Scope: Observatorios de Canarias

  • News
    An amateur astronomer discovers a dwarf galaxy
    The observations carried out with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) have confirmed the discovery of the isolated...
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    An application of Astronomy to save endangered species
    Tracking rhinos, making a census of gray wolves or finding poachers, are just some of the innovative capabilities of the world’s first project that combines...
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    An asteroid is named after the Jesuit Juan Casanovas, founder of the Solar Physics group at the IAC
    Father Juan Casanovas (1929-2013), a Jesuit astronomer who played an important role in the early years of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has...
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    An eclipse, a superconjunction, and the last meteor shower of the year: Geminids 2020
    During the nights of 12th and 13th of December we will enjoy the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. This will be broadcast live from the Teide Observatory...
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    An Open Day for inhabitants of Garafía celebrated at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
    More than a hundred people form this municipality on La Palma could make this annual visit to the main telescopes of the observatory.
  • Document
    Analysis of seeing measurements from the La Palma RoboDIMM
    ANALYSIS OF SEEING MEASUREMENTS FROM THE LA PALMA RoboDIMM1* May 2009 Antonia M. Varela(1), Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón(1), Jesús J. Fuensalida(1) & Jean Vernin(2) (1)...
    Analysis of seeing measurements from the La Palma RoboDIMM
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    Ángela Vallvey will visit the IAC and the Canary Islands Observatories
    The writer is the sixth to participate in the cross-disciplinary project “En un lugar del Universo…”, which brings together Literature and Astronomy, and...
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    ÁNGELA VALLVEY: “No hay musa que pueda competir con el cielo de Canarias”
    La escritora finalizó hoy su estancia en las Islas en el marco del proyecto transversal “En un lugar del Universo…”, emocionada y sorprendida por la ventana al...