“Las nubes de Andrómeda”, Astronomy Picture of the Day

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  • La presentadora Verónica Martín junto a los colaboradores e invitados del programa ‘Soñando Estrellas’. En esta edición participaron Enrique Pérez (IAA-CSIC), impulsor del proyecto Astroaccesible; la astrofísica divulgadora Alejandra Goded, responsable de la sección ‘Mirando al cielo’; y el doctorando del IAC Luis Barrios, protagonista del espacio ‘Del cielo a la tesis’.
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    Soñando Estrellas aborda “Astroaccesible”, un proyecto para acercar la ciencia a las personas con discapacidad visual
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) emitió este jueves, 26 de febrero, a las 22:30 horas, su espacio radiofónico ‘Soñando Estrellas’ en La Radio Canaria. Este programa semanal de 30 minutos, conducido por Verónica Martín y ya disponible en iVoox , nace para divulgar la labor de los más de 400 profesionales del centro y rendir homenaje a la visión de Francisco Sánchez , fundador del IAC. El programa de esta semana contó con una entrevista a Enrique Pérez , investigador y divulgador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía y del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
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  • GRANCAIN instrument installed on the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan)
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    GRANCAIN, the first instrument to use the GTC's adaptive optics, is integrated into the telescope
    During October, the Adaptive Optics System team at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTCAO) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in collaboration with the technical team at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan), successfully completed the integration of the GRANCAIN instrument into the world's largest optical-infrared telescope. The installation was carried out at the GTCAO outlet on the telescope's Nasmyth B platform, a key step in initiating performance testing of the new adaptive optics system. This is the first scientific instrument to operate using the GTC's adaptive
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  • Artistic illustration. Credit: Elsa Bersier - CFPArts / ESBDi Genève
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    The IAC participates in a complex observation campaign to unravel the enigmatic 'Neptunian desert'
    An international scientific team, including members of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has launched an ambitious program to map exoplanets located around the Neptunian Desert —a region around stars where planets the size of Neptune are very rare— in order to better understand the mechanisms of planetary system evolution and formation. This scientific expedition has delivered its first results with the observation of the TOI-421 planetary system. Analysis of this system reveals a surprisingly inclined orbital architecture, offering new insights into the chaotic history of
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