The Laser Guide Star Facility (LGSF) of Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) will be in charge of generating a Laser Guide Star (LGS) in the high atmosphere for the...
GTC optical spectroscopy reveals outflow-related features in Swift J1727.8-1613
Swift J1727.8-1613 (originally GRB 230824A: GCN #34536, #34537) has been recently classified as a new low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) undergoing a bright X-ray...
We are currently developing the calibration programme for GTC using techniques similar to the ones use for the space telescope calibration (Hammersley et al...
The GTC (Gran Telescopio Canarias) Project, a 10 meter segmented telescope to be installed at the ORM in La Palma, Spain, is moving forward at full steam. Main...
The 10.4 m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS came into operation in 2009, and now we can clearly state without any doubt that we have in our hands an extraordinary tool...
We present monthly statistics for a two-year meteorological site-testing campaign at the two candidate sites for the location of the GTC. The windroses...
The purpose of the Gran Telescopio de CANARIAS (GTC) project is the design, construction, erection and startup of a telescope with a segmented primary mirror...
GTC-EMIR configurable slit unit development details
The Configurable Slit Unit (CSU) for EMIR shall enable the possibility to generate a multi-slit configuration, a long slit, or an imaging aperture at the...