Press releases

December 30, 2023
Telescopios TTT en el Observatorio del Teide

Geminids in defence of the night sky

Composition of the Geminid meteor shower on the night of 13/12/2022 for almost 3 hours over the TTT telescopes. Credit: Juan Carlos Casado (starryearth). More information […]
December 30, 2023
Mapa IoT EELab

A map to recover the night

Interactive ground map showing the distribution of light pollution from VIIRS night-time satellite data calibrated with night-time zenith photometers – SG and TESS – developed and […]
December 30, 2023
Instalación MiNiO Groenlandia

How far does light pollution reach?

Installation of the autonomous MiNiO in front of the Qaleraliq glacier. Credit: D. Padrón.  Between 27th August and 7th September the Shelios 2023 expedition tool a […]
December 30, 2023
Telescopios TTT

The most awaited shower of the summer

Meteor shower from the Teide Observatory. Credit: Juan Carlos Casado. High resolution image: https://flic.kr/p/2o67iTd On the night of 12 to 13 August, the sky-live. tv will […]
December 30, 2023
Meteoro sobre el Teide

What do you wish for the new year? Quadrantids 2023

Meteor over the Teide National Park (Tenerife), on the night of 13-14 December 2022. Credit: Juan Carