Topic: Sky quality

  • News
    "Preserving the Skies" closes with a call for help from the main entities related to the protection of the night sky.
    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...
  • News
    Aena and the IAC collaborate in the renewal of the lighting of the Tenerife South Airport
    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...
  • Document
    Analysis of seeing measurements from the La Palma RoboDIMM
    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)...
    Analysis of seeing measurements from the La Palma RoboDIMM
  • News
    ANTONIA VARELA: “La Medalla de Canarias me permite poner el acento en lo que importa: seguir hablando del cielo, de igualdad y de comunicar la ciencia”
    Entrevista a Antonia Varela, investigadora del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias; presidenta de la Fundación Starlight, directora del Museo de la Ciencia y...
  • Parameter
    Atmospheric Extinction and Aerosol Optical Depth
    Atmospheric extinction evaluates the transparency of the sky. It can be defined as the amount of light from an astronomical object that is scattered or absorbed...
  • News
    Casiana Muñoz -Tuñón, new Deputy Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
    Casiana, an astrophysicist expert in galaxies, and Principal Investigator of the international collaboration ESTALLIDOS, will also lead the Sky Quality Group of...
  • News
    CASIANA MUÑOZ-TUÑÓN “ If they aren’t controlled, in only a few years the satellite constellations will have a serious impact on ground-based astronomy”
    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...
  • Project
    Characterization of the Canary Island Observatories
    The IAC has long been aware of the importance of promoting initiatives for the characterization and protection of the Canarian Observatories (Roque de los...
  • Document
    Complementary note: DIMM (ELT-DS) calibration
    Héctor Vázquez Ramió, casiana Muñoz Tuñón, Antonia M. Varela, Jesús J. Fuensalida. Complementary note: DIMM (ELT-DS) calibration
    Complementary note: DIMM (ELT-DS) calibration