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Index
ESTEC, 184
EUCLID mission
NISP instrument, 187
EURO-50, 236
European Astronomical Society, 266
European Extremely Large Telescope,
80, 177, 219, 226, 229–246
apathy of Spanish government over
E.ELT site, 243
IAC astrophysicists barred from
E-ELT emplacement
negotiations, 231
lower costs if located in La
Palma, 239
proactive stance of Chilean
government to bring it to
Chile, 243
European Northern Observatory,
231, 235
viewed with suspicion by ESO, 232
European Observatories
incorporating ESO and ENO, 232
European Solar Telescope, 162
European Southern Observatory, 29,
149, 229
Atacama Desert, 229
La Silla, 229
Paranal, 229
Spain's entry, 229
European Space Agency (ESA),
180–187, 232, 244, 265
European Space Research Organisation
(ESRO), 139, 180
European VI Framework
Programme, 240
Exozodiacal light, 44
discovery with VLTI, 38
Extragalactic light, 43
F
Faculties of Physics and
Mathematics, 141
Fernández Caldas, E., 51, 141
Fernández Quesada, J.
killed on ULL campus, 74
Fernández, M.J., 263
Fernández, P., 219
Feuillée, L.
Tenerife astronomical observations
(1724), 22
FIN, 166
First National Assembly of Astronomy
and Astrophysics, 265, 266
First Spanish university course in
astrophysics, 63
Flux Collector, see Carlos Sánchez
Telescope
Fraile, M., 97
Francisco, J.C., 219
Franco regime
hindrance to international
cooperation, 79, 81
Fraunhofer Institute, 83, 151
Fröhlich, C., 184
G
Galán, M., 146, 164, 181
Commander of the Order of Civil
Merit, 123
Galeán, J.M., 89
García-Cuenca, T., 219
García de la Rosa, I., 198–200
Garmendia, C., 115, 218,
224, 244–245
Garzón, F., 166
ISOPHOT-S, 182
Gegenschein, 43
Geographical and Land Registry
Institute, 56
Giacconi, R., 233
Gilmore, G., 154
Glover, J., 224
González, F., 111
González, J.M., 214
GRANTECAN, S.A., 216,
219–221, 227