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2011/12 AVS delivers first actuator to UCM for MEGARA (read)

2011/10 Monitoring the test camera for MEGARA (read)

2011/10 Integrating the CCD for MEGARA tests (read)

2011/10 Testing a cryostat of Observatori Astronòmic UV  (read)

2011/07 Test fiber with pseudoslit (read)

2011/02 New criostat for the optical test bench  (read)

2010/12 Calibration of SQM photometers
Víctor Muñoz (under the supervision of Jaime Zamorano) has finished the calibration of the SQM photometers for the NIXNOX project.

2010/10 SQM photometers for Night Sky Brightness
The photometers acquired by SEA arrive to LICA for characterization. These SQM photometers will be used by amateur astronomers for the NIXNOX project.

2010/06 Filter holders for OSIRIS at GTC
UCM laboratories have produced a total of 24 filter holders for the OSIRIS instrument at GTC... read 

2009/01 Study for the design and construction of high resolution gratings
(Comunidad de Madrid grant in collaboration with FRACTAL) UCM is collaborating on a project funded by the Comunidad de Madrid (Consejería de Comercio e Industria, exp. 22/2009) in collaboration with FRACTAL S.L.N.E. The goal is to explore segmented-pupil gratings to increase the spectral resolution of instruments without modifying their geometry either envelope... read

2010/06 CVI Melles Griot Optical Table arrives to LICA
One of the critical facilities of the LICA is a CVI Melles Griot Optical table. It corresponds to a StableTop 450 series, including Pump & Go pass. vibration isolators (h: 700mm) provided by Innova Scientific. See pictures of the installation at the image gallery.

This optical table is being used for the MEGARA assembly, integration and verification and for more laboratory activities including those related to trainee projects of IScAI students that visit UCM each fall.