IAC

Happy 30th birthday to the Observatory

Looking at the surface of the sun inside the giant kaleidoscope, IAC exhibition, Santa Cruz de La Palma
September 20, 2015
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  Happy 30th birthday to the Observatory at the Roque de Los Muchachos! The official inauguration was in 1985, attended by the royalty from Denmark, Holland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and heads of state of Germany and Ireland. At that time there were only six telescopes on La Palma; now there are 17 of them. To celebrate, the Canarian Astrophysics Institute has a free exhibition in Santa Cruz…

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Starlight Reserve

Francisco Sanchez giving the Starlight Reserve certificate to Guadeloupe Gonzalez
December 21, 2012
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  Last night La Palma officially got its certificates as the world’s first Starlight reserve and the world’s first Starlight Tourist Destination from the Starlight Foundation. Briefly, a Starlight Reserve is a place with excellent night skies, and a commitment to keep them that way. And a Starlight Destination is a place with excellent night skies and quality activities on offer for tourists. This is rather like “appellation d’origine contrôlée”…

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