Problems of the Modern Romanian Astronomy: TELEROM
The TV broadcast discusses problems of the modernization of the Romanian astronomical infrastructure, the worst in Eastern Europe. It presents the TELEROM...
We present an overview of the life-cycle of the observing proposals to the GTC and the software tools designed to help the astronomers to create and submit...
pt5m is a 0.5 m robotic telescope located on the roof of the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) building, at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La...
ROGER DAVIES: “Sería maravilloso tener el TMT en La Palma, en el Roque, y por supuesto habría potencial para la participación europea”
Fue uno de los “Siete Samurais” que en 1986 anunció el desplazamiento de la Vía Láctea, junto con otras galaxias, cúmulos y supercúmulos, hacia una descomunal...
Science with a Wide-field 6.5-m Spectroscopic Telescope
This document describes the scientific case for a wide-field 6.5-m spectroscopic telescope. The key scientific aims are linked to two different modes of...
Search for Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from Pulsar-Pulsar Wind Nebula Systems with the MAGIC Telescope
The MAGIC collaboration has searched for high-energy gamma-ray emission of some of the most promising pulsar candidates above an energy threshold of 50 GeV, an...
Simultaneous UBVRI photopolarimetric observations of blazars. II
Results are presented from simultaneous UBVRI photopolarimetric observations of eight blazars at the 2.56-m Nordic Optical Telescope during winter 1991. In 3C...
Site properties of the Canarian observatories. Proceedings. Workshop on Site Properties of the Canarian Observatories, La Palma (Spain), 29 - 30 Oct 1997.
The following topics were dealt with: atmospheric optics, image quality, the Gran Telescopio Canarias project, site testing, meteorological effects, the Galileo...
Site Selection for the European ELT: working package included in the European FP6 ``ELT design study'' contract
The site selection for the future European Large Telescope (E-ELT) is a key issue within the European proposal funded by the European Union (EU), within the `...