
Students of the Colegio Santo Domingo de Guzmán during the visit to the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) of the programme "Nuestros Alumnos y el ORM" (Our Students and the ORM). Credit: José Fernández / Colegio Santo Domingo de Guzmán
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This academic year the educational programme “Our students and the Roque de los Muchachos” has reached its tenth anniversary. The project, started within the framework of the International Year of Astronomy in 2009, is an activity designed for all the students in the 4th year of secondary education in La Palma, whose aim is to introduce the telescopes of the Roque de los Muchachos observatory (ORM) and to popularize the research which is carried out there among the school community on the Island.
More info.: 10 years bringing Astrophysics to the school community of La Palma

Control room of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) during the visit of the students of the program "Our Students and the ORM"

Group of students of the program "Our Students and the ORM" during the visit to the Telescope Nazionale Galileo (TNG)

Student experimenting with diffraction gratings during the light workshop of the program "Our Students and the ORM"

Students of the Colegio Santo Domingo de Guzmán during the visit to the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) of the programme "Nuestros Alumnos y el ORM" (Our Students and the ORM)