Lines of instrumentation: Visible instrumentation

Visible instrumentation

From its origins, the Instrumentation Division has participated in the construction of instrumentation to detect and analyze light in the visible range of the spectrum. Cameras, spectrographs, polarization analyzers, optical fibers fed systems, among others, have been designed, built, integrated and verified in our facilities.

  • Project
    FastCam
    High temporal and spatial resolution in the optical for the IAC
  • Grant
    Feeding, feedback and extinction in active galaxies
    This research project aims to join efforts and consolidate the cooperation of a group of researchers with deep-rooted expertises and skills in different areas...
  • News
    Free access to the largest catalogue of objects observed by Grantecan
    The Centre for Astrobiology (CAB, CSIC-INTA), via the Spanish Virtual Observatory, is offering the scientific community and the general public a catalogue of...
  • News
    Galaxies like Russian dolls
    Jairo Méndez Abreu and Adriana de Lorenzo-Cáceres, researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), have discovered a peanut-shaped structure in...
  • News
    Galaxies that feed on other galaxies
    An international team of astronomers led by Giuseppina Battaglia, researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), finds signs that the outer halo...
  • Publication
    Galaxies within galaxies in the TIMER survey: stellar populations of inner bars are scaled replicas of main bars
    Inner bars are frequent structures in the local Universe and thought to substantially influence the nuclear regions of disc galaxies. In this study we explore...
  • Publication
    Galaxy interactions are the dominant trigger for local type 2 quasars
    The triggering mechanism for the most luminous, quasar-like active galactic nuclei (AGN) remains a source of debate, with some studies favouring triggering via...
  • Publication
    Galaxy-wide radio-induced feedback in a radio-quiet quasar
    We report the discovery of a radio-quiet type 2 quasar (SDSS J165315.06+234943.0 nicknamed the `Beetle' at z = 0.103) with unambiguous evidence for active...
  • Publication
    Gliese 49: activity evolution and detection of a super-Earth. A HADES and CARMENES collaboration
    Context. Small planets around low-mass stars often show orbital periods in a range that corresponds to the temperate zones of their host stars which are...