After a panel discussion about technical aspects featuring some of the participants in the conference, the author from La Palma Elsa López read out (between two...
The Technical Office for the Protection of the Quality of the Sky (OTPC) of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is collaborating with the engineers...
ANALYSIS OF SEEING MEASUREMENTS FROM THE LA PALMA RoboDIMM1* May 2009 Antonia M. Varela(1), Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón(1), Jesús J. Fuensalida(1) & Jean Vernin(2) (1)...
Atmospheric extinction evaluates the sky transparency. Besides the natural extinction due to the molecules of the atmosphere, other sources of sky transparency...
Casiana, an astrophysicist expert in galaxies, and Principal Investigator of the international collaboration ESTALLIDOS, will also lead the Sky Quality Group of...
Between 3rd and 8th October the Conference “Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society” will be held in La Palma. It will convene a small group of specialists...
The IAC has long been aware of the importance of promoting initiatives for the characterization and protection of the Canarian Observatories (Roque de los...
The optical turbulence is caused by the fluctuations in the index of refraction of the air. The refractive-index structure constant of the turbulence, Cn2, is a...
Héctor Vázquez Ramió, casiana Muñoz Tuñón, Antonia M. Varela, Jesús J. Fuensalida. Complementary note: DIMM (ELT-DS) calibration
