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 leaded 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 (UFL).

Latest News

(2010/01)  Comet P/2010 A2  
(2009/12)  Little Stars from the early Galaxy  
(2009/11)  First Light for CanariCam
(2009/11)  GTC primary mirror reflectivity
(2009/11)  OSIRIS status update
(2009/10)  GTC optical observations of SGR 0418+5729
(2009/10)  OSIRIS CCD dark current problem
(2009/09)  IAA astronomers studying a possible dwarf planet with the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (Spanish Version)
(2009/07)  GTC obtains the deepest image ever of a region of the Milky Way possibly containing a neutron star (Spanish Version)
(2009/06)  The GTC starts to produce its first scientific data (Spanish Version)