IACTEC lines: Large telescopes

  • News
    A promising future for the Canary Island Observatories

    From 11th to 13th November the conference “Future Instruments for the Telescopes of the Canary Observatories”, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de...

  • Publication
    Challenges of the telescope control system for large robotic telescopes

    The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) with a collecting area of 4pi square meters will be the largest fully robotic telescope in the world. This contribution is...

  • Publication
    Conceptual design for the optomechanical systems of the New Robotic Telescope

    The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) will be the largest fully robotic telescope in the world (4-m class). The primary mirror (M1) will be comprised of 18...

  • Publication
    Conceptual design of a fast-slewing mount for the New Robotic Telescope

    The New Robotic Telescope is designed to conduct rapid target follow-up within 30 seconds of an `alert' from survey facilities. To achieve this will require a...

  • Grant
    Constructive Preparatory Phase of the European Solar Telescope (EST) - Creation of the Project Office

    PREP-EST is a project funded by the Canary Islands Government under a direct grant awarded on grounds of public interest. The objective of PREP-EST is the...

  • Grant
    Contribution of the Cabildo of La Palma to the "Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA)" project

  • Gallery
    Creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation

    Some images of the creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation, in which 9 scientific institutions from 7 countries have participated. More...

  • Gallery
    CSOA

    Instalaciones y equipamiento de CSOA

  • Capability
    Design, development and verification of optical systems

    The IAC Technology Division has the capacity for developing complete optical elements and systems from the design stages to manufacturing follow-up, integration...