The CTA is an initiative which is planning the construction of a new generation of Cherenkov Telescopes to study the universe in very high energy gamma-rays. Gamma-rays carry information about the most violent and extreme events in the universe.
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IACTEC Large Telescopes: Cherenkov Telescope Array - CTARamónGarcía López
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CEI Canarias. Campus Atlántico Tricontinental Canarias 2010-2015
El CEI-CANARIAS Campus Atlántico Tricontinental de las universidades canarias es una apuesta geoestratégica-tricontinental para convertirse en el centro Atlántico referente como catalizador de talento y de proyectos docentes, de investigación, de innovación y transferencia para el eje Europa-África-Latinoamérica. El proyecto se basa en tres áreas
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IACTEC Large Telescopes: The European Solar Telescope - EST
The European Solar Telescope (EST) (http://www.est-east.eu) is a European solar physics initiative involving more than 30 institutions from 18 countries, under the coordination of the IAC, representing the largest infrastructure of European research projected in the field of solar physics from Earth.
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Characterization of the Canary Island Observatories
The IAC has long been aware of the importance of promoting initiatives for the characterization and protection of the Canarian Observatories (Roque de los Muchachos -ORM- on La Palma and Teide -OT- on Tenerife). For this reason, the Sky Quality Team was created and then a technical office for sky protection (OTPC) to ensure that the Law protecting
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Thirty Meter Telescope - TMT
Una vez construido, el Telescopio de Treinta Metros (Thirty Meter Telescope, TMT) será el telescopio terrestre más avanzado y potente de la historia, así como el telescopio óptico infrarrojo más grande del hemisferio norte que existirá en ese momento. Se incluye entre los denominados de tipo Telescopio Extremadamente Grande por el diámetro de su
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Sloan Digital SKY Survey III - SDSS
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has created the most detailed three-dimensional maps of the Universe ever made, with deep multi-color images of one third of the sky, and spectra for more than three million astronomical objects. Learn and explore all phases and surveys—past, present, and future—of the SDSS.