Iberian AtLAST days

Session

Presentations V

5 Jun 2026, 09:10

Facultad de Químicas - Salón de Actos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

20. Yebes Observatory: expertise in single-dish radio astronomy, receiver technology and space geodesy as a contribution to the AtLAST era

Pablo de Vicente (Observatorio de Yebes (IGN))

05/06/2026, 09:10

Invited talk

Yebes Observatory has accumulated over five decades of experience in radio astronomy, technological development and space geodesy, making it a potential relevant partner in the design and future operation of next-generation facilities such as AtLAST.

At its core, Yebes operates a 40-meter single-dish radio telescope equipped with ultra-wideband, highly sensitive cryogenic receivers...

16. Recent and future upgrades to the IRAM 30-meter telescope

Manuel Castillo-Fraile (Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique - IRAM), Miguel Sánchez-Portal (Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique - IRAM)

05/06/2026, 09:45

Contributed talk

The IRAM 30-meter telescope is a top-class single-dish millimetre facility. It has been running around the clock for around forty years. Since 2021, we have been started an ambitious process of upgrade of the telescope, aiming at keeping our telescope as a reference in its niche. Recently finished upgrades include a new, state-of-the-art servo control system that is allowing us to open new...

18. Synergies between AtLAST and LSST

Ismael Pérez-Fournon (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)

05/06/2026, 10:10

Contributed talk

A new era in ground-based optical astronomy is about to start with the completion of the Vera Rubin Observatory in Cerro Pachón (Chile) and the beginning of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). End of 2024, the Vera Rubin Observatory completed successfully comprehensive systems tests with the engineering test camera (or commissioning camera, ComCam). In early March 2025, the largest...

12. Designing a sustainable off-grid power system in the Atacama Desert for AtLAST: a techno-economic, environmental, and social approach

Guillermo Valenzuela-Venegas (Department of Technology Systems, University of Oslo)

05/06/2026, 10:35

Contributed talk

The Atacama Desert in the north of Chile is an ideal location for astronomical facilities, hosting multiple observatories, some of which rely on fossil fuels for power because they are not connected to the national grid. However, climate change concerns and risks related to fossil fuel price fluctuations have driven consideration of renewable energy sources to power these infrastructures....