Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) are part of a team of European astronomers which have managed to classify, using the VISTA telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) some 40,000 minor bodies of the Solar System which could help to answer key questions about their origins.

The journalist and writer is the third author to participate in the multidisciplinary project “En un lugar del Universo” which blends literature and astronomy during the IV centenary of the death of Cervantes. He will arrive today at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.

The dramatist from La Palma is the fourth author to participate in the multidisciplinary project “En un lugar del Universo…” which brings literature and astronomy together during the IVth centenary of the death of Cervantes. On Tuesday, he will visit the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Teide Observatory. After that, he will visit the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory.

Some of those participating in the STARMUS festival, which was celebrated this week in the south of Tenerife, invited to the panel discussion “108 minutes” which took place yesterday at the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in Garafía (La Palma) today visited the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and in particular the Instrumentation Division. These invitees were accompanied by the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, and by some researchers and graduate students from the Institute. Related press release: “108 minutes” at the

Anybody who wants to get to know this observatory can go in a group to visit the telescopes, make their own observations and learn basic astronomical concepts.

The installations, when built, will serve to boost the island of La Palma as a tourist destination for those interested in the Science and the Astronomy developed in the Archipelago by the IAC and the Canary Observatories