First light with EMIR on the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC)
The instrument, which was taken on May 19th from the IAC Hedaquarters, in La Laguna, to the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, on La Palma, passed its first...
First Meeting of New IAC and CTAO Directors Marks Next Phase of Collaboration
This week, CTAO Managing Director, Stuart McMuldroch, and Construction Programme Manager, Volker Heinz, traveled to the Canary Islands for a productive visit...
First observations of the Canary Islands satellite ALISIO-1 from space
The first satellite developed by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,, which was launched into space last December, has sent back its first images. The...
First showing of the high definition audio-visual film "Exploring the Solar System" in the CETA-CIEMAT Planetarium
The audiovisual presentation, designed to be projected in domes and planetaria has been designed by CETA-CIEMAT, IAC, and Eurocosmos, as part of a scientific...
First showing of the video "STARS AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM"
This is the fifth and final audiovisual production in the series "IAC Research" produced by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias with funding from the...
First successful tests of new planet hunter “CARMENES”
CARMENES, an outstanding novel astronomical instrument, which has been designed to look for Earth-like planets, has successfully passed first “on-sky” tests at...