Organizational unit: DIRECTORATE

Email
direccion [at] iac.es
Headquarter
Headquarters
Description
The Directorate of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is the executive branch of the Rectoral Council charged with investigating topics of a scientific nature. It also deals with administrative, economic, and personnel matters under guidelines set down by the Rectoral Council.
  • Publishing
    CCI Annual Report 2023
    This annual report documents the impressive breadth and vitality of the research carried out at the two sites of the astrophysical observatories in the Canaries...
  • Publishing
    IAC Astronomical Calendar 2026
    The Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) and the Museum of Science and the Cosmos (MCC, by its Spanish initials) publish their astronomical...
  • Project
    IACTEC Large Telescopes: Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory - CTAO
    The CTAO is an initiative which is planning the construction of a new generation of Cherenkov Telescopes to study the universe in very high energy gamma-rays...
  • Project
    IACTEC Large Telescopes: New Robotic Telescope - NRT
    The NRT (New Robotic Telescope) is a project to design and build a 4-meter telescope within five years, which from the ORM will operate in a totally autonomous...
  • Project
    IACTEC Large Telescopes: The European Solar Telescope - EST
    The European Solar Telescope (EST) (http://www.est-east.eu) is a European solar physics initiative involving more than 30 institutions from 18 countries, under...
  • Project
    IACTEC Medical Technology
    Development of electro-optical devices implementing technology used in Astrophysics for medical technology.
  • Project
    IACTEC Space
    Development of optical payloads for micro-satellites for Earth observation from low orbits.
  • Project
    MOSAIC-S3T: Enhancing the S3T Ground Segment through Coordinated Multi-Sensor Observation using Stare and Chase Techniques and Data Fusion Analysis
    The main goal of MOSAIC-S3T project (Enhancing the S3T Ground Segment through Coordinated Multi-Sensor Observation using Stare and Chase Techniques and Data...