Lines of instrumentation: Visible instrumentation

Visible instrumentation

From its origins, the Instrumentation Division has participated in the construction of instrumentation to detect and analyze light in the visible range of the spectrum. Cameras, spectrographs, polarization analyzers, optical fibers fed systems, among others, have been designed, built, integrated and verified in our facilities.

  • News
    ESPRESSO puts the physical constants to the test
    Why does gravity have the strength it has? What exactly determines the value of the electromagnetic force? Are the laws of Physics the same in any part of the...
  • Publication
    Exploring the Mid-infrared SEDs of Six AGN Dusty Torus Models. I. Synthetic Spectra
    At distances from the active galaxy nucleus where the ambient temperature falls below ̃1500-1800 K, dust is able to survive. It is thus possible to have a large...
  • Publication
    Exploring the Mid-infrared SEDs of Six AGN Dusty Torus Models. II. The Data
    This is the second in a series of papers devoted to exploring a set of six dusty models of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with available spectral energy...
  • Publication
    Extended warm gas in the ULIRG Mrk273: Galactic outflows and tidal debris
    We present new HST/ACS medium- and narrow-band images and optical Isaac Newton Telescope long-slit spectra of the merging system Mrk273. The HST observations...
  • Project
    FastCam
    High temporal and spatial resolution in the optical for the IAC
  • Grant
    Feeding, feedback and extinction in active galaxies
    This research project aims to join efforts and consolidate the cooperation of a group of researchers with deep-rooted expertises and skills in different areas...
  • News
    Free access to the largest catalogue of objects observed by Grantecan
    The Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA), via the Spanish Virtual Observatory, is offering the scientific community and the general public a catalogue of...
  • News
    Galaxies like Russian dolls
    Jairo Méndez Abreu and Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres, researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), have discovered a peanut-shaped structure in...
  • News
    Galaxies that feed on other galaxies
    An international team of astronomers led by Giuseppina Battaglia, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), finds signs that the outer halo...