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 Gran Telescopio Canarias plays a key role in the discovery of the ring of the dwarf planet Quaoar
    Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for...
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    The HiPERCAM camera of the Gran Telescopio Canarias reveals new details about the oldest stars in the Milky Way
    An international study, using the high-speed HiPERCAM camera, installed in the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), has determined for the first time the mass and...
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    The IAC and ESA sign an agreement to widen the programmes of connection and transmission of optical data at the Teide Observatory
    The IAC and ESA sign an agreement to widen the programmes of connection and transmission of optical data at the Teide Observatory
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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 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 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 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...
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    The mystery of the brightest planetary nebulae
    A recent study led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has resolved an old debate about the progenitor stars of the brightest...
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    The new 4-m robotic telescope
    We present a project to build a 4-m-diameter telescope (New Robotic Telescope [NRT]) with fully robotic operation. The telescope will be sited at the...