Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
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
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- Mirror: 10,4 m diameter
GTC: GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
- Mirror: 10,4 m diameter
- Active optics
GTC: GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
- Mirror: 10,4 m diameter
- Active optics
- Adaptive optics
GTC: GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
- Mirror: 10,4 m diameter
- Active optics
- Adaptive optics
- The dome
GTC: GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
- Mirror: 10,4 m diameter
- Active optics
- Adaptive optics
- The dome
- Queue Scheduling
GTC: GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
- Mirror: 10,4 m diameter
- Active optics
- Adaptive optics
- The dome
- Queue Scheduling
- Control System
GTC: GRAN TELESCOPIO CANARIAS
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
Charles Telesco, the Principal Investigator of the CanariCam Instrument Team
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Test criostat of the instrument EMIR
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The Galactic Centre observed with and without adaptive optics.
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Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch
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
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6 Main Objectives
1) GTC Optimization
2) Scientific projects
3) ELTs
4) Instrumentation
5) IScAI
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- Formation of specialized personnel
- Scientific Instrumentation
Universities<- >
Research institutions <- >
High-tech companies
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(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
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…Back to the 6 Main Objectives
1) GTC Optimization
2) Scientific projects
3) ELTs
4) Instrumentation
5) IScAI
6) Public outreach
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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
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- New results
- Interest among students
- Interest for astrophysics > society
Basic ideas from Astrophysics and Cosmology
=
“common knowledge”
MAIN OBJECTIVE 6: PUBLIC OUTREACH
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University orientation talks
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Education
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Teaching materials for primary and secondary school teachers
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Education
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A contest among students whose prize would be a visit to the GTC.
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Education
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Public Outreach talks about this project’s Science
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Others
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Lecture courses or seminars specialized on astronomical public outreach for future journalists.
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Others
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Institutional participation of the project team in organized events
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Others
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Informative dossiers on each scientific team.
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Others
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www.iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtc
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES: Web site
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News
Gallery
Teaching materials
Dossiers
www.iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtcPublic Outreach on the web site
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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/
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And in YOUTUBE!!
Thank you!
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