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.

  • Technical facility
    Laboratory of Integrated Circuits (LABIC)
    As part of the IAC's strategic plan, since 2019, the Electronic Department of the Instrumentation Division has been carrying out many activities to obtain the...
  • Grant
    Large volume cryostat for integration and verification of cryogenic scientific instrumentation
    This specific equipment will allow to carry out tests in cryogenics and high vacuum conditions of large electro-opto-mechanical systems. The first instrument...
  • Publication
    Larger λ<SUB>R</SUB> in the disc of isolated active spiral galaxies than in their non-active twins
    We present a comparison of the spin parameter λ R, measured in a region dominated by the galaxy disc, between 20 pairs of nearby (0.005 < z < 0.03) seemingly...
  • Publication
    Lessons from the massive relic NGC 1277: Remaining in situstar formation in the cores of massive galaxies
    Near-ultraviolet (NUV) spectroscopic studies have suggested that passively evolving massive, early-type galaxies host sub-one per cent fractions of young stars...
  • Publication
    Low optical polarization at the core of the optically thin jet of M87
    We study the optical linear and circular polarization in the optically thin regime of the core and jet of M87. Observations were acquired two days before the...
  • Publication
    Low-metallicity globular clusters in the low-mass isolated spiral galaxy NGC 2403
    The globular cluster (GC) systems of low-mass late-type galaxies, such as NGC 2403, have been poorly studied to date. As a low mass galaxy (M * = 7 × 10 9 M ⊙)...
  • Publication
    Low-power jet-interstellar medium interaction in NGC 7319 revealed by JWST/MIRI MRS
    We present JWST/MIRI MRS spectroscopy of NGC 7319, the largest galaxy in the Stephan's Quintet, observed as part of the Early Release Observations (ERO). NGC...
  • Publication
    Lyman-continuum leakage as dominant source of diffuse ionized gas in the Antennae galaxy
    The Antennae galaxy (NGC 4038/39) is the closest major interacting galaxy system and is therefore often studied as a merger prototype. We present the first...
  • Publication
    Mapping diffuse interstellar bands in the local ISM on small scales via MUSE 3D spectroscopy. A pilot study based on globular cluster NGC 6397
    Context. We map the interstellar medium (ISM) including the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) in absorption toward the globular cluster NGC 6397 using VLT/MUSE...