The largest telescope in Catalunya

The Montsec Astronomical Observatory (OAdM) organized the first guided visits to their facilities

Montsec Astronomical Observatory

Zoom astronomical research done in Catalonia and display the instruments used to perform it. That is the aim of the guided tours Montsec Astronomical Observatory (OAdM), the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) will start organizing from May 1, one Sunday a month during summer visits.

The OAdM is the largest facility of astronomical research in Catalonia and one of the most advanced in the Iberian Peninsula and Europe. It works for 10 years and is located in the town of Sant Esteve de la Sarga, in Lleida, near the Parc Astronomical Montsec, dedicated to the popularization of astronomy.

“The Montsec sky is the best in Catalunya to watch the space, both for its climate and the quality of the dark sky. The conditions are excellent for high-level astronomy, “explains Big Vang Kike Herrero, IEEC astronomer working in the OAdM.

Unlike visits already performed at the Parc Astronòmic, the majority night, in the case of Observatori be day, at 12 noon. And they let you see the telescope Joan Oró, the largest in Catalunya with 80 cm in diameter, and one of the most advanced in Europe in robotics; Fabra-ROA also Montsec Montsec and XO-telescopes themselves as the All-Sky camera, which used to detect dangerous meteors and asteroids near Earth.

“It is very necessary that society knows the research carried out in astronomy in Catalonia and also that we have an observatory frontline working with several powerful telescopes,” notes Smith, who explains that researchers OAdM teach the public the research they perform, how telescopes, how are launched, what types of data collected and how the astronomers analyzed to extract relevant information and learn new things about the universe work. The idea is that visitors, says Herrero, become ‘one morning astronomers’.

“We believe it is part of our work to return part of the research in astronomy we make to society. And one way is also like sharing our knowledge, “consider this astronomer.

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Google this week in Barcelona

Google celebrated in Barcelona a campus Express for entrepreneurs

Google Launchpad Barcelona-2015

Barcelona hosts from Monday until Friday the Google launchpad program, the campus Express for entrepreneurs that 13 technology-based startups will benefit the Catalan capital.

After a stint in Tel Aviv, Paris, Berlin, London and Helsinki, the initiative came to Barcelona for the third time and will offer an intensive program of pre-acceleration these 13 startups in collaboration with Incubio, Barcelona Activa, Itnig and connector. The objective of this project, which will be held in Almogàvers Business Factory, is to complement the knowledge of business, expand their networks and advise on the development phases, and mentors will Marc Borràs (Idealist), Silvia Pérez (Scytl) and Jaume Clotet (KPMG).

The 13 participating companies are CreatorStats, Haptter, TimTul, Market in Cloud, Teamhood, myABCKit, IBPindex, Popsail, Doctor eBooking, Woonest, GymByHours, Aloha24 and Adwoow, operating in areas such as sports, health and education.

Google Launchpad has one week and five sessions will be devoted to addressing the product strategy, user experience, marketing and the role of technology. Training in all these areas will be provided by 50 mentors from successful technology companies, consolidated other business segments and entities in orbit startup firms, and up to 250 meetings held ‘one to one’.

He completed the program Google Launchpad a visit to the National Supercomputing Center, attached to the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and features the MareNostrum supercomputer, which uses its 10,240 processors in advance knowledge of subjects such as astronomy, biomedicine and genome sequencing.

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