Free Astronomy Magazine November-December 2017

35 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 L eft to right: Daniele Gallieni (A.D.S. international), Manolo Collados (Insti- tuto de Astrofísica de Canarias, IAC), Fabio Manni (SRS Engineering), Francesca Zuccarello (Università di Catania), Ilaria Ermolli (Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica), Francesco Berrilli (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) y Salvo Guglielmino (Università di Catania). I n the two videos here above we can see a presentation of the Eu- ropean Solar Telescope project and the making of a scale model. [IAC] The event was attended by re- searchers related to it and represen- tatives of the Italian industry. Manolo Collados, coordinator of the EST and researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), pre- sented the project, stating that: “EST will combine the best of the current solar telescopes and will greatly im- prove their capacities” . EST is promoted by the European As- sociation for Solar Telescopes (EAST), which includes around 500 re- searchers from 15 European coun- tries. Spain participates through the IAC, coordinator of the project and responsible for several work pack- ages, and the Instituto de Astrofísica of Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), who man- ages the entire communication package and has collaborated in its scientific and technological aspects from its origins. The telescope will be located in one of the two observatories in the Ca- nary Islands: the Teide Observatory (Izaña, Tenerife) or the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma), to benefit from the magnif- icent conditions for observation of the Canary skies. !