The Adaptive Optics (AO) for the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) corrects the effect of the atmospheric turbulence on the light, to exploit the high spatial...
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ProjectGTCAO LGS. Adaptative Optics and Laser Guide Star for GTC
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ProjectHARMONI
HARMONI is one of the three ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope) first light scientific instruments. It is a visible and near-infrared (0.47 to 2.45 µm)...
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ProjectHerschel y Planck
IAC participation in the HERSCHEL AND PLANCK SURVEYOR space missions. Since 1996 the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has been a contributor to the concept...
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ProjectHORuS - High Optical Resolution Spectrograph
High-resolution spectrograph for the 10-m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) based on components from UES, a spectrograph which was in use at the 4.2-m William...
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ProjectIAC participation in the development of the HARMONI instrument (SO 2021-2023)
HARMONI is a first light optical / infrared spectrograph of integral field and high spatial resolution for ELT. Its design and construction is carried out by an...
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ProjectIMaX-Sunrise
Magnetograph for SUNRISE. IMaX (Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment) is one of the postfocal instruments for the SUNRISE experiment. After two succesful flights...
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ProjectINTEGRAL
Built by IAC in collaboration with the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) and the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING). The aim was to develop a two...
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ProjectJEM-EUSO IRCAM
The Infrared Camera (IRCAM) of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO)
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ProjectLaser Guide Star with OGS
The aim of this project is to create a sodium Laser Guide Star (LGS) using the 1m telescope OGS and a sodium dye laser. LGSs are needed by the Adaptive Optics...