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.
The author Elsa López will be the first to participate in the cross-disciplinary project “En un lugar del Universo…” an initiative of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias which brings together literature and astronomy.
The largest solar telescope in Europe, coordinated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, has been included today in the ESFRI route map in an act celebrated in Amsterdam.
Anoche, un grupo de astrónomos formado por miembros de la plataforma STARS4ALL, observaron y retransmitieron el eclipse total de Sol desde Palu (isla de Célebes), en Indonesia. El evento, que no era visible desde España, pudo seguirse en directo a través la web sky-live.tv a partir de las 23:25 horas de Tiempo Universal (UT -por sus siglas en inglés-, hora de Canarias, una hora más en la Península). Una de las preocupaciones de los científicos para la correcta visualización del eclipse era la alta probabilidad de nubes en esa zona, pero el tiempo finalmente permitió ver sin problemas cómo
This project, part of the Horizon 2020 Programme, is designed to alert people about the need to preserve European night time landscape, and to warn about the many environmental problems caused by light pollution.
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) announces the availability in 2016 of 14 fellowships as part of its PostDoctoral Research Program, most of them within the Severo Ochoa Excellence Program
