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  • Main structure of the SELF Telescope, which serves as a technological prototype for the ExoLife Finder (ELF) Telescope.
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    The construction of the SELF telescope progresses with the arrival of its main structure
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) continues to make progress in the construction of the SELF (Small ExoLife Finder) telescope with the arrival of its mechanical structure at the IACTec facilities. The structure, shipped from the Basque Country, marks a new milestone in the development of this scientific and technological project. The assembly has been received at the IACTec Building, located in the Las Mantecas Science and Technology Park (La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife), a strategic site dedicated to the design, integration and validation of advanced astronomical
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  • Members of the NAOC, LJMU and IAC attending the meeting about the NRT at the IAC headquarters
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    The IAC hosts an international meeting to advance the design and construction of the New Robotic Telescope
    On 27 and 28 November, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) hosted a meeting between representatives of the partner institutions of the New Robotic Telescope (NRT) —the IAC itself, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), and the University of Oviedo— and a delegation from the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) headed by its director, Liu Jifeng. The meeting served to analyse the current status of the project and to define the steps required to formalise China’s incorporation into the international NRT consortium. NAOC’s participation opens up a major opportunity
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  • China–Spain Astronomical Collaboration on High-Resolution Spectroscopy 2025
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    The IAC hosts the international conference “China–Spain Astronomical Collaboration on High-Resolution Spectroscopy 2025”
    Researchers from around the world are taking part in the China–Spain Astronomical Collaboration on High-Resolution Spectroscopy 2025, an event organised by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in collaboration with the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC), the Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology (NIAOT), and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) team. The aim of the conference is to strengthen and consolidate scientific cooperation between China and Spain in the field of high-resolution spectroscopy, one of the key areas for studying stars, galaxies
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  • Poster Winter School 2025
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    From Photonics to Machine Learning: The XXXVI Winter School focuses on key optical technologies for astrophysics
    The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics (IAC) is organizing the XXXVI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics , which will be held in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife) from November 17 to 22, 2025. Under the title "Key Optical technologies for Astronomy", the school will focus on cutting-edge optical and algorithmic technologies that will define the future of Astrophysics. This edition, led by Professors Jeff Kuhn (University of Hawaii and IAC) and Rafael Rebolo (IAC), will involve approximately 35 advanced Master's students, doctoral candidates, and early-career postdoctoral
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  • Vegetation moisture maps taken by space camera based on uncooled InGaAs technology
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    The IAC patents a key technology for improving the quality of space images
    The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted the IAC a patent on an invention developed within IACTEC-Space . This technology improves the quality of images obtained by high-performance cameras under the demanding conditions found in space. The effectiveness of this technology has already been tested on three space missions, applying it to the DRAGO (Demonstrator for Remote Analysis of Ground Observations) cameras, developed at the IAC for Earth observation from space. Carlos Colodro, electronics engineer at IACTEC-Space and the main person responsible for this development, comments that
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  • Laser launched from the Teide Observatory.
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    IAC technology is the key to the Spanish project which will ensure the secrecy of quantum communications by satellite
    The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias is designing and developing, as ordered by the Spanish company Thales Alenia Space , the adaptive optics which will be a parto f the ground station for the GARBO project, the first Spanish geostationary system for distributing quantum keys by satellite. This is a decisive step in the field of secure quantum communication on a large scale, and will strengthn the position of Spain, and of Europe at the Forefront of this technology. Within the framework of the project the IAC will lead the development of the adaptive optics systems, and will participate
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