PHOTONEWS: The invited speakers to the STARMUS festival and those at the “108 minutes” panel discussion today visited IAC headquarters

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Some of those participating in the STARMUS festival, which was celebrated this week in the south of Tenerife, invited to the panel discussion “108 minutes” which took place yesterday at the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in Garafía (La Palma) today visited the Headquarters of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and in particular the Instrumentation Division. These invitees were accompanied by the Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo, and by some researchers and graduate students from the Institute.

Related press release: “108 minutes” at the GTC

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