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ING Schedules and Time Allocations Semester 2013B Released Posted: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:00:00 GMT

The Rapid Assembly of an Elliptical Galaxy at a Redshift of 2.3 Posted: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT

Discovery of the First Isolated Compact Elliptical (cE) Galaxy Posted: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:00:00 GMT

A Dust-Obscured Massive Maximum-Starburst Galaxy in the Early Universe Posted: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Accretion on a Very Rapidly Spinning White Dwarf Observed Using an L3CCD Posted: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:00:00 GMT

Professor Vikram Dhillon is Awarded the 2013 RAS Jackson-Gwilt Medal for the Development and Operation of ULTRACAM Posted: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT

Probing Nuclear Activity Versus Star Formation Using Near-Infrared Multi-Object Spectroscopy Posted: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT

SAURON Team Gets the 2013 Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society Posted: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT

ING Science Strategy 2013 - 2022 Released Posted: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

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The 2013 Call of the ING Studentship Programme Now Open Posted: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 19:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2013B Posted: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to be supported via the OPTICON Trans-National Access Programme Posted: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to the CCI's International Time Programme on the Canary Islands Posted: Thu, 7 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Imaging Polarimetry of Circumstellar Environments with ExPo Posted: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:00:00 GMT

A Hypergiant Star (Partially) Traversing the Yellow Evolutionary Void Posted: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT

First Evidence of the Relation Between Jets in Planetary Nebulae and Mass Transfer and Accretion in Close Binaries Posted: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:00 GMT

A 3D View of the Remnant of Nova Persei 1901 Posted: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:00:00 GMT

The Cold Veil of the Milky Way Stellar Halo Posted: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:00:00 GMT

Quantum Teleportation Experiment Sets a New Record Posted: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Light Years Exhibition Posted: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:00:00 GMT

The Transiting Earth Posted: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:00:00 GMT

ING User Input Sought for the STFC Programmatic Review Posted: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2013A Posted: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:00:00 GMT

The Nature of the Driving Source of the HH30 Jet/Counterjet System Posted: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT

The Kepler-INT Survey Posted: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to be supported via the OPTICON Trans-National Access Programme Posted: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Job Opportunity: Optical Engineer Posted: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Workshop: "La Palma and Calar Alto Observatories, Science in the Next Decade", contributions available Posted: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Masgomas-1: A Very Massive Stellar Cluster Posted: Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT

The World's Greatest Telescopes Posted: Fri, 18 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT

NGC 2359 Nebula Posted: Tue, 08 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Astronomy Field Trip by University of Sheffield Students Posted: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Under the Dark Halo Old Galaxies Have Many More Stars Posted: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT

IC 1396 Nebula Posted: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Riding the Wake of a Merging Galaxy Cluster Posted: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 20:00:00 GMT

The 2012 Call of the ING Studentship Programme Now Open Posted: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Workshop: La Palma and Calar Alto Observatories, Science in the Next Decade Posted: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2012B Posted: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Input from UK Users Sought for STFC Science Board Review Posted: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to be supported via the OPTICON Trans-National Access Programme Posted: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to the CCI's International Time Programme on the Canary Islands Posted: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:00:00 GMT

Call for Service Proposals with WHT/ULTRACAM Posted: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Best Wishes From La Palma! Posted: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:00:00 GMT

JKT Announcement of Opportunity Posted: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT

The ING Telescopes Contribute to the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics Posted: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 21:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to be supported via the OPTICON Trans-National Access Programme Posted: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2012A Posted: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The ATLAS3D Project: Replacing the Handle of Hubble’s Tuning Fork Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Discovery of a New Class of Supernovae Posted: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:00:00 GMT

UK Parliamentary Inquiry into Astronomy - Report Now Available Posted: Mon, 1 Jun 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Wide-Field Multi-Object Spectrograph WEAVE Proposed for WHT Prime Focus Posted: Sun, 29 May 2011 18:00:00 GMT

