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NEON2010

Calar Alto housed the eighth edition of the NEON School of Observational Astronomy from the 17th to the 27th of June 2010. Sixteen astronomy students from different countries have shared ten days of intense work during which they have had hands-on experience about the observational techniques of modern astronomy, data handling and their scientific exploitation...

M51
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) is a classic, a real must that now gets into Calar Alto Documentary Photo Gallery with this impressive photo obtained with the Zeiss 1.23 m reflector. The image displays all the features that make this galaxy an exceptional object to illustrate the nature of spiral galaxies, the processes of star formation and the dynamics of interacting stellar systems…

CALIFA

The largest Calar Alto telescope, equipped with one of its most outstanding instruments, will devote a significant part of its observing time during the next three years to an innovative and very promising study on the structure, motions and histories of galaxies in the local universe: the CALIFA survey. This project, recently approved, will celebrate its kick-off meeting in Almería in June 2010...

  1. Kurt Birkle, in memoriam
  2. The best proto-brown dwarf candidate so far
  3. Photometry course for amateurs at Calar Alto