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2002
"GTCdigital" is born,
a popularization bulletin that provides lively and updated information
about the progress and the state-of-the-art of the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC).
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 11/10/2002, in Spanish).
GTC mirrors
will be aluminium-coated.
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 19/04/2002, in Spanish).
The 1st International
"Science with Gran Telescopio Canarias" Meeting to be held in Granada, Spain.
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 16/01/2002, in Spanish).
The "Gran Telescopio Canarias" Dome is now closed
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 11/01/2002, in Spanish).
2001
The Observation Hatches for the "Gran Telescopio Canarias" Dome arrive at Roque
de los Muchachos Observatory
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 15/11/2001, in Spanish).
Annoucement of "Science with the GTC" Meeting at Granada (Spain), 6-8 February 2002.
The University of Florida Research Foundation signed the collaboration agreement for the Gran Telescopio Canarias
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 18/10/2001, in Spanish).
GTC Dome to be installed before winter'01!
Visit GTC webcam to see how the works progress
(since late September 2001).
GTC technicians supervise the telescope structure
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 28/08/2001, in Spanish).
The GTC Dome ventilation hatches arrive at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 17/08/2001, in Spanish).
A Meccano called "GTC"
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 08/08/2001, in Spanish).
Mexico subscribes the agreements to formalize its copartnership as an associate of Gran Telescopio CANARIAS
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 30/07/2001, in Spanish).
Technique and
knowledge join into Gran Telescopio de Canarias. A mirror for the Galaxy
(from Spanish newspaper El Cultural de El Mundo, 18/07/2001, in Spanish).
Some pieces of the GTC Dome begin to arrive at La Palma from Vitoria
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 01/06/2001, in Spanish).
Spanish Observation
(From Spanish newspaper Negocios El País, 29/04/2001, in Spanish).
A protected sky. Mexico participates in the construction of GTC
(from Mexican newspaper La Jornada, 23/04/2001, in Spanish).
Gran Telescopio Canarias, «four million pupils» which will see first light in 2003
(from Spanish newspaper El Día Digital, 20/04/2001, in Spanish).
Astronomers will not have to travel to La Palma to use GTC
(from Spanish newspaper La Opinión de Tenerife, 20/04/2001, in Spanish).
Ceremony of presentation of Gran Telescopio Canarias Project in Madrid
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 19/04/2001, in Spanish).
Presentation of
Gran Telescopio Canarias in Madrid
(Information from the Spanish Science and Technology Department, 19/04/2001, in Spanish).
The GTC Dome is presented at Vitoria (Spain)
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 23/03/2001, in Spanish).
2000
USA and Mexico, new associates of Gran Telescopio Canarias
(Information from IAC Press Deparment, 30/11/2000, in Spanish).
UF to become partner with Spanish
Govt. in world's largest telescope (Information from
UF News, 21/11/2000).
Gran Telecopio Canarias could be operative in 2003
(from Spanish newspaper El Día Digital, 04/11/2000, in Spanish).
Astronomical Instrumentation for the 21st Century
(from Revista I@C Noticias, N.1-2000, in Spanish).
H.R.H. Prince of Asturias set the GTC Building First Stone,
at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma, Spain).
(Information from
IAC Press Department, 02/06/2000, in Spanish).
First COSMOS Meeting 2000 was held on May 28-30. More information here.
The Canarian Telescope, presented in Munich
(from Spanish newspaper El País, 05/04/2000, in Spanish).
1999
ING and GranTeCan
(from The ING Newsletter, No.1, September 1999).
GTC, a Telescope for the Future
(from Special Supplement of Revista I@C Noticias, N2-1999, in Spanish).
Interview with Charles Telesco (Florida University)
(from Special Supplement of Revista I@C Noticias, N2-1999, in Spanish).
EMIR, OSIRIS and CANARI-CAM, three instruments proposed for GTC
(from Revista I@C Noticias, N1-1999, in Spanish).
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