ING Joins Efforts with GTC to Discover a Galactic Black Hole Posted: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:00:00 GMT

Galaxy Zoo Supernovae and the WHT Posted: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Call for INT Support and Studentship Applications Posted: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Final Journey for ING's Former Taxi Driver, Lionel Posted: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:00:00 GMT

The Cigar Galaxy Posted: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2011B Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT

UK Parliamentary Inquiry into Astronomy Posted: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to be supported via the OPTICON Trans-National Access Programme Posted: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to the CCI's International Time Programme on the Canary Islands Posted: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:00:00 GMT

The Cat's Eye Nebula Posted: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:00:00 GMT

CANARY: First On-Sky Demonstration of Multi-Object Adaptive Optics Posted: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:00 GMT

The Veil Nebula Posted: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT

PLC Technology Reduces Observing Overheads Posted: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT

The Crescent Nebula Posted: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Electron-multiplying CCDs at ING Posted: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Comet P/2010 A2, an Activated Asteroid from the Main Asteroid Belt Posted: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Super-Complex Organic Molecules Found in Interstellar Space Posted: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT

The Ring Nebula Posted: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2011A Posted: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

ING Astronomer Awarded Public Outreach Prize Posted: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT

ING Support and Studentship Programme Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals for Observing Time in 2010B Posted: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to the OPTICON Trans-National Access Programme in 2010B Posted: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Workshop on "Science with the WHT 2010-2020" (London, 22-23 March) Posted: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

ING Strategic Vision for the Coming Decade Posted: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:00:00 GMT

Call for Proposals to the CCI's International Time Programme on the Canary Islands Posted: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:00:00 GMT

ING's Position Statement on STFC's 16 December Press Release Posted: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:00:00 GMT

The Pinwheel Galaxy Posted: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Un Sorteo Estelar Posted: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2010A Posted: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:00:00 GMT

First Light for ACAM - the WHT's New Imager / Spectrograph Posted: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT

New Director for Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes Posted: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Earth's Transmission Spectrum from Lunar Eclipse Observations Posted: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:00:00 GMT

First Spectroscopic Observations Using an Electron-Multiplying CCD Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT

European Telescope Strategy Review Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Near-Universe Advisory Panel Consultation Process Posted: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Support and Research Studentship Programme Posted: Fri, 22 May 2009 11:00:00 GMT

First Ever Spectrum of an Asteroid Which Hit the Earth Posted: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2009B Posted: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Call for International Observing Time on the Canary Islands Posted: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:00:00 GMT

PlanetPol's Discovery Could Impact on Future Climate Models Posted: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:00:00 GMT

First Ground-based Near-infrared Direct Detection of an Extrasolar Planet Posted: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT

A Ghost-Like Image Posted: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:00:00 GMT

ASTRONET Infrastructure Roadmap Released Posted: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Detection of Naphtalene Cation in the Interestellar Medium Posted: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT

IYA2009 and the ING Posted: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Christmas E-Card Competition Posted: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:00 GMT

The Universe Shines Twice as Bright Posted: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2009A Posted: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

ING Will Host the 7th NEON Observing School, 2008 Posted: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:00:00 GMT

An Astro-Comb for the WHT with a Precision of 1 cms-1 Posted: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Evidence for an Extrasolar Planet Around CM Drac from Binary Stellar Eclipse Timing Posted: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:00:00 GMT

A Wide Companion Near the Deuterium Mass Limit Posted: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Diffuse Bands Don't Originate in Circumstellar Envelopes Posted: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in Semester 2008B Posted: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Opportunity for Extended Service Observing Posted: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Winner of Dutch Astronomy Olympiad Will Enjoy the INT Experience Posted: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Time's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2007: International Accolade for SuperWASP Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:00:00 GMT

IPHAS Initial Data Release Posted: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:00:00 GMT

First Light of FastCam on the WHT Posted: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:00:00 GMT

