First Light on the GTC 10.4 m telescope

Rodríguez Espinosa, J. M.
Bibliographical reference

XII Latin American IAU Regional Meeting (Eds. G. Magris, G. Bruzual, & L. Carigi) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 35, pp. 318 (2009) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)

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2009
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Description
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) is a collaborative project with participation from Spain, Mexico and the University of Florida, Gainesville. The GTC is an advanced technology 10.4 m segmented primary telescope currently under commissioning. By the time of the conference we should have pointed to the sky. In the talk I will give a brief overview of the GTC, and present the latest results from the commissioning tests. I will also give an account of the scientific instruments that will be initially available for the community, as well as the current plans for future instruments.