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A review of GTC's future instrumentation plans
Instrument cooling problems with CanariCam
A huge stellar factory in the early universe
A step closer to Multi-Object Spectroscopy with OSIRIS
GTC observes asteroid 2012 DA14
MEGARA passes its preliminary design review
GTC captures the birth of the tail of an asteroide
The first tests with OSIRIS multi-object spectroscopy
z-band images of Y-dwarf stars with GTC/OSIRIS
What did the first stars in the universe look like?
Brown dwarfs in the sigma Orionis cloud
White dwarfs tests Einstein´s theory of relativity
A new set of filters for the OSIRIS instrument
GTC observes the early life of massive galaxies

The Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), is a 10.4m telescope with a segmented primary mirror. It is located in one of the top astronomical sites in the Northern Hemisphere: the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (ORM, La Palma, Canary Islands). The GTC is a Spanish initiative led by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). The project is actively supported by the Spanish Government and the Local Government from the Canary Islands through the European Funds for Regional Development (FEDER) provided by the European Union. The project also includes the participation of Mexico (Instituto de Astronomía de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IA-UNAM) and Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), and the US University of Florida.