292
Index
Romañá, Father Antonio, 5, 58,
139, 265
Roque de los Muchachos
military authorities decide not to
build radar station, 101
negotiations with military
authorities, 97
prospective site for military radar
station, 90, 97, 143
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory,
xi, 86, 90, 101, 102, 103, 105,
121, 125–127, 136, 140, 143,
152, 165, 175, 191, 196, 203,
204, 206, 212, 223, 224,
231–235, 237, 241, 243,
248–254, 260
building of access road, 89
chosen site for Isaac Newton
Telescope, 82
failure of visitors' centre project, 203
false claims of dangerous waste
emissions, 248
IAC allocates funds for building
observatory, 90
inauguration, 125–126
international conference in defense
of the Observatories, 249
science cultural park, 196
selected as alternative site for the
TMT, 241
Roscosmos, 186
Rosenberg, A., 204
Royal Belgian Observatory, 34
Royal Convent of the Immaculate
Conception
formerly the Convent of San
Francisco, 127
Royal Greenwich Observatory,
82–85, 213
Royal Naval Observatory, San
Fernando, 45, 56, 88, 179,
265, 267
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, 86
Royal Observatory of Madrid, 262–264
Royal Observatory of the Cape of
Good Hope, see South African
Astronomical Observatory
Rubbio, C., 208
Rubio García-Mina, J., 52
Ruiz, J., 115
S
Saavedra, J., 112, 218
Sage, L., 210
Saharan dust
as a site-testing parameter,
79, 80, 242
Heidelberg Observatory decides
against Tenerife, 80
hindrance to international
cooperation, 79
Salazar Palace, 128, 224
restored for IAC inaugurations, 128
Sánchez Asiaín, J.Á., 173
Sánchez, C., 41, 81, 123, 166,
182, 263
Commander of the Order of Civil
Merit, 123
Sánchez, F., 210
Acting Chancellor of ULL, 75–77
Commander in Chief of the Order
of Civil Merit, 123, 124
Commander of the Swedish Order
of the Pole Star, 126
CSIC campaign to remove him as
IAC Director, 114
elected member of the IAU, 139
entry into research, 6
first Spanish chair of
astrophysics, 138
first visit to La Palma (1973), 83
Founding Director of the IAC, 116
graduation in Physical Sciences, 6
leaves research to direct the
IAC, 144
Index
Romañá, Father Antonio, 5, 58,
139, 265
Roque de los Muchachos
military authorities decide not to
build radar station, 101
negotiations with military
authorities, 97
prospective site for military radar
station, 90, 97, 143
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory,
xi, 86, 90, 101, 102, 103, 105,
121, 125–127, 136, 140, 143,
152, 165, 175, 191, 196, 203,
204, 206, 212, 223, 224,
231–235, 237, 241, 243,
248–254, 260
building of access road, 89
chosen site for Isaac Newton
Telescope, 82
failure of visitors' centre project, 203
false claims of dangerous waste
emissions, 248
IAC allocates funds for building
observatory, 90
inauguration, 125–126
international conference in defense
of the Observatories, 249
science cultural park, 196
selected as alternative site for the
TMT, 241
Roscosmos, 186
Rosenberg, A., 204
Royal Belgian Observatory, 34
Royal Convent of the Immaculate
Conception
formerly the Convent of San
Francisco, 127
Royal Greenwich Observatory,
82–85, 213
Royal Naval Observatory, San
Fernando, 45, 56, 88, 179,
265, 267
Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, 86
Royal Observatory of Madrid, 262–264
Royal Observatory of the Cape of
Good Hope, see South African
Astronomical Observatory
Rubbio, C., 208
Rubio García-Mina, J., 52
Ruiz, J., 115
S
Saavedra, J., 112, 218
Sage, L., 210
Saharan dust
as a site-testing parameter,
79, 80, 242
Heidelberg Observatory decides
against Tenerife, 80
hindrance to international
cooperation, 79
Salazar Palace, 128, 224
restored for IAC inaugurations, 128
Sánchez Asiaín, J.Á., 173
Sánchez, C., 41, 81, 123, 166,
182, 263
Commander of the Order of Civil
Merit, 123
Sánchez, F., 210
Acting Chancellor of ULL, 75–77
Commander in Chief of the Order
of Civil Merit, 123, 124
Commander of the Swedish Order
of the Pole Star, 126
CSIC campaign to remove him as
IAC Director, 114
elected member of the IAU, 139
entry into research, 6
first Spanish chair of
astrophysics, 138
first visit to La Palma (1973), 83
Founding Director of the IAC, 116
graduation in Physical Sciences, 6
leaves research to direct the
IAC, 144