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Galaxy Evolution in the Local Group
Galaxy formation and evolution is a fundamental Astrophysical problem. Its study requires “travelling back in time”, for which there are two complementary...
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NewsGeminids 2018, the last big meteor shower of the yearThis astronomical event will be visible from both northern and southern hemispheres, and the peak of its activity will be during the nights of Thursday 13th and...
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NewsGIUSEPPE BONO: “High resolution spectroscopy allow us to know the abundance of chemical enrichment of the Milky Way, which are the ingredients of proteins and organic life”Giuseppe Bono, astrophysicist and associate professor of the Department of Physics at the Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" (Italy), is a long...
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NewsGliese 486 b: a Rosetta stone for the study of exoplanetsAn international scientific team , with the participation of the Institutito de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has measured the mass and radius of an Earth-like...
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PublishingGran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). A telescope for the futureThe Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) will be, due to its features, the largest and most advanced telescope when it comes into service in 2003. Promoted by the...
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DocumentGran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). A telescope for the future.Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). A telescope for the future.
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PublishingGran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Agreements are signed with the University of FloridaUFRF joins the GTC project contributing 5% of the total budget. In return, it will obtain 5% percent of the observation time once the telescope is running.
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PublishingGran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). H.R.H. the Prince of Asturias put the "first stone" of the GTC buildingIn an official act organized by the public company "GRANTECAN, S.A.", last June 2, H.R.H. the Prince of Asturias placed the "first stone" of the building of the...
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DocumentGran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). Presentation in Madrid of the Gran Telescopio CANARIASPresentation in Madrid of the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS.