NATE: Total solar eclipses (2026-2027)

North African Telescope Eclipse (NATE) the IAC project that combines science and society 

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Comparison between the forecast produced by the IAC and Predictive Science Inc of California and the image captured by the NATE team in Palencia
Comparison between the forecast and the image captured by the NATE team

News

  • El eclipse parcial de Luna que cierra la temporada
  • Imagen de parte de los participantes en las Jornadas de Puertas Abiertas de Garafía en el ORM / IAC
    El Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos celebra su tradicional Jornada de Puertas Abiertas para los vecinos de Garafía
  • An artist’s impression of the collision between a dwarf galaxy known as LKH (left) and a young Milky Way (right), some 12 billion years ago.
    The IAC and the ULL have contributed to the Hubble discovery that reveals one of the earliest mergers in the Milky Way
  • Grayscale DRAGO-2 image showing two SWIR bands of the Ávila and Madrid wildfires, with active flames appearing as bright points and burned areas in darker tones.
    The ALISIO-1 satellite captures images of the wildfires in Ávila and Madrid with the DRAGO-2 infrared camera
  • An overlay of the solar corona captured by the NATE team in Palencia during the total solar eclipse on 12 August, superimposed on the latest forecast produced a few hours before the eclipse by the IAC and the Predictive Science Inc group in California using the La Palma supercomputer
    The IAC and California-based Predictive Science Inc Predict the Solar Corona for the August 12 Eclipse Using the La Palma Supercomputer
  • Imagen de la corona solar en el eclipse total de Sol del 12 de agosto tomada en Palencia / Santiago Torres
    The Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics successfully tested its solar corona measurement equipment in Palencia, where thousands of people enjoyed the total solar eclipse
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Events

  • 15 Sep 26
    17 Sep 26
    Upcoming
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    Final COST NanoSpace Joint Scientific Meeting
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  • 16 Nov 26
    27 Nov 26
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    XXXVII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
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    6 Administrativos/as-Formación para la obtención de la práctica profesional.PS-2026-026
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para formalizar seis contratos formativos para la obtención de la práctica profesional, (11.3, del RDLeg 2/2015), en la categoría profesional de Administrativo/a
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    Un contrato de Ingeniería Especialidad Software Celeste PS-2026-021
    Se convoca proceso selectivo para formalizar un contrato laboral de duración indefinida (Artículo 23bis de la Ley 14/2011, de 1 de junio, de la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación), fuera de
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