Astrophysical instrumentation

Telescopes

As the main objective of the Division is the development of astrophysical instrumentation, frequently it is required its participation in studies and proposals for the construction of future telescopes. Since the design and construction of the IAC-80 telescope, the Instrumentation Division has contributed to several large telescopes projects

  • Fotos del interior y exrterior de la OGS
    Optical Ground Station- OGS
    Optical communication operations with the OGS. The aim of this project is to characterise optical communications from the earth to artificial satellites.
    In progress
  • Block diagram showing the control system and the subsystems with which it relates
    New control system for IAC-80 and TCS
    The Carlos Sánchez and IAC80 telescopes, known as TTNN and located in the Teide Observatory, are telescopes manually operated by astronomers (in person or remotely) through specific computer applications developed mostly in the 90's. These applications allow the control of the movement of the telescope (motors and encoders), as well as the
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