Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes http://www.ing.iac.es/ The latest news from the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Spain en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jma@ing.iac.es jma@ing.iac.es Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ing.iac.es/rss/ing.gif The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes http://www.ing.iac.es/ 15 ULTRACAM Obtains the First Observational Evidence of a Dead Cataclysmic Variable http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/bdcv.html Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT A New Planetary Nebula Discovered by IPHAS http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/iphasPN.html Tue, 16 Nov 2006 13:00:00 GMT UES Detects Rubidium in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/rb.html 87Rb in intermediate-mass AGB stars in our Galaxy. This represents a direct observational evidence, predicted theoretically 40 years ago, of the slow-neutron capture process following the 22Ne(α,n)25Mg reaction. ]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:00:00 GMT LIRIS Observes the Least-Massive Brown Dwarfs in the Pleiades http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/bdple.html Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:00:00 GMT SuperWASP Finds Its First Transiting Exoplanets http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/garafia.html SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) programme. More information. ]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:00:00 GMT Seminar at ING: The Search for Extrasolar Planets http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/science/seminars.html Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:00:00 GMT ING Biennial Report 2004-2005 http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/AR2005/index.html http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/AR2005/ ]]> Sun, 6 Aug 2006 10:00:00 GMT Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in 2007A http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/observing/2007A.AO.pdf Announcement of opportunity for observing time on the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, La Palma, in semester 2007A: February 1, 2007-July 31, 2007. Further details of the proposal submission process and current instrumentation at ING. ]]> Sun, 6 Aug 2006 10:00:00 GMT Conference on 'The Nature of V838 Mon and Its Light Echo', La Palma, 16-19 May 2006 http://www.ing.iac.es/conferences/v838mon/ Tue, 16 May 2006 09:00:00 GMT http://www.ing.iac.es/conferences/v838mon/index.html Seminar at ING: High Redshift Ly-alpha Emitters in the GOODS-S field http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/science/seminars.html Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:00:00 GMT Discovery of the Progenitor of Nova Cygni 2006 in IPHAS Images http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=795 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:00:00 GMT Slow Motion Mergers in Galaxy Clusters Provide Conditions to Transform Spirals to Smooth Disks http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/nam2006.html Slow Motion Mergers in Galaxy Clusters Provide Conditions to Transform Spirals to Smooth Disks is a press release issued by the Royal Astronomical Association during the National Astronomy Meeting 2006 in Leicester. It is based on observations obtained with the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope. ]]> Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:00:00 GMT Job Opportunity at ING http://www.ing.iac.es/About-ING/Vacancies/vacancies1.html Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:00:00 GMT ING Technical Note: Conversion of ING Cameras to SDSU Generation 3 Controllers http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/observing/manuals/ps/tech_notes/tn131.pdf Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:00:00 GMT Users' Meeting at NAM 2006: Astronomy from La Palma: Developments and Future Directions http://www.nam2006.le.ac.uk/programme.shtml#Parallel1B Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:00:00 GMT Seminar at ING: Formation, Evolution and Multiplicity of BDs and Giant Exoplanets http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/science/seminars.html Wed, 05 Mar 2006 01:00:00 GMT WHT and NOT Observations Probing Cosmic Evolution with GRBs: GRB 060206 at z=4.048 http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/grb060206.html Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:00:00 GMT Seminar at ING: Cosmological Inflation http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/science/seminars.html Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Seminar at ING: Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies in Clusters: Near InfraRed Perspectives http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/science/seminars.html Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in 2006B http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/observing/INGinfo_home.html Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:00:00 GMT Job Opportunity at ING http://www.ing.iac.es/About-ING/Vacancies/vacancies1.html Optics Technician Engineer (ref. LSR1_06), closing date 28 February 2006 ]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Proceedings of the Workshop on AO Assisted IF Spectroscopy available online http://www.ing.iac.es/conferences/aoworkshop/proceedings.php Rutten, R. G. M., Benn, C. R., Méndez, J., 2006, New Astronomy Reviews, 49, 487-704. ]]> Mon, 08 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMT ING User Questionnaire - Summary of the Results http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/newsletter/news10/ins4.html questionnaire was issued to our community of telescope users with a number of questions regarding the current and future use of the ING telescopes. Here we present the results. ]]> Mon, 22 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT ING Newsletter No. 10, December 2005 available online http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/newsletter/news10/index.html Mon, 22 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT WHT and TNG Observations Prove that the Large Trans-Neptunian Object 2005 FY<sub>9</sub> is Very Similar to Pluto http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/2005FY9.html 9 is very similar to Pluto. Results have been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics (Licandro et al., 2006, A&A,445, 35L). ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/press/2005FY9.html Seminar at ING: The QSO HE1013-2136 (z = 0.785): tracing the ULIRG - QSO connection towards large look-back times? http://www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/science/seminars.html Sat, 15 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT