Institution: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

Acronym
IAC
URL
http://www.iac.es/
Country
Spain
CCAA
Canary Islands
  • Project
    Black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs and their local environment
    Accreting black-holes and neutron stars in X-ray binaries provide an ideal laboratory for exploring the physics of compact objects, yielding not only...
  • Conference
    Brown Dwarfs Keep Their Cool: 30 years of Substellar Science
    Fifty years ago the search for the first Brown Dwarf (BD) was raging among various teams over the world. After several years of intense studies, in September...
  • Installation
    CAIN
    CAIN-III is a powerful and versatile instrument designed and built by the IAC. Its detector is composed by a mosaic of 256 x 256 HgCdTe photovoltaic elements...
  • Installation
    CAMELOT2
    Wide field camera (16.12″x16.12″) for direct image. Filter wheel with 12 positions. Possibility of advanced macros for quasi-robotic observations. Contact Olga...
  • Event
    Can we listen to dark matter?
    Tomorrow, Friday 25th November at 18.30, will take place the public lecture “Listening to dark matter”, in which the mystery of dark matter will be approached...
  • Project
    Canarias Innova
    CANARIAS INNOVA was born on the 2nd July 2000 as a weekly radio programme on science and technology for the Canaries.CANARIAS INNOVA is a joint initiative by...
  • Installation
    Canary Island Long-Baseline Observatory - ORM
    CILBO is a double-station camera setup in the Canary Islands (CILBO = Canary Island Long-Baseline Observatory). Image-intensified video cameras - one on...
  • Installation
    Canary Island Long-Baseline Observatory-OT
    CILBO is a double-station camera setup in the Canary Islands (CILBO = Canary Island Long-Baseline Observatory). Image-intensified video cameras - one on...
  • Project
    Characterization of the Canary Island Observatories
    The IAC has long been aware of the importance of promoting initiatives for the characterization and protection of the Canarian Observatories (Roque de los...