Los ponentes de las acciones formativas, Nayra Rodríguez Eugenio (arriba) y Alfred Rosenberg (abajo), durante charlas y talleres impartidos en cursos de formación de profesorado previos. Crédito: IAC.
The distribution of planets in the over five thousand distant solar systems discovered to date forms a complex puzzle. There is a region in the planetary orbit graph, known as the " Neptunian desert", where very few Neptune-like planets with orbits of between two and four days period around their star have been recorded to date. Now, a scientific team led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IAA-CSIC) , using a novel technique, new planets around red dwarf stars located precisely in
La viceconsejera de Planificación Territorial y Reto Demográfico del Gobierno de Canarias, Elena Zárate Altamirano, ha visitado las instalaciones del IACTEC , en el Parque Científico y Tecnológico de las Mantecas, para conocer de primera mano el proyecto European Solar Telescope (EST). Zárate se ha reunido con el equipo promotor del EST y ha recorrido las instalaciones del centro de tecnología del IAC donde están ubicados algunos de sus laboratorios de instrumentación. En la reunión han participado, entre otros, la directora técnica del proyecto Mary Barreto, la ingeniera civil Yanira
The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has put itself on the frontier of astrophysical technology by developing the first integrated photonic circuit designed entirely within the Institute. This pioneering advance will permit the improvement of astronomical instruments, and the development of innovative systems for observing the universe. Astrophysical instrumentation, for both ground-based and space-based use is so specialized that often comercial systems and subsystems do not come up to the required specifications, This makes it necessary to buy high priced components or to delegate
