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

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    The IAC celebrates its Day of Science
    Last Tuesday, in the Tenerife Space for the Arts (TEA) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the IAC celebrated the XI edition of the Day of Our Science, an annual meting...
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    The IAC continues to track asteroid 2024 YR4 to refine the probability of impact in 2032
    The Solar System research group at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is participating in the international programme to keep a closet track of...
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    The IAC moves towards becoming a global benchmark in the manufacture of optical elements
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), through its Optics Department and the Center for Advanced Optical Systems (CSOA), is taking a new step towards...
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    The IAC opens the call for its Winter School focused on key optical technologies for Astronomy
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has opened the application period for the XXXVI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics , which will be held...
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    The IAC passes successfully the pre-optical revision of the instrument HARMONI
    The pre-optics for HARMONI, the optical and infrared spectrograph to be installed on the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) at Cerro Armazones (Chile), has passed...
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    The IAC validates a method for measuring the masses of stars using their seismic waves
    An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the IAC, have performed a unique cosmic test - measuring the mass of an ancient star using two...
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    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias hosts the Spanish ALMA Days 2025
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has been host to the Spanish ALMA Days 2025, which was held from 18th to 20th February in the IACTEC building in...
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    The LST-1 at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory provides new clues about gamma-ray bursts jets
    The international CTAO LST Collaboration , in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) plays a prominent role, released remarkable findings from...
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    The LST-1 telescope on La Palma detects the Crab Pulsar at very high-energy
    The first prototype of the Large-Size Telescope (LST) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the LST-1, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory...