News

This section includes scientific and technological news from the IAC and its Observatories, as well as press releases on scientific and technological results, astronomical events, educational projects, outreach activities and institutional events.

  • Montage of almost 2000 individual photos taken at 35-second intervals, from Friday night, 21 June, until sunset on Saturday, 22 June, during the Open Days at the Teide Observatory. The images were taken with a wide-angle camera mounted on the GREGOR Solar
    Photo caption: Montage of almost 2000 individual photos taken at 35-second intervals, from Friday night, 21 June, until sunset on Saturday, 22 June, during the Open Days at the Teide Observatory. The images were taken with a wide-angle camera mounted on the GREGOR Solar Telescope. Star-trails can be seen in Friday's night sky, as well as all the activity of the visitors throughout Saturday. The final photo reveals the multitudinous attendance of the public. Author: Daniel López (© IAC) 2013 Observatorio del Teide Open Days Preview and video description Download: mp4 (Duración: 1 minuto 43
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  • ALHAMBRA survey regions for which data have been published. Credit: ALHAMBRA Project. Image proccesing: V. Peris.
    The characteristics of ALHAMBRA, a detailed study of eight separate deep regions of the Universe, make it the best available tool for exploring the recent history of the Universe This first version of the data, called ALHAMBRA-gold and led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, contains a hundred thousand galaxies, twenty thousand stars and a thousand possible active galactic nuclei Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias have also participated in the catalogue, which was compiled at the Calar Alto Observatory REFERENCE A. Molino et al. The ALHAMBRA
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  • "Observatorio del Teide" Open Days 2013 PosterCopyright: IAC
    Open Days for 2013 at the Teide Observatory are scheduled for Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June, from 10:00 to 15:00. Entry will be granted strictly according to order of arrival and vehicles must be parked in the parking area of the Observatory. This year, the bus company Titsa will participate in the initiative by providing a special service to the Observatory. A press release will be issued within the next few days on the IAC website giving further details. Further information: Poster (jpg, 1 MB) Poster (pdf, 25 MB) OT map (jpg, 700 KB) OT map (pdf, 13,4 MB)
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