The Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ) has announced the call for proposals for observing in the first semester of 2025 with T80Cam, the scientific, panoramic camera installed at JAST80. The call corresponds to the Open Time that OAJ offers regularly to the astronomical community as national Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (ICTS).
A collaboration agreement between the Euclid Consortium of the European Space Agency (ESA)-led space mission Euclid- and the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA; Teruel) has been signed for the provision of ground based scientific data with the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre to complement the observations of the Euclid space telescope.
The aluminizing vacuum chamber and the cleaning unit for the maintenance of JST250 and JAST80 telescope's mirrors arrived yesterday at the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ). The chamber has been designed by CEFCA and Vacuum Technology Associates Inc, DYNAVAC (Boston, United States), responsible for its manufacture.