Gran Telescopio Canarias

Gran Telescopio Canarias is a Ritchey–Chrétien telescope. It is recorded from 2007.

Also recorded as GranTeCan; GTC.

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Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

High-performance adaptive optics control for the Gran Telescopio Canarias. The Gran Telescopio Canarias: getting ready for first light, SPIE Newsroom, 2006.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by DataCite (Root) and DataCite (re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories).

On sky results of the GTC Adaptive Optics System with the Infrared Camera GRANCAIN (2026) — DataCite (Root). Gran Telescopio CANARIAS Public Archive (2016) — DataCite (re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories).

Authority records. The identifiers under which Gran Telescopio Canarias may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Gran Telescopio Canarias is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q59973.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 37 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 448 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 9 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

It is associated with Spain. The record gives 2007 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It forms part of Roque de los Muchachos Observatory and Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures.

It is recorded in the collection of La Palma.

Chronology

  1. 2007Gran Telescopio Canarias first recorded.
  2. 2007Gran Telescopio Canarias is recorded from 2007.
  3. 2016Gran Telescopio CANARIAS Public Archive digitised by DataCite (re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories).
  4. 2026On sky results of the GTC Adaptive Optics System with the Infrared Camera GRANCAIN digitised by DataCite (Root).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Canaricam: An Infrared Camera Spectrograph for the Spanish Gran Telescopio Canarias, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics II, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Gran Telescopio Canarias”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Gran Telescopio Canarias, AccessScience

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    High-performance adaptive optics control for the Gran Telescopio Canarias

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) project, New Astronomy Reviews, 1998

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Gran Telescopio Canarias: getting ready for first light, SPIE Newsroom, 2006

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 41 articles naming Gran Telescopio Canarias.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q59973: Gran Telescopio Canarias

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “Gran Telescopio Canarias”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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