Scope: Observatorios de Canarias

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    Telescopes at the Canary Observatories observe the occultation of star by Triton
    On the night of 5th of October a star in the sky “was switched off”. Triton, the largest of the moons of Neptune, at some 4,500 million kilometres from the...
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    Tellurium is detected in one of its places of origin
    An international team led by a PhD student from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) has identified the emission...
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    Teresa Ribera visits the Teide Observatory to assess the effects of the fire
    The third vice-president and acting minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, the government delegate in the Canary Islands, Anselmo Pestana, and the...
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    The 4th SOLARNET meeting "The physics of the Sun from the interior to the outer atmosphere" will start next Monday
    Organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), and within the framework of the European project SOLARNET, the congress will bring together the...
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    The Centre for Astrophysics on La Palma is renamed “Francisco Sánchez” in honour of the founder of the IAC
    The Deputy Director of the IAC, Casiana Muñoz Tuñón praises the bravery and persistence shown by Francisco Sánchez which enabled the IAC to be recognized as one...
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    The conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: astronomical event of the year
    The astronomical event of the year took place on December 21st, a very close conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn which was broadcast on Internet in the channel of...
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    The CTA and the IAC celebrate the International Day of Light with an outreach day in Garafía
    A visit to the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory with the students of the Santo Domingo secondary school, and a public lecture about the new generation of...
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    The CTA-North Observatory: a network of opportunities for Spanish industry
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI) are organizing a one day event in Madrid to inform...