Scope: Observatorios de Canarias

  • News
    GALÁCTICA: The largest photo of the Milky Way available on the web
    This FECYT-funded project of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has produced the largest panoramic view of our galaxy without using professional...
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    Galaxies like Russian dolls
    Jairo Méndez Abreu and Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres, researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), have discovered a peanut-shaped structure in...
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    Galaxies that feed on other galaxies
    An international team of astronomers led by Giuseppina Battaglia, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), finds signs that the outer halo...
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    Gemínidas 2017, la lluvia de Navidad
    Los próximos 13 y 14 de diciembre podremos disfrutar de las Gemínidas que, junto a las Perseidas, son las mayores lluvias de estrellas del año. Los...
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    Geminids 2018, the last big meteor shower of the year
    This astronomical event will be visible from both northern and southern hemispheres, and the peak of its activity will be during the nights of Thursday 13th and...
  • Event
    Geminids 2023
    After four years of activities, the Interreg EELabs project is coming to its end and, as a finale, on the night of 14 December, from 22:30 UT (local time in the...
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    GOTO, a new robotic telescope for the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    This new project of astronomical observation on La Palma, for the detection of the optical counterparts of the sources of gravitational waves, was initiated...