Lines of instrumentation: Telescopes

Telescopes

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

  • News
    Powerful warm winds discovered during a neutron star eruption
    An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has discovered blasts of hot, warm and cold...
  • Grant
    PRE-EST: Preparatory Phase for the European Solar Telescope. H2020 Grant
    The objectives of the preparatory phase for EST are: (1) to explore possible legal frameworks and related governance schemes that can be used by agencies to...
  • News
    Preliminary design review of the European Solar Telescope control software successfully completed
    A crucial step forward has been taken in the development of the European Solar Telescope (EST). The preliminary design of three core software systems— the...
  • Capability
    Processing of confidentiality and industrial property agreements
    The IAC promotes scientific and technological cooperations through agreements for the exchange of confidential information, including ideas for the exploitation...
  • News
    Proclamation of the unanimous support from the Canarian public bodies for the construction of the TMT on La Palma
    The Government of the Canary Islands, Cabildo of La Palma, Municipalities of Puntagorda and Garafía and the IAC Director have met on the Green Island to...
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    Public version of PORTA, a novel 3D radiative transfer code
    The POLMAG research team of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), which includes scientists from other international institutions, has released the...
  • Capability
    R&D&I project management
    The development of large and complex scientific instruments has led the IAC to specialize in project management techniques, a discipline to coordinate the human...
  • News
    ROGER DAVIES: “It would be wonderful to have the TMT here in La Palma, at the Roque, and of course there would be the potential for European participation”
    He was one of the “Seven Samurai” who in 1986 published that the Milky Way, together with its neighbour galaxies, in clusters and superclusters, forms a huge...