BBVA Foundation's president, Carlos Torres Vila, visits the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

Visita de Carlos Torres
(From left to right) Rafael Rebolo, IAC's director; Carlos Torres Vila, president of the BBVA Foundation; Romano Corradi, GTC's director and Juan Carlos Pérez Arencibia, ORM administrator, in front of the GTC. Credit: Juan Antonio González.  
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The president of the BBVA Foundation, Carlos Torres Vila, visited the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma) to learn about the work being done by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The most recent collaboration between the two institutions has been a research project led by astronomer Johan Knapen Koelstra and funded by the BBVA Foundation as part of its Programa de Ayudas a Equipos de Investigación en el área de Big Data. The president of the Foundation visited the GTC and the Cherenkov telescopes (MAGIC and LST), where he received explanations on the progress of these facilities, their achievements and future plans. In addition, he was informed about the other telescopes for solar physics and optical and infrared astronomy, including EST and NRT, which are under development.

Visita Carlos Torres
(From left to right) Juan Carlos Pérez, ORM administrator; Rafael Rebolo, IAC's director and Carlos Torres Vila, president of the BBVA Foundation. Credit: Juan Antonio González.

 

Visita Carlos Torres
(From left to right) Rafael Rebolo, IAC's director; Carlos Torres Vila, president of the BBVA Foundation; Romano Corradi, GTC's director and Juan Carlos Pérez Arencibia, ORM administrator, inside the GTC. Credit: Juan Antonio González.  

 

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