Esta galeria tiene todas las imagenes relacionadas con parámetros de Seeing y radio de coherencia del cielo. Estos se utilizan en protección del cielo para...
PIERO BENVENUTI: “La Palma and the Canary Islands are among the best astronomical sites in the world”.
Since it started on October 3rd the conference “ Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society” has been discussing the consequences of artificial lighting at...
The best time to observe the first meteor shower of 2019 will be the night of January 3rd to 4th. The astronomical event will be broadcast live from the...
Recommendations to Keep Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society. Summary
This report analyses all types of artificial interference that may have a negative impact on the visibility of the night sky and astronomical science. The...
Report on the Incidence of African dust intrusions at the Astronomical Observatories of the Canary Islands: characterization and temporal analysis
The report concludes that the Canary Islands observatories (Roque de los Muchachos and Teide; ORM and OT) show an extremely clean air and pristine skies, only...
Astronomical seeing (units arcesec) refers to the blurring or instantaneous image broadening of astronomical objects caused by turbulent mixing in the Earth's...
The CCI supports the option for the TMT to be installed at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Statement supporting the selection of La Palma for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) site: The Comité Científico Internacional (CCI) of the Canary Islands...
The first light pollution laboratory in the Azores
There are now 10 sensors monitoring the night-time darkness of the island of Corvo to determine the impact of artificial lighting on the sea birds. The...
The first one day meeting on the protection of the sky and employment opportunities has been held
“Future generations have the right to an unscathed, uncontaminated Earth, including the right to a clean sky”, This statement is included in UNESCO’s...