The brand new TNG calendar for year 2017 is ready. Your telescope is always looking at distant celestial bodies from its vantage point of view of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the top of the La Palma Island. Atlantic Ocean. Looking afar is a time travel, at the speed of light. We measure other planetary system orbits and the colors of faraway galaxies. And we always come back to you, back to your future. In this way, the observers can use their data or simply enjoy the nice...

CALL FOR PROPOSAL TNG & REMalso featuring GIARPS, EXP-RES, HAN-GTO and NOT-TIME AOT 35 (2017A) is now open for proposalsApplications for observing time for the period April 1st, 2017 - September 31st, 2017 are solicited and should be submitted byWednesday 30th November, 2016, 12:00 UT   This semester the available time offered at TNG via INAF-TAC is 13 nights.See at the bottom for a detailed schedule breakdown.See below for the additional 20 nights available at NOT telescope...

GIARPS is the next TNG instrument, which will merge the two high resolution spectrographs GIANO and HARPS-N.We will be able to observe in one shot from 385 to 2450 nanometers, allowing unrivalled observations of exoplanet host stars as well as others objects. During the Summer months the mechanical support has been installeld at TNG in Nasmyth B room and at the beginning of September the preslit optics has been integrated and aligned.Also, the autoguider system which relies on a controlled...

The OPTICON Horizon 2020 proposal has passed the evaluation stage and the proposal is now in the grant preparation phase. Contract signature is expected before the end of November. Subject to contract signature the TNA process runs as usual. The call for observing time at night time telescopes supported by the OPTICON Trans-National Access programme will close on 25 September 2016 at 23.59UT exactly. This call is shorter than usual due to the date of the contract announcement. The TNG...

The AOT34/16B schedule and allocations are available online.

CALL FOR PROPOSAL TNG & REM AOT 34 (2016B) is now open for proposalsApplications for observing time for the period September 1st, 2016 - March 31st, 2017 are solicited and should be submitted byMonday 16th May, 2016, 12:00 UT   This semester the available time offered at TNG via INAF-TAC is 54 nights.See at the bottom for a detailed schedule breakdown.See below for the additional 20 nights available at NOT telescope.REM is again in operation and regularly offered. Recommended...

Due to programmed maintenance, from March 28 to April 5, 2016, TNG Nasmyth B will be unavailable. Dolores and Harps-N instruments will be therefore not operative. Nevertheless, the telescope itself and infrared instruments GIANO and NICS in Nasmyth A will be available. TNG is thus offering additional observation time for the nights from 28.03 to 05.04.2016, using infrared instrumentation only.Observation will be carried out exclusively in service mode by TNG staff astronomers. Please send...

TNG, as well as FGG (Fundacion Galileo Galilei), are now connected to Eduroam service. Eduroam (education roaming) is an international roaming service developed by the academic and research community that provides researchers, teachers and students, easy and secure network access when visiting an insitution other than their own. TNG/FGG are now integrated in the eduroam service, thanks to the IAC (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias). If you need more information or are interested in...

WEAVE is a new wide-field spectroscopy facility proposed for the prime focus of the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope. The facility comprises a new 2 degree field of view prime focus corrector with a 1000-multiplex fibre positioner, a small number of individually deployable integral field units, and a large single integral field unit. The instrument is expected to be on-sky by 2018 to provide spectroscopic sampling of the fainter end of the Gaia astrometric catalogue, chemical labelling of...