tuvo lugar (y que llevaba el mismo nombre) en...