Call for International Observing Time on the Canary Islands Posted: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:00:00 GMT

First Ground-Layer Adaptive-Optics System for General Astronomical Observations Posted: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT

SuperWASP Finds a Strongly-Irradiated Transiting Gas-Giant Exoplanet Posted: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:00:00 GMT

First Observational Evidence that Outflows from AGNs Originate as Disk Winds Posted: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Comet 17P/Holmes Observed with the Eyes of the INT Posted: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:00:00 GMT

The ING's Telescopes Contribute Towards the 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize Posted: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in 2008A Posted: Tue, 21 August 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Two Stellar Explosions at Exactly the Same Position Posted: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:00:00 GMT

First Light for the Galaxy H-alpha Fabry-Perot System (GHaFaS) Posted: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:00:00 GMT

Thousands of Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Galaxy Cluster Posted: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:00:00 GMT

A Low-Mass Pre Main Sequence Eclipsing Binary System Posted: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:00:00 GMT

Asymmetrical Planetary Nebulae IV Conference, La Palma, 18-22 June 2007 Posted: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:00:00 GMT

First Light for GLAS Laser Beacon Posted: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Brown Dwarfs and Isolated Planetary-Mass Objects Might Follow the Same Formation Process Posted: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:00:00 GMT

The Most Detailed Image Ever Produced of the Rosette Nebula Posted: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:00:00 GMT

A Whirlpool in the Wake Left by a Dying Star Posted: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:00:00 GMT

The YORP Effect Detected on Near-Earth Asteroid 2000 PH5 Posted: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in 2007B Posted: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Opportunity for Extended Service Observing - April 2007 Posted: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes - Position Statement Posted: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Call for International Observing Time on the Canary Islands Posted: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Ex-Chairperson of the ING Board Becomes Next Director General of ESO Posted: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:00:00 GMT

A Gaseous Metal Disk Around a White Dwarf Posted: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:00:00 GMT

ULTRACAM Obtains the First Observational Evidence of a Dead Cataclysmic Variable Posted: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT

A New Planetary Nebula Discovered by IPHAS Posted: Tue, 16 Nov 2006 13:00:00 GMT

UES Detects Rubidium in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars Posted: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:00:00 GMT

LIRIS Observes the Least-Massive Brown Dwarfs in the Pleiades Posted: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:00:00 GMT

SuperWASP Finds Its First Transiting Exoplanets Posted: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:00:00 GMT

Seminar at ING: The Search for Extrasolar Planets Posted: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:00:00 GMT

ING Biennial Report 2004-2005 Posted: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 10:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in 2007A Posted: 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 Posted: Tue, 16 May 2006 09:00:00 GMT

Seminar at ING: High Redshift Ly-alpha Emitters in the GOODS-S field Posted: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:00:00 GMT

Discovery of the Progenitor of Nova Cygni 2006 in IPHAS Images Posted: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:00:00 GMT

Slow Motion Mergers in Galaxy Clusters Provide Conditions to Transform Spirals to Smooth Disks Posted: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:00:00 GMT

ING Technical Note: Conversion of ING Cameras to SDSU Generation 3 Controllers Posted: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:00:00 GMT

Users' Meeting at NAM 2006: Astronomy from La Palma: Developments and Future Directions Posted: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:00:00 GMT

Seminar at ING: Formation, Evolution and Multiplicity of BDs and Giant Exoplanets Posted: Wed, 05 Mar 2006 01:00:00 GMT

WHT and NOT Observations Probing Cosmic Evolution with GRBs: GRB 060206 at z=4.048 Posted: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:00:00 GMT

Seminar at ING: Cosmological Inflation Posted: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Seminar at ING: Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies in Clusters: Near InfraRed Perspectives Posted: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in 2006B Posted: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:00:00 GMT

Proceedings of the Workshop on AO Assisted IF Spectroscopy available online Posted: Mon, 08 Feb 2006 09:00:00 GMT

