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
    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...
  • Talk
    Seminario de Instrumentación: Desfile de modelos del Telescopio Solar Europeo (EST)
    La creación y uso de modelos es una parte fundamental de la ingeniería. En esta charla se presentará una visión descriptiva de alto nivel sobre los modelos...
  • Grant
    Spanish contribution to the first five Medium Size Telescopes of CTA North (5MST-CTAN)
    The final objective of the operation is the production of five MST-type telescopes for the CTA-North site, at the Observatory from the Roque de los Muchachos...
  • News
    TESS, Spitzer and the GTC detect a planet orbiting a white dwarf for the first time
    With data from NASA’s TESS satellite, from the now retired Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) an international team of astronomers...
  • Publication
    The 4 m New Robotic Telescope Project: An Updated Report
    The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) is an international collaboration to build and operate a 4m diameter fully robotic telescope. The telescope will take advantage...
  • Publication
    The 4-m New Robotic Telescope (NRT): status of the optomechanical systems
    The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) is currently under conceptual phase design, will be sited on the Observatory of Roque de los Muchachos (ORM) in La Palma (Canary...