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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
STELLA is a robotic observatory with two fully automatic telescopes (STELLA-I and STELLA-II) located at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain. Not only the...
The site of the solar spectrometer of the International Research on the Interior of the Sun (IRIS) network, installed in December 1989 in the Teide Observatory...
The TESS-Keck Survey: Science Goals and Target Selection
The Kepler and TESS missions have demonstrated that planets are ubiquitous. However, the success of these missions heavily depends on ground-based radial...