Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

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Name (Latin)
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Other forms of name
IAC (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)
Coordinates
-16.30809167 -16.30809167 28.47462222 28.47462222 (gooearth )
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 133196444
Wikidata: Q1583495
Library of congress: n 87938891
HUJ10: 000013584
Sources of Information
  • Inaugural Workshop and Round Table Discussion for the D-E-S Telescope Installations on the Canary Islands (1986 : La Laguna, Canary Islands). The role of fine-scale magnetic fields on the structure of the solar atmosphere, 1987:
  • Seismology of the sun & sun-like stars, c1988:
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Wikipedia description:

The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is an astrophysical research institute located in the Canary Islands, Spain. It was founded in 1975 at the University of La Laguna. It operates two astronomical observatories in the Canary Islands: Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, and Teide Observatory on Tenerife. The current director of the IAC is Valentín Martínez Pillet, who succeeded Rafael Rebolo López on July 1, 2024. In 2016, English scientist Stephen Hawking was appointed Honorary Professor of the IAC, the first such appointment made by the institute.

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