The “Comisión de Asignación de Tiempos nocturnos” (CAT) is constituted by well-known astrophysicists. During the meeting held by the Consejo Rector at La Palma on 12/06/2006, it was proposed to change the composition and functioning of the Night-Time CAT. The President of CAT still represents the Director of the IAC and there is a CAT […]

Observing time for the telescopes of the “Observatorios de Canarias” (OOCC): GTC, WHT, INT, TNG, NOT, Mercator, and Liverpool on La Palma Island and TCS and Stella on Tenerife, is offered and allocated twice a year in periods of 6 months. Calls for proposals are usually opened at March and September every year. Meetings of the committee usually take place at May and November. Proposals must be submitted using […]

The night “Comisión de Asignación de Tiempos” (CAT) evaluates the observing proposals that guarantee to the Spanish community access to the majority of the night telescopes at the “Observatorios de Canarias” (OOCC): GTC, WHT, INT, TNG, NOT, Mercator, and Liverpool on La Palma, and Stella, TTT on Tenerife, and TCS since 2024A. Likewise, the CAT distributes the […]