A moderate slot of observing time for University intership at IAC telescopes is available. The main objective of this time is to allow Astronomy/Astrophysics students a direct contact with telescopes. These apply to access the IAC80 and the TCS telescopes. Proposals can be sent through the dedicated form; The PI must be affiliated to a recognised […]
Observing time
New application for OCAN telescopes proposals
Since November 2025, observation proposals for IAC Internal Time (IACInternal), Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) and Spanish Service Time (Service) must be submitted using the new Telescope Time Proposal Application for the Canary Islands Observatories. This application unifies all Spanish OCAN observation proposals and requires users to register and validate their email address. OCAN proposals […]
IAC-CAT allocation time 2024A
The IAC-CAT met on Nov 28, 2023, and assigned telescope times to the following projects. IAC80 Proposal number PI Awarded time Instrument Program OOT2023-518 Stefan Geier 6 nights CAMELOT2 Verification of spin orientations of V-type asteroids OOT2023-511 Manuel Sánchez-Benavente 26 n CAMELOT2 Variable stars as distance indicators OOT2023-504 Jose A. Acosta Pulido 12 n CAMELOT2 […]
Sara IAC schedule 2018B
SARA telescope schedule for semester 2018B: Kitt Peak CTIO ORM-JKT July 4 TBD 7 Crouzet Diaz-Garcia 8 Licandro 9 Licandro Licandro 12 Licandro 15 Geier 16 Licandro 18 Geier 21 Diaz-Garcia 22 TBD […]
SARA IAC schedule
SARA telescope IAC schedule for semester 2019B: Kitt Peak CTIO ORM-JKT July 2019 3 Alonso 7 Alonso 10 Gómez-Muñoz 16 Alonso 23 Gómez-Muñoz August 2019 7 Gómez-Muñoz 8 Gómez-Muñoz 11 Alonso […]
IAC-CAT: IAC80, OGS, SARA, LCO, OU
Starting in spring 2018, the applications to the IAC guaranteed time to a number of telescopes follow new rules. These apply to access the IAC80, the OGS, the SARA telescopes, and the granted time to the Las Cumbres Observatory and the Open University telescopes. Proposals can be sent through the dedicated form; The PI must […]
Opticon time
A number of telescopes are accessible through the OPTICON-RadioNet Pilot Optical Telescope TransNational Access. The call for proposal is available. The list of offered OOCC telescopes includes: WHT INT TNG NOT LT TCS
IAC-CAT Telescopes time request form
Since November 2025, observation proposals for IAC Internal Time (IACInternal), Director’s Discretionary Time (DDT) and Spanish Service Time (Service) must be submitted using the new Telescope Time Proposal Application for the Canary Islands Observatories. This application unifies all Spanish OCAN observation proposals and requires users to register and validate their email address. OCAN proposals […]
International Time
About 5% of the observing time, both on night and solar telescopes, is also offered as International Time Programme, which is allocated by the International Scientific Committee (CCI).