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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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  • Composition of images of Centaurus A in the optical range (ESO/WFI) and X-rays (NASA/CXC/CfA). Centaurus A is a massive galaxy (similar to those analysed in this study) which is in the process of merging with a neighbouring spiral. At its centre is a supe
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    Confirmed: black holes regulate star formation in massive galaxies
    An International team with participation by researchers with close links to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna, obtains the first clear observational evidence that the mass of the supermassive central black hole in a massive galaxy affects the formation of new stars during its lifetime. This had been a widely accepted hypothesis, and is a key to theoretical simulations of massive galaxies, but it lacked observational confirmation. The results of this research were published yesterday in Nature magazine.
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  • Meteors recorded at the Teide Observatory of the IAC between 06:13h and 06:38h UT (local Canary Island Time), on the 4th of January 2017. The brightest star, to the left, is Procyon (In Canis Minor), with Castor and Pollux (in Gemini) almost in the centre
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    The Quadrantids and the first wishes of the year
    This astronomical event will be broadcast live and via the sky-live.tv channel during the small hours of January 4th, with the collaboration of the European STARS4ALL project. This first meteor shower of the year may bring us spectacular images. We will have to wait for the Lyrids in April to be able to observe another meteor shower. Observatorio del Teide.
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  • Composition of images of Centaurus A in the optical range (ESO/WFI) and X-rays (NASA/CXC/CfA).
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    Confirmed: black holes regulate star formation in massive galaxies
    An International team with participation by researchers with close links to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias and the University of La Laguna, obtains the first clear observational evidence that the mass of the supermassive central black hole in a massive galaxy affects the formation of new stars during its lifetime.
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  • First observational data from the new NEFER module on the GTC. Upper left: Integrated image in emission by ionized interstellar hydrogen surrounding NGC 604, a cluster of massive young stars in Local Group galaxy M33, at a distance of 2,700 million light
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    NEFER: a new instrument for the GTC
    This high resolution 2D spectrograph, which recently had its "first light", is a project in which the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille, and the Institute de Astrofísica de Canarias are collaborating.
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  • Calendario astronómico en formato póster ilustrado con la imagen de la Nebulosa el Águila (M16) obtenida con OSIRIS en el Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (Garafía, La Palma). Crédito: Equipo GTC/Daniel López/I
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    Calendario astronómico 2018
    El Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), el Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) y el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos (MCC), de Museos de Tenerife, han editado el calendario astronómico 2018 en formato póster ilustrado con la imagen de la Nebulosa del Águila (M16) obtenida con el instrumento OSIRIS en el GTC, en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (Garafía, La Palma). Crédito: Equipo GTC/Daniel López/IAC. Diseño: Ramón Castro (SMM, IAC), Oswaldo González (MCC) y Alfred Rosenberg (UC3, IAC). Se podrán recoger ejemplares gratuitos de este calendario en los próximos días y hasta agotar
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