The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has successfully completed the integration of the scientific detector into the FRIDA (inFRared Imager and Dissector for Adaptive Optics) instrument, an integra-field camera and spectrograph designed to work with the adaptive optics system of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC or Grantecan), the world's largest optical and infrared telescope, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma. The integration was carried out in the laboratories of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City by a team from the IAC
Con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer, que se conmemora ese 8M, el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) participa en una iniciativa que invita a redescubrir nuestra relación con el universo desde una perspectiva científica y humana de la mano de la entidad iisgood. Bajo el título de ‘Volver a soñar estrellas’, el Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos (MCC), del Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife, acogerá una mesa redonda este 12 de marzo a las 17:30 horas con entrada libre y gratuita hasta completar el aforo. En este encuentro, cinco destacadas
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the IAC, have performed a unique cosmic test - measuring the mass of an ancient star using two entirely different methods, finding agreement to within just 1.4%. This result marks a milestone in our ability to determine the ages of old stars and use them as living fossils to study the Milky Way’s distant past. The team analysed the red giant in the binary system KIC 10001167 using two independent approaches: firstly, by measuring the brightness and radial velocity variations due to the orbital motion of the binary, and secondly
