During his visit, Tim de Zeeuw signs an agreement to perform advanced experiments on adaptive optics at the Teide Observatory
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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.
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Images taken from various viewpoints near Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands). NEW: Images of lunar eclipse obtained by Sociedad para el Estudio y Conocimiento de la Astronomía de Tenerife (SECAT). Authors Download credits and High Resolution Images (ftp) Author: Daniel López/Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Download credits and High Resolution Images (ftp) Further information: NEW: eclipse images taken from Cusco (Peru) Eclipse of the Moon (15 April 2014) Live coverage of the total eclipse of the Moon (15 April 2014) 15 APRIL, 2014 Total lunar eclipse in real time: GLORIAAdvertised on
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LUNAR ECLIPSE FROM TENERIFE Photonews: Lunar Eclipse 15 April 2014 from Tenerife TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON FROM PERU NEW: eclipse images taken from Cusco (Peru) / preview Live coverage Blog with images from the expedition Preview / Download mp4: On-site report from IAC astrophysicist Miquel Serra-Ricart observing the eclipse at the Saksaywaman Inca site in Cuzco (Peru). Credit: Proyecto GLORIA Further information on the lunar eclipse: IAC Release: Live coverage of the total eclipse of the Moon (15 April 2014) IAC Press Release: 15 APRIL, 2014 Total lunar eclipse in real time: GLORIA fromAdvertised on
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The GLORIA Project, in which the IAC is a participant, will webcast the astronomical event live from the Inca Saksaywaman site in Cuzco (Peru). Another GLORIA team will observe the event from the peak of Mount Teide (Tenerife), showing how the shadow of the volcano aligns with the eclipsed Moon. Connection 1: 15 April 2014 from 6:30 to 7:10 UT (7:30 to 8:10 local Canarian summer time; 8:30 to 9:10 Spanish peninsular time). Tenerife images and the start of eclipse totality from Peru. Connection 2: 15 April 2014 from 8:20 to 8:35 UT (9:20 to 9:35 local Canarian summer time; 10:20 to 10:35Advertised on
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A new stellar model atmosphere, published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, puts an end to the apparent disagreement between theory and observation for this exotic radioactive elementAdvertised on -
There will be a total eclipse on 15 April. It will be the first of a series of four total lunar eclipses in series with an interval of about eighteen months. The GLORIA project will travel to Peru to webcast the event live.Advertised on