Astrophysical: Telescopes

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    The European Solar Telescope
    The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a project to design, build and operate an European Solar 4-meter class telescope to be located in the Canary Islands, with...
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    The European Solar Telescope
    The European Solar Telescope (EST) is a project aimed at studying the magnetic connectivity of the solar atmosphere, from the deep photosphere to the upper...
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    The Gaia mission
    Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the EuropeanSpace Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in...
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    The GCS Data Processing Kit
    As part of the GTC Control System (GCS) a data processing package is being developed. We will describe the perfomance of the Data Processing Kit (DPK), using...
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    The Impact of Seismicity on High Angular Resolution Astronomy:. the Case of the Canary Islands
    Seismicity induces ground vertical and horizontal displacements that could affect the image quality obtained by telescopes in a similar fashion than atmospheric...
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    The instrumental polarization of a Gregory-coude telescope
    A theoretical model of the polarization properties of a Gregory-coude telescope is calculated to predict the behavior of the German Gregory-coude telescope...
  • News
    The Japanese ambassador to Spain visits the IAC and the Canary Observatories
    The Japanese ambassador to Spain, Kenji Kiramatsu, yesterday visited the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Canary Island Observatories...
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    The mass and age of the first SONG target: the red giant 46 LMi
    Context. The Stellar Observation Network Group (SONG) is an initiative to build a worldwide network of 1m telescopes with high-precision radial-velocity...
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    The Preparation of the GTC for the Scientific Operation of CanariCam
    CanariCam is a mid-IR camera and spectrograph with coronographic and polarimetric capabilities, built by the University of Florida to operate at the GTC...