During October, the Adaptive Optics System team at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTCAO) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), in collaboration with the technical team at the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan), successfully completed the integration of the GRANCAIN instrument into the world's largest optical-infrared telescope. The installation was carried out at the GTCAO outlet on the telescope's Nasmyth B platform, a key step in initiating performance testing of the new adaptive optics system. This is the first scientific instrument to operate using the GTC's adaptive

La Palma acoge durante tres días DiploInnova, un programa de Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias organizado con la colaboración del IAC El presidente de Canarias, Fernando Clavijo, resaltó, esta mañana en el Roque de los Muchachos, en La Palma, el papel de Canarias en la resolución de los desafíos del planeta a través de la ciencia en la inauguración del programa DiploInnova , una jornada de diplomacia científica que busca posicionar a las islas en el ámbito internacional, dedicada en esta ocasión a la Astrofísica y el Espacio. Para Clavijo, la colaboración internacional en el ámbito

From Thursday, May 8th, to Friday, May 9th, the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is hosting the meeting of the Research Advisory Committee (CAI). This is the center's highest advisory body on research and analyzes its scientific and technological output. At this meeting, the director, Valentín Martínez Pillet, will present the center's main scientific and technological milestones, as well as a proposal for future lines of action. The director will also be joined by Eva Villaver, deputy director of the IAC; Romano Corradi, director of Gran Telescopio Canarias; Jonay González