Cosmocolor is an exhibition which has selected some of the best pics of the sky obtained by amateur astronomers who participated in "Fotocósmica 2004", a...
Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society. Report and recommendations
From 5 to 9 October 2020, around 1,000 people participated in the Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society Workshop, which resulted in this report and...
Design and development of computer control systems and applications
The advances and the complexity of the instrumentation control systems and their integration with the telescopes or infrastructures where they are going to be...
Design and development of instruments and medical applications
Image acquisition and treatment technologies applied in astrophysics are equally useful in medical applications, for which IACTec designs and constructs...
Design and development of optical laser communication systems
Since its initial participation in the Optical Ground Station project for the European Space Agency, the IAC is a reference in the study and characterization of...
Taking advantage of the accumulated experience of optomechanical and optoelectronic instrumentation design in extreme environments and in space, the IAC through...
Design, development and manufacture of cryogenic and vacuum systems
The astronomical observation in the infrared range of the spectrum requires the use of cryogenic systems where high vacuum and very low temperature technologies...
Design, development and manufacture of electronic systems
Within its capacity of building scientific instrumentation, the IAC has extensive experience in the design and development of electronic systems in general and...
Design, development and manufacture of opto-mechanical systems and precision mechanics
The mechanical engineering team of the IAC has experience and knowledge to undertake the design, manufacture and assembly of high precision structures...