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

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FGG Extends Its Scientific Commitment in the Canary Islands: Agreement with IAC for the STRIP Telescope

The Fundación Galileo Galilei – INAF (FGG), in line with its statutory mission, continues to consolidate its presence in the scientific landscape of the Canary Islands. In this context FGG has signed a new agreement with the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for the construction of an infrastructure that will host the STRIP telescope, part of the cosmology project LSPE-STRIP.

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TNG Reveals the Carbon-Depleted Nature of the Comet C/2023 A3 before Perihelion

New observations carried out at Telescopio Nazionale Galileo shed light on the volatile composition of comet C/2023 A3.Based on data collected before the comet’s perihelion passage, the findings (published in Planetary and Space Science) confirm the comet’s carbon-depleted nature and provide new upper limits on the abundance of key volatile species such as C₂, C₃, and NH₂.

Open position for a software engineer

Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF, Fundación Canaria is announcing an open position as a software engineer which will join the Information Technology group.