El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China y una delegación del NAOC visitan el IAC y los Observatorios de Canarias

Carlos Allende, investigador del IAC; Romano Corradi, director del GTC, En-ge Wang, vicepresidente de la CAS; y Gang Zhao, subdirector general del NAOC, en la sala de control del GTC. Crédito: Daniel López/IAC.
Carlos Allende, investigador del IAC; Romano Corradi, director del GTC, En-ge Wang, vicepresidente de la CAS; y Gang Zhao, subdirector general del NAOC, en la sala de control del GTC. Crédito: Daniel López/IAC.
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El vicepresidente de la Academia de Ciencias de China (CAS), En-Ge Wang, y una delegación científica del NAOC (National Astronomical Observatories de la CAS), encabezada por su director, Gang Zhao, visitaron el Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) y los Observatorios del Teide, en Izaña (Tenerife), y del Roque de los Muchachos, en Garafía (La Palma). Esta visita ha contribuido a impulsar, tal y como recogía uno de los puntos del memorandum firmado entre el IAC y el NAOC en mayo de 2016, la colaboración en el desarrollo de instrumentación científica para el Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) así como la participación de China en este telescopio. Por otro lado, también ha servido para conocer la actitud favorable de la Academia de Ciencias de China con respecto a la posible instalación del Telescopio de Treinta Metros (TMT) en La Palma.

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