ING User Questionnaire - Summary of the Results Posted: Mon, 22 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT

ING Newsletter No. 10, December 2005 available online Posted: Mon, 22 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT

WHT and TNG Observations Prove that the Large Trans-Neptunian Object 2005 FY9 is Very Similar to Pluto Posted: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT

Seminar at ING: The QSO HE1013-2136 (z = 0.785): tracing the ULIRG - QSO connection towards large look-back times? Posted: Sat, 15 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT

22 December 2005. University of Utrecht will lead the construction of a high-accuracy polarimeter for direct exoplanetary detection at the WHT (in Dutch).

19 November 2005. ING participates in the European Science Week dedicated to Einstein's theory of relativity on La Palma.

14 November 2005. Seminar at ING: New developments in CCD technology.

27 October 2005. SWIRE: Piecing Together the Universe's History with Wide-Infrared Eyes, using data from Spitzer Space Telescope and the Isaac Newton Telescope. Image release.

24 October 2005. Seminar at ING: Features and performance of the Copenhagen generation 3 array-controller.

14 October 2005. Specialist Discussion Meeting on "Science from La Palma - Looking beyond 2009", at Burlington House, London, organised by the Royal Astronomical Society and ING.

28 September 2005. Secretos de la Vía Láctea . IAC Press release.

23 September 2005. Seminar at ING: Old open clusters as tracers of galactic chemical evolution.

20 September 2005. New star survey sheds light on the evolution of galaxies using INT's WFC. Imperial College Press Release.

7 September 2005. Seminar at ING: Extreme clumping in the winds of Luminous Blue Variables .

26 August 2005. Seminar at ING: OB associations in the era of planet formation.

23 August 2005. Gas and Dust Properties in the Afterglow Spectra of the Third-Highest-Redshift GRB 050730 from WHT observations.

22 August 2005. ING Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Time in 2006A.

19 August 2005. Open Day for Garafía municipality.

13 August 2005. WHT Open Day. Online booking.

10 August 2005. Black Hole Blows Bubble Between the Stars, RAS Press Release.

4 August 2005. Voracious Black Holes Hide Their Appetite in Dusty Galaxies, PPARC Press Release.

30 July 2005. INT Open Day. Online booking.

25-30 July 2005. A course on Taller aplicado de investigación y observación astronómica en La Palma, organised by the Universidad Ambiental de La Palma and the Spanish distance learning university (UNED), with support from OPTICON Public Outreach.

18-19 July 2005. Visit of ING's international review panel.

14 July 2005. Superwind Discovered Spreading Star Dust across the Universe, PPARC Press Release.

9 July 2005. WHT Open Day. Online booking.

4 July 2005. Deep Impact at ING !

2 July 2005. WHT Open Day. Online booking.

6-10 June 2005. 2nd Meeting on Hot Subdwarf Stars and Related Objects, organised by ING and NOT.

10 May 2005."Más de 60 expertos de todo el mundo debaten en La Palma sobre una nueva técnica de observación astronómica". ING press release.

9-11 May 2005. Workshop on Adaptive-Optics Assisted Integral-Field Spectroscopy, organised by ING.

2 April 2005. Astronomers Discover Mysterious New Star Clusters, using the INT WFC. RAS National Astronomy Meeting Press Release.

24-25 February 2005. A competition for Dutch schools: the best observing proposal... WINT ! Nights allocated on INT. NOVA Press Release

23 February 2005. Seeing the invisible - first dark galaxy discovered?. PPARC Press Release.

19 January 2005. Top 2004 Scientific Highlights.

14 January 2005. LIRIS Observations of Supernova SN 2004ao.

12 January 2005. Spanish television's Redes programme on Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory shown on TVE2.

5 January 2005. New astronomy knowledge database.

4 January 2005. Spanish television's series "Un Programa Estelar" comprising six chapters about astronomy and observatories shown on TVE2 weekly.