A promising future for the Canary Island Observatories
From 11th to 13th November the conference “Future Instruments for the Telescopes of the Canary Observatories”, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de...
Challenges of the telescope control system for large robotic telescopes
The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) with a collecting area of 4pi square meters will be the largest fully robotic telescope in the world. This contribution is...
Conceptual design for the optomechanical systems of the New Robotic Telescope
The New Robotic Telescope (NRT) will be the largest fully robotic telescope in the world (4-m class). The primary mirror (M1) will be comprised of 18...
Conceptual design of a fast-slewing mount for the New Robotic Telescope
The New Robotic Telescope is designed to conduct rapid target follow-up within 30 seconds of an `alert' from survey facilities. To achieve this will require a...
Constructive Preparatory Phase of the European Solar Telescope (EST) - Creation of the Project Office
PREP-EST is a project funded by the Canary Islands Government under a direct grant awarded on grounds of public interest. The objective of PREP-EST is the...
Creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation
Some images of the creation of the Canary European Solar Telescope Foundation, in which 9 scientific institutions from 7 countries have participated. More...