Organizational unit: INSTRUMENTATION DIVISION

Email
secins [at] iac.es
Headquarter
Headquarters
Description
The Instrumentation Division provides technological support in the elaboration and execution of research and development projects to fulfil the aims of the IAC. Among the objectives of the Division are the development of new instrumentation for astronomical research, the maintenance of the existing astronomical instrumentation, the utilization of its technological capabilities in other fields of science and engineering to benefit the society, the training of technical personnel, and the generation and transfer of technology. The Division is divided into various engineering departments (Software, Electronics, Optics, Mechanics, and Projects) and Production (Mechanics, Electronics, and Technical Drawing workshops, and Specific Software Services).
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    1 TITULADO/A SUPERIOR, FUERA DE CONVENIO, CON CATEGORÍA PROFESIONAL INGENIERO/A EN LA MODALIDAD DE CONTRATO LABORAL DE OBRA O SERVICIO PARA PROYECTO ESPECÍFIO (INGENIERO ELECTRÓNICO-FPGA PROYECTO IMAX+) PS-2019-069

    Resolución de la Dirección del Consorcio Público Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias por la que se convoca proceso selectivo para la contratación de un/a...

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    AOLI-Adaptive Optics Lucky Imaging

    AOLI (Adaptive Optics Lucky Imager) is a state-of-the-art instrument that combines the two best existing techniques to improve spatial resolution: adaptive...

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    COSMOSOMAS

    The COSMOSOMAS experiment was running for several years at the Observatorio del Teide, measuring fossil radiation of the universe arriving to the Earth in the...

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    Diez becas de verano para la formación en desarrollo tecnológico dirigidas a recién titulados de grado (curso 2018-2019 o posterior) o estudiantes de máster universitario. PS-2020-010

    Resolución de la Dirección del Consorcio Público Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (I.A.C.) por la que se hace pública la convocatoria de diez becas de...

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    DIMMA -Automatic Differential Image Motion Monitor

    Improvement and modernisation of the seeing monitor, which was developed at the IAC and has been in regular use since 1995.

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    EDIFISE

    EDiFiSE - Equalized and Diffraction-limited field spectrograph experiment - is an instrument developed by IAC for tehcnological demonstration. It includes one...

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    ELT - European Extremely Large Telescope

    FP6 viability study proposal for a European Extremely Large Telescope. Contains studies and developments in various astrophysics-related fields: wavefront...

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    EMIR - Multi-object Infrared Spectrograph

    EMIR is a wide-field camera and intermediate resolution near infrared spectrograph. It is a criogenic multi-object spectrograph installed and in operation in...

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    ESPRESSO - Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet and Stable Spectroscopic Observation

    ESPRESSO is a fiber-fed, cross-dispersed, high resolution, Echelle spectrograph which can be operated with one or up to 4 Unit Telescopes (UTs) of ESO’s VLT.