The Deputy Director of the IAC, Casiana Muñoz Tuñón praises the bravery and persistence shown by Francisco Sánchez which enabled the IAC to be recognized as one of the best centres in the world for research in astrophysics. The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) hosted this morning the ceremony to rename the Centre of Astrophysics on La Palma (CALP) as CALP Francisco Sánchez, in honour of the person who was the first Professor of astrophysics in Spain, and the founder of the IAC. Those taking part in the ceremony included the Founding Director of the IAC, Francisco Sánchez Martínez

FULLY BOOKED Thank you very much for your interest in the Open Days 2024. All available places have been fully booked with the applications received. Those who have successfully registered will receive an email confirming their attendance or non-attendance as soon as possible. We regret that we are unable to attend all applications, but we encourage you to stay tuned for our next calls and events - we look forward to your participation in future activities! We would like to remind you that other visits are organised throughout the year and can be requested via our Visits page . Coinciding

On February 21st and 22nd 2024, IACTEC organized a hybrid presential/telecom course on dissemination of Space Sciences with online tools, dedicated to secondary school teachers. Themes covered include wildfire observation from space using the Earth Observation Browser from Copernicus Project (a specific course on EO Browser had already been held in 2023), solar panels seen from space using Geographical Information Systems such as Google Earth and Google Maps, Near Earth Objets, and light pollution. A total of 15 teachers attended the course. This course was developed in the frame of Planet