English (UK)
CARMENES, a spectrograph that will search for earth-like planets, is a unique instrument due to its stability, very high resolution and because it will observe at the same time in both the visible and infrared channels.
The infrared channel, developed at the Instituto de Astronfísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), will be tomorrow placed in its final location, at the 3.5m Calar Alto Observatory telescope.
As it happened in 2014, Calar Alto Observatory has participated on the European Night of the researchers that took place last September 25, 2015.This year the participation consisted in two activities held in the Junta de Andalucía's Govern Delegation in Almería.
- The moon darkens considerably during eclipses, which offers a unique opportunity for observing impacts against its surface.
- Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) have programmed moon observations from different places in order to detect and study impacts on the moon during next September 28th eclipse.
- The most sophisticated observations will be carried out from the Calar Alto Observatory 3.5m Telescope.
Yesterday the visible channel was integrated into the spectrograph, a complex maneuver successfully achieved.
3.5m telescope access doors became yesterday small. One of the giant eyes with which CARMENES instrument will search for planets like ours, were successfully integrated after flying, held by a crane, to a height of over 30 meters, entering through the dome hole to reach its final location.
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