Public conference at the University of Granada

October 28, 2009 (at 7.30 p.m.)

Together with the University of Granada and the IAA (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia), IRAM organizes a series of public conferences.

On one of these occasions, IRAM astronomer and station manager of the Pico Veleta observatory, Carsten Kramer, will present the IRAM 30 meter telescope, the universe of radio astronomy and IRAM's participation in the Herschel mission - a satellite to be launched by ESA in 2009 in order to study the formation of galaxies and stars and to examine the molecular chemistry of our universe. 

For more information, read the Granada University's press release.

Download the presentation.

AMA09: 100 Hours of Astronomy 24-hour webcast

April 3 and 4, 2009 (at 6.40 p.m. and 0.20 a.m.)

The research observatories' webcast will be a unique live webcast over 24 hours. Viewers will follow night and day around the globe, visiting large research observatories, like the IRAM 30m telescope and the Plateau de Bure interferometer. They will discover what the IRAM astronomers are doing right now. Who is observing? What are we researching? What do we hope to discover?

There will be opportunities for you to ask astronomers questions, see exclusive astronomical images from both of our observatories and watch our astronomer on duty doing live observations.

Timeslot for the 30m telescope: 0.20 a.m. (04.04.2009); timeslot for the Plateau de Bure interferometer: 6.40 p.m. (03.04.2009)

For more information click here.

Public conferences at the Maison d'Accueil of SuperDévoluy

January 27, 2009; February 11, 2009; February 25, 2009; March 24, 2009 and April 7, 2009 (at 6 p.m.)

IRAM astronomers will present an overview of their work. The visitors will learn more about cosmic objects nearby and up to cosmological distances, get to know how the Plateau de Bure interferometer works and discover the latest results and detections made by this flagship facility of modern radio astronomy.

Exhibition: To the Edge of the Universe

November 22, 2008 - April 17, 2009

“To the edge of the universe” invites you to discover the work of IRAM’s astronomers and staff members, tracing cosmic mysteries and doing research in the field of high frequency technology for the benefit of one of mankind’s most fascinating sciences.

Join us in a trip to space on the occasion of our exhibition “To the edge of the universe”!
Get to know one of the world leading observatories, the Plateau de Bure interferometer, discover the key elements of cosmos, observe cosmic phenomena like the formation of a star and find out how to detect cosmic signals at millimeter wavelengths.

For more information click here.