Lines of instrumentation: Telescopes

Telescopes

As the main objective of the Division is the development of astrophysical instrumentation, frequently it is required its participation in studies and proposals for the construction of future telescopes. Since the design and construction of the IAC-80 telescope, the Instrumentation Division has contributed to several large telescopes projects

  • Grant
    LT2/NRT New Robotic Telescope
    The NRT (New Robotic Telescope) is a project to design and build a 4-meter telescope within five years, which from the ORM will operate in a totally autonomous...
  • News
    MAGIC Telescope System detects energetic nuclear blast from vampire star
    Scientists from the MAGIC collaboration, using a system of two 17m diameter imaging air Cherenkov telescopes located on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain...
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    MAGIC telescopes test the quantum structure of space-time
    The detection of a gamma ray burst by the MAGIC telescopes at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory allows us to study whether the speed of light in a vacuum...
  • Grant
    MICAL: Strategic improvements in scientific-technological infrastructures and logistical support to the canary island observatories.
    MICAL consists of two main tasks: 1. Development of Instrumentation Prototypes for the European Solar Telescope, with two specific actions: a) Demonstrator of...
  • Capability
    National and international relations in the field of large scientific facilities with other public and private entities
    One of the missions of the IAC is to point out the value of the international nature of the center, by improving the relationships that are already underway...
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    Nearly 2,000 people visited the Teide Observatory during the Open Days 2019
    During June 14th and 15th, those who attended got to know the facilities of this important astronomical observatory in the mountains of Tenerife, where they...
  • Project
    New control system for IAC-80 and TCS
    The Carlos Sánchez and IAC80 telescopes, known as TTNN and located in the Teide Observatory, are telescopes manually operated by astronomers (in person or...
  • News
    New data about spiral waves detected in sunspots
    An international study, led by researchers at the IAC, reveal unknown details about the nature of a singular type of oscillatory phenomenon in spiral form...
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    New Earths discovered around a very small star
    An international team led by the University of Göttingen (Germany) with participation by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) have...