Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF Telescopio Nazionale Galileo 28°45'14.4N 17°53'20.6W 2387.2m A.S.L.

The "Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF, Fundación Canaria" (FGG) is a Spanish no-profit institution constituted by "INAF", the Italian Institute of Astrophysics.

The FGG's aim is to promote the astrophysical research, as foreseen in the international agreement of May 26, 1979 ("Acuerdo de Cooperación en Materia de Astrofísica, B.O.E. Núm.161, 6 Jul 1979"), by managing and running the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), a 3.58m optical/infrared telescope located in the Island of San Miguel de La Palma, together with its scientific, technical and administrative facilities.

TNG At Night M16 Nebula M16 Nebula Messier 104 (Sombrero Galaxy) NGC 6543 (Cat's Eye Nebula) Stephan's Quintet

Latest news

HARPS-N, key to first insight into the chemical evolution of the Radcliffe wave

The Radcliffe wave is a recently discovered filamentary gas structure that encompasses most of the star-forming regions in the solar neighbourhood. Its spatial structure and kinematic properties have been studied in sufficient detail in the last years. However, no study has characterized it from a chemical point of view, to investigate its nature and the composition of the natal cloud that gave rise to it.

Cody Trip touches down on the Island of the Stars

On October 22 and 23, CodyTrip ‐ an innovative online school trip format created by Alessandro Bogliolo from the University of Urbino ‐ touched down on the Island of Stars, La Palma. CodyTrip engages tens of thousands of participants each year in exciting educational experiences that unveil the wonders of various places, cultures, traditions, and knowledge.

AOT 51 (2025A) is now open for proposals.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS TNG and REM

AOT51 (2025A) is now open for proposals.
Applications for observing time for the periods

April 1st, 2025 - September 30th, 2025

are solicited and should be submitted by
Monday, November 25th, 2024, 12:00 UT.

HARPS-N@TNG plays an important role in the discovery of a "sub-Earth" orbiting Barnard's star, the nearest isolated star to the Sun

An international team of astronomers has recently announced the discovery of a new exoplanet around the Barnard's star, the nearest isolated star to the Sun. On this newly discovered exoplanet, which is at least half the mass of Venus, a year lasts just a little over three Earth days. The team's observations also suggest the existence of three other exoplanet candidates, in different orbits around the star.