As the main objective of the Division is the development of astrophysical instrumentation, frequently it is required its participation in studies and proposals for the construction of future telescopes. Since the design and construction of the IAC-80 telescope, the Instrumentation Division has contributed to several large telescopes projects
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NewsObserved: an exoplanet where it rains iron
Nature magazine is publishing today a surprising study about the giant, ultra-hot planet WASP-76b in which researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
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NewsObserved: an occultation of a brown dwarf by another
An international team of astronomers in the project SPECULOOS, dedicated to the search for habitable planets, with scientists participating from the Instituto...
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NewsOMAIRA GONZÁLEZ MARTÍN: “The Canary Observatories have been essential in the advance of the study of nuclear activity in galaxies”
For astronomers one of the biggest obstacles is the darkness of the Universe itself, above all the darkness caused by the gas and dust which surround active...
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NewsOpen Days 2019 at the Teide Observatory
Organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) they will take place on June 14 and 15th.
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ProjectOptical Ground Station- OGS
Optical communication operations with the OGS. The aim of this project is to characterise optical communications from the earth to artificial satellites.
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ProjectOptical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy - OPTICON
Participation in OPTICON. One of the main goals of this project, to which many of the individual activities being carried out at OPTICON are also contributing...
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GrantOPTICON: Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy. H2020 Grant
CVOPTICON is an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative of the 6th EU I+D+i framework programme for improving the coordination of the European astronomical...