Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón

Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón
CEFCA Foundation is an institution of the Government of Aragon which aims at creating in Teruel a center for research in Astrophysics and Cosmology, called Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón, whose activities focus on the technological development and operation of the Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambre (OAJ) and on its scientific exploitation. The main research lines of CEFCA are Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology.
 
El CEFCA inaugura la Exposición “Concurso de Ideas para GALÁCTICA”
Monday, 30 January 2012 17:50

 

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Manufacturing of cryogenic components for the T80 camera begins Print E-mail
Thursday, 22 December 2011 17:33

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Comparison of a single 10.5k x 10.5k pixel sensor chip with a wristwatch. Credit: STA
 

In mid-November, the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón and US company Spectral Instruments signed a contract to provide the cryogenic camera system for the T80 telescope of the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (OAJ).

The contract has a delivery timeframe of one year and includes the manufacture of the detector with its control electronics and the vacuum and cooling components. The contract was awarded through an international bidding process and has a total cost of 293.000 dollars.

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E2V will provide the cryogenic camera system for the T250 telescope Print E-mail
Monday, 05 December 2011 10:19
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Cryogenic camera system design for the OAJ’s T250 telescope
 

In early December, and after an international process of peer review, Brazil’s Observatório Nacional, a partner institution in the Javalambre Physics of the Accelerated Universe Astrophysical Survey collaboration (J-PAS), and British company E2V signed a contract to provide the cryogenic camera system for the T250 telescope of the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre. With a total budget of 5.4 million dollars and a delivery timeframe of 24 months, the company will supply the vacuum and cooling components, all the detectors and their control electronics.

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El CEFCA organiza el ciclo “El Pulso del Universo” Print E-mail
Monday, 28 November 2011 15:45
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Mañana dará comienzo el ciclo de conferencias “El Pulso del Universo” organizado por el Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón y la Subdelegación de Defensa de Teruel. Este pequeño ciclo, abierto al público en general, se desarrollará en el Salón de Actos del Banco de España los días 29 y 30 de noviembre a las 19:30h de la tarde. 

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