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.

  • Grant
    High resolution spectroscopy applied to the study of exoearths and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way
  • Grant
    High resolution spectroscopy oriented to the study of exoearths and the formation of the Milky Way. Scientific exploitation of ESPRESSO and HORS
    High Resolution stable spectrographs, coupled to large-size telescopes such as VLT or GTC, will allow us to extract in detail the dynamical and chemical...
  • Publication
    High-resolution spectroscopy of Boyajian's star during optical dimming events
    Boyajian's star is an apparently normal main-sequence F-type star with a very unusual light curve. The dipping activity of the star, discovered during the...
  • Publication
    Hints on the Gradual Resizing of the Torus in AGNs through Decomposition of Spitzer/IRS Spectra
    Several authors have claimed that less luminous active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are not capable of sustaining a dusty torus structure. Thus, a gradual resizing of...
  • Project
    HORuS - High Optical Resolution Spectrograph
    High-resolution spectrograph for the 10-m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) based on components from UES, a spectrograph which was in use at the 4.2-m William...
  • News
    IAC astronomers find a star in the Milky Way that shouldn’t really exist
    Its very low content of metals, and specifically of carbon, put in question the current models of low mass star formation in the early universe.
  • Grant
    IAC participation in the development of HARMONI instrument for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT): Interim Study
  • News
    Inauguration of the ARTEMIS telescope at the Teide Observatory
    This new telescope for finding Earth-like planets which may transit some of the smaller cooler stars in the solar neighbourhood joints the SPECULOOS network of...
  • Publication
    Infrared polarimetry of Mrk 231: scattering off hot dust grains in the central core
    We present high-angular (0.17$-$0.35 arcsec) resolution imaging polarimetric observations of Mrk 231 in the 3.1 $\mu$m filter using MMT-Pol on the 6.5-m MMT...