UCM group of Extragalactic astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation
Dept. Astrofísica y CC de la Atmósfera Univ. Complutense de Madrid
Dept. Astrofísica y CC de la Atmósfera Univ. Complutense de Madrid
| Research lines:
Local star-forming galaxies Galaxy models Surveys Databases SHARDS project Stellar libraries Early-type galaxies Meteors and Fireballs Dark Skies |
Instrumental developments: MEGARA:Multi-Espectrógrafo en GTC de Alta Resolución para Astronomía |  |
| EMIR: Espectrógrafo Multiobjeto en el InfraRrojo |
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| FRIDA: inFrared Imager and Dissector for Adaptative optics |
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MEGARA got windows !!
By jgm - Posted on March 12th, 2014
The MEGARA instrument got windows!!. Few days ago an small number of beffy glass blanks arrived to INAOE to be polished and to become the gratings for MEGARA.
Dark Skies ISS image challenge
By jaz - Posted on February 23rd, 2014
More than 100,000 pictures are lost in the ISS archive—help us to classify them.
Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel (UCM) has launched at "Citizen Science Hack Day Challenges" a citizen project to catalog night time pictures taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The classified and geo-referenced images will be used to Light Pollution studies. More information at Night ISS Wiki Page.
Observatorio Cherenkov de rayos gamma HAWC
By jaz - Posted on January 20th, 2014
Comet Lovejoy's Tail with SUBARU telescope by Alex Bouquin et al
By jgm - Posted on December 6th, 2013
A team of astronomers from Stony Brook University (the State University of New York at Stony Brook), the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and others used Suprime-Cam, Subaru Telescope's wide-field, prime-focus camera, to capture an image of the intricate flow of Comet Lovejoy's (C/2013 R1) ion tail.
New LICA facilities
By jgm - Posted on November 6th, 2013
The last week of october,the LICA laboratory started activities in the new headquarters. The new room has been kindly provided by the Departamento de Astrofísica y CC de la Atmósfera of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. A new large Newport 2m x 3m (6.5' x 10') optical table arrived to the new facilities. This is the optical bench where the MEGARA spectrograph will be assembled and tested.
