The 10.4 m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS came into operation in 2009, and now we can clearly state without any doubt that we have in our hands an extraordinary tool...
We present monthly statistics for a two-year meteorological site-testing campaign at the two candidate sites for the location of the GTC. The windroses...
The purpose of the Gran Telescopio de CANARIAS (GTC) project is the design, construction, erection and startup of a telescope with a segmented primary mirror...
GTC-EMIR configurable slit unit development details
The Configurable Slit Unit (CSU) for EMIR shall enable the possibility to generate a multi-slit configuration, a long slit, or an imaging aperture at the...
GTC/CanariCam mid-IR imaging of the fullerene-rich planetary nebula IC 418
The formation process(es) of fullerenes in space is still uncertain and several mechanisms have been proposed in the literature. In particular, the most...
GTC/CanariCam Mid-IR Polarimetry of Magnetic Fields in Star-Forming Region W51 IRS2
We present 0.4 arcsec-resolution mid-IR imaging polarimetry, obtained with CanariCam at GTC, of the central 0.11 pc x 0.28 pc (4.2 arcsec x 10.8 arcsec) region...
GTCAO is the instrument that implements Adaptive Optics on GTC. For atmospheric turbulence correction, GTCAO uses a deformable mirror. Unlike other AO systems...
GTCAO real time AO closed loop software implementation and initial computer performance analysis
The Gran Telescopio Canarias Adaptive Optics (GTCAO) is a single-conjugated post-focal system with a Shack Hartmann wavefront sensor working at visible...