Imagen: zonas de visibilidad durante el pico máximo esperado de la "lluvia de estrellas" Camelopardálidas (NASA/MSFC/Danielle Moser) Por Miquel Serra-Ricart (IAC) Según modelos teóricos el próximo Sábado 24 de mayo podría producirse un estallido de actividad meteórica con origen -radiante- la constelación boreal Camelopardalis (Jirafa) y el causante sería el Cometa 209P/LINEAR. 209P/LINEAR es un cometa con un periodo orbital de cinco años que fue descubierto en el año 2004 por el proyecto Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research ( LINEAR). El Cometa (cuerpo helado de unos 600 m de diámetro) ha

The GTC helps to detect the source of a gamma-ray burst

During his visit, Tim de Zeeuw signs an agreement to perform advanced experiments on adaptive optics at the Teide Observatory

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: GLORIA

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 from

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 10:35