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September 2021
CDTI WEBINAR: The future of Big Science Facilities, October 6, 2021
CDTI is pleased to announce the webinar “The Future of Big Science Facilities. Episode #1. Astronomy: strategies, roadmaps and development programmes”, to be held in Granada, October 6, 2021 (09:30-12:00) https://www.bsbf2020.org/module_api/282492/blog/bsbf2022-news/post/344164-bsbf-webinar-miniseries-registration-opens [...]
June 2021
Reuniones Abiertas de la RIA 2021
RIA invites the Spanish astronomical community to take part of the RIA Open Meetings (Reuniones Abiertas RIA) approved but its Directive Committee after the 13th Call for RIA Open Meetings Casos científicos [...]
Recommended CAT proposals for semester 2021B
The list of proposals recommended by the Spanish night Time Allocation Committee (CAT) for telescopes GTC, TNG, NOT, LT, Stella, Mercator, and INT is available here. Proposals feedbacks are available via the password-protected tool cat.iac.es. [...]
December 2020
Presidencia SEA: ¡Feliz solsticio y por un mejor 2021!
El Comité Directivo y la Oficina de Coordinación de la RIA comparten palabra por palabra los deseos de la presidencia de la SEA Carta de la Junta Directiva de la SEA a [...]
Night CAT: 2021A time allocation
The Time Allocation Committee (CAT) on the Canarian Observatories announces the list of proposals recommended by the Spanish night Time Allocation Committee (CAT) for telescopes GTC, TNG, NOT, LT, Mercator and [...]
MEGASTAR: MEGARA-GTC Stellar Spectral Library
MEGARA (Multi Espectrógrafo en GTC de Alta Resolución para Astronomía) is an optical (3650 - 9750Å), fibre-fed, medium-high spectral resolution (R = 6000, 12000, 20000) instrument for the GTC 10.4m telescope, in operation since [...]
Gaia Early Data Release 3: EDR3
The Gaia Early Data Release 3 will take place on 3 December 2020 - 12:00 CET Several events are organized on the day of the release, for which more information is given below. Due [...]
November 2020
The cancellation of SPICA
In October 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) unexpectedly cancelled the ESA Medium Class M5 mission candidate SPICA (SPace Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics) (press release): The European Space Agency (ESA) and the [...]
Ariel ‘adopted’ by ESA
Ariel was selected in 2018 as the fourth medium-class science mission in ESA’s Cosmic Vision plan. It was ‘adopted’ by ESA during the Agency’s Science Programme Committee meeting on 12 November. ESA’s exoplanet mission [...]
J-PLUS second public data release
The J-PLUS DR2 Data Release (July 2020) (J-PLUS-DR2) comprises 1088 J-PLUS fields observed in twelve optical bands amounting to 2176deg2. J-PLUS DR2 is based on images collected from November 2015 to February 2020 by [...]
September 2020
Minimal Science Operations at ESO
The exceptional circumstances imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic led to the suspension of science operations at the La Silla and Paranal observatories, as well as at the APEX telescope, since the end of March. [...]
August 2020
Suspension of ESO P107 Call for Proposals Confirmed
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the La Silla Paranal Observatory has resulted in the loss of virtually all the observing time allocated in Period 105 (April-September 2020), and the timescale for a [...]
July 2020
Technical first light of the JPCam panoramic camera of the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory
Image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), obtained during the technical first light of JPCam at the JST/T250 telescope of the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory. M31 is located 2.5 million light years away, and has [...]
May 2020
Workshop MAAT@GTC
Date: 5 May 2020 Venue: virtual format (link will be provided for remote connection) Registration deadline April 30th. MAAT* (Mirror-slicer Array for Astronomical Transients) is proposed as a visitor mirror-slicer optical system that [...]
March 2020
Novedades sobre las ICTS/IOI de Astronomía (marzo 2020)
(we apologize, this information is only available in Spanish) En la última reunión del Comité Directivo de la Red de Infraestructuras de Astronomía, celebrada el 18 de febrero de 2020, se comunicaron las siguientes [...]
Situación de las ICTS/IOI de Astronomía durante el estado de alarma por COVID-19
** Esta información será revisada y actualizada periódicamente, pudiendo haber cambios en función de la evolución de la crisis sanitaria. ** (We apologize, this information is only available in Spanish) actualizado el 02/04/2020: [...]
SEA2020 /XIV Scientific Meeting ONLINE
27th March 2020, SEA Board release In view of the current situation, the Board of SEA, in agreement with the Local and Scientific Organizing Committees has taken the decision of cancelling the face-to-face [...]
ESO Users Committee Poll 2020
The Users Committee (UC) represents ESO’s astronomical community forming a direct link between the users and ESO. On an annual basis we ask users for feedback through our User Committee Poll [link to: https://www.eso.org/extra/surveys/index.php/239975?lang=en. [...]
February 2020
ING instrumentation update 2020-2021
From Marc Balcells (Director ING) WEAVE INTEGRATION:ING is happy to report that WEAVE delivery and integration into the WHT is progressing well and picking up speed in 2020. A number of technical problems [...]
October 2019
XII aniversario de la RIA
Hoy, 18 de octubre de 2019, celebramos el XII aniversario de la RIA. En esa misma fecha de 2007 se reunió, en el Observatorio de Yebes, por primera vez su Comité Directivo: De [...]
August 2019
Voyage 2050
The next planning cycle of the ESA Science Programme, Voyage 2050, is now underway. Through the present Call for White Papers the Director of Science invites the broad scientific community to submit their ideas [...]
June 2019
“Comet Interceptor”: the first ESA´s F-class mission
"Comet Interceptor" has been selected as ESA’s new fast-class mission in its Cosmic Vision Programme. Comprising three spacecraft, it will be the first to visit a truly pristine comet or other interstellar object that [...]
Night CAT: 2019B time allocation
The Time Allocation Committee (CAT) on the Canarian Observatories announces the results of the CAT 2019B meeting (standard call for proposals) for the GTC, GTC, TNG, NOT, INT, LT, and Mercator [...]
May 2019
Reuniones Abiertas de la RIA 2019
(we apologize, this information is only available in Spanish) La RIA invita a toda la comunidad a participar en las Reuniones Abiertas aprobadas por su Comité Directivo tras la 12ª convocatoria para [...]
April 2019
9th IRAM 30m Summer School
06-13 September 2019 The 9th IRAM 30-meter Summer School on Millimeter Astronomy will take place in September, 6-13 in the ski resort of Pradollano, in the Spanish Sierra Nevada, at only 15 minutes [...]