instituto de astrofísica de canarias (iac). € spanish government

Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC).

€ Spanish Government

€ Canary Islands Government (FEDER)

Participation from Mexico and the U.S.A.

GTC: GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS


- Mirror: 10,4 m diameter




- Active optics



http://www.gtcdigital.net/imagenes.php?op1=7&num=2&ind=424&lang=en


- Active optics

- Adaptive optics




- Active optics

- Adaptive optics

- The dome




- Active optics

- Adaptive optics

- The dome

- Queue Scheduling




- Active optics

- Adaptive optics

- The dome

- Queue Scheduling

- Control System




Charles Telesco, the Principal Investigator of the CanariCam Instrument Team

Test criostat of the instrument EMIR


The Galactic Centre observed with and without adaptive optics.



www.gtcdigital.net

http://www.gtcdigital.net/index.php?lang=eng&lang=en


CONSOLIDER INGENIO 2010:

“FIRST SCIENCE WITH THE GTC”

The project • Over 150 participants• 19 research teams in 12 different centers• Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science

& Innovation with over 5 M€ for 5 years• 2011


6 Main Objectives

1) GTC Optimization

2) Scientific projects

3) ELTs

4) Instrumentation

5) IScAI


- Formation of specialized personnel

- Scientific Instrumentation

Universities<- >

Research institutions <- >

High-tech companies


(Kit-kat…) What is IScAI?

IScAI 2009 If any student is interested:

February 15th: Deadline for submitting all application materials

More info:

www.iscai.iac.es/iscai


…Back to the 6 Main Objectives

1) GTC Optimization

2) Scientific projects

3) ELTs

4) Instrumentation

5) IScAI

6) Public outreach


To develop an attractive, well designed public outreach programme to share with the general public the scientific and technical achievements of the GTC.

Why?

MAIN OBJECTIVE 6: PUBLIC OUTREACH


- New results

- Interest among students

- Interest for astrophysics > society

Basic ideas from Astrophysics and Cosmology

=

“common knowledge”

MAIN OBJECTIVE 6: PUBLIC OUTREACH


University orientation talks

PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Education


Teaching materials for primary and secondary school teachers



A contest among students whose prize would be a visit to the GTC.



Public Outreach talks about this project’s Science

PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Others


Lecture courses or seminars specialized on astronomical public outreach for future journalists.



Institutional participation of the project team in organized events



Informative dossiers on each scientific team.



www.iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtc

PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Web site


http://www.iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtc



News

Gallery

Teaching materials

Dossiers

www.iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtcPublic Outreach on the web site



Astronomy Days along 2009 promoting GTC and Consolider in Florida:

• Teleconference with the Gainesville Museum (sept.)• Talks at the Children Museum of Miami (sept.-oct.)• Collaboration with the activity “Pure Platinum

Astronomy” at the Miami Planetarium

• Collaboration with the IYA2009 Inauguration in Mexico through a Teleconference from the GTC (31st January) and with an information point at the Zocalo

IYA2009: http://www.astronomy2009.org/


http://www.astronomy2009.org/






And in YOUTUBE!!

Thank you!


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