The Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) has been developed for the third flight of the SUNRISE balloon-borne stratospheric solar observatory. The aim of the SCIP is to reveal the evolution of three-dimensional magnetic fields in the solar photosphere and chromosphere using spectropolarimetric measurements with a polarimetric

Tidal streams of disrupted clusters are powerful probes of the gravitational potential of the Galaxy, and are routinely detected in the stellar halo of the Milky Way. Recently, it has been shown that tidal streams of open clusters can now also be detected within the Milky Way disc, such as the Hyades stream. During this talk, I will present the

Invited talk about double-barred galaxies for the conference "Galactic bars: driving and decoding galaxy evolution" (Granada, 3-7 July, 2023).

Poster presented at the conference "Galactic bars: driving and decoding galaxy evolution", 3-7 july 2023 in Granada.

Stellar bars are known to gradually funnel gas to the central parts of disk galaxies. But it remains a matter of debate why the distribution of ionized gas along bars and in the circumnuclear regions varies among galaxies.We investigate the spatial distribution of star formation (SF) within bars of nearby low-inclination disk galaxies (i < 65 deg)

The Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, IAC, and specifically its technology transfer division IACTEC, has a long history of participation in free-space optical communications projects (FSOC). These activities are nowadays being pushed forward to achieve practical applications of quantum key distribution, leveraging its facilities and