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Visitors at the William Herschel Telescope

Image of M100 galaxy obtained with the Isaac Newton Telescope

Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma

Jacobus Kapteyn and Isaac Newton Telescopes

Control room of the Isaac Newton Telescope

Public Information at ING - Latest News and Upcoming Events

26 April. A Star is Born. LIRIS captures the impetuous birth of a star in the Orion constellation. IAC Press Release.

22 April. First light of PLANETPOL at the William Herschel Telescope.

16 April. Inauguration of SuperWASP from ING's sea-level office remotely.

31 March. Andromeda Galaxy - Cannibal on our doorstep?. 2004 NAM Press Release.

15 February. ING Newsletter No. 7, December 2003 available online.

12 February. M81 and SN 1993J's companion: Astronomy Picture of the Day.

10 February. GLAS (Ground-layer Laser Adaptive optics System). A Rayleigh laser beacon for NAOMI .

9 February.New Instruments give UK Astronomers Control of the Time Domain. RAS Press Release.

29 January. Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque visits the William Herschel Telescope.

26 January. Massive Old Star Reveals Secrets On Deathbed. ING Telescopes involved in supernova progenitor discovery. PPARC Press Release.

12-14 January. Course on Adaptive Optics organised by ING.

Previous News and Events

General Information

	A virtual tour of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes.
	The William Herschel Telescope.
	The Isaac Newton Telescope.
	The Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope.

Publications and Information Services

	Press Releases.
	Newsletter.
	Annual Report.
	Other publications.

Pictures and Astronomy Images

	The ING general picture archive: pictures, movies, logos, etc. ready for publishing.
	Astronomy images acquired using the ING telescopes for public use.
	Coming soon: "Live" images from the ING telescopes (PDF file).

The Impact of our Science

	Scientific Highlights.
	Impact of ING Science
	Press Cuttings.

Visiting ING

The public is invited to visit us on several Open Days in summer. For more information please have a look at Visiting ING web pages. Casual visits to ING are not possible.

Souvenirs

On-line store of souvenirs: t-shirts, pins, stickers and more.

Dissemination
of
Astronomy

	Material for learning astronomy and for public outreach activities.
	Ask an astronomer! Email an ING astronomer with your question.

Miscellany

	Feedback on Public Information web pages. Please report any problems and give us your opinion.
	A general overview of Public Relations at ING.
	Links to our funding agencies and other institutions on site.
	Protection of the Palmeran sky
	Public Relation web pages at the ING Intranet

Note: For publication or display (electronic or otherwise), all the images on these web pages must be credited: "Photo courtesy of the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, La Palma" unless otherwise stated. Please send a message to Javier Méndez (PR Officer) with all the details of the publication. We also have three more different credits: short, long, and very long. Thank you very much.

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Javier Méndez
Public Relations Officer
Last Modified: 11 May 2004