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Moscoso, J., 111, 112
Mountain, M., 217
Müller, G.
denied access to Tenerife
summits, 27
Multi-object Infrared Spectrograph
(EMIR), 166–167
Münch, G., 154–156, 216
Muñoz Tuñón, C., 216, 237, 241
N
Narro, J., 224
NASA, 149, 179–187
tracking stations in Spain, 179
National Astronomical
Observatory, 267
National Commission of Astronomy,
109, 139, 154, 259–265
National Commission of Space
Research (CONIE),
163, 180–181
National Geographical Institute,
109, 265
National Institute of Aeronautic
Technology (INTA),
179–181, 185
National Institute of
Astronomy, 58, 139
National Institutes of Natural Sciences
of Japan, 229
National Observatory, see Astronomical
Observatory of Madrid
National Observatory of
Madrid, 56, 138
National Plan for R&D, 154
National plan for the training of
astrophysicists, 61, 262
National Programme for Astronomy
and Astrophysics, 244, 267
National University of Distance
Education, 268
Nelson, J., 217
Nocturnal Sky Section, 41
Nombela, C., 218
Nordic Optical Telescope, 204
Northern Hemisphere Observatory
(NHO), 82, 86
NOVA 1200, 161
Novikov, I., 156
Nuclear Energy Council, 7, 46, 163
O
OAS (Organisation de l’Armée
Secrète), 32
Ochoa, S., 200
Nobel Prize for Medicine, 2
Ophthalmology Service of the
University Hospital, 172
OSIRIS, see Optical System for
Imaging low Resolution
Integrated Spectroscopy
(OSIRIS)
Optical turbulence, 45, 79
Optical System for Imaging low
Resolution Integrated
Spectroscopy (OSIRIS), 165,
166, 223
Oriol, I. de, 200
Orús, J.J. de, 58, 138, 139, 263–265
O'Shea, P., 200
Osterbrock, D., 156
Other universities in Madrid, 268
Outreach, xi, 41, 90, 107, 134, 144,
156, 247, 248, 255, 269
budgetary and bureaucratic
constraints, 207
Canarias innova radio
programme, 206
Caosyciencia digital magazine, 206
combatting pseudoscience, 195
GTCdigital magazine, 206
IAC profile in social media, 207
material for amateur associations
and science popularizers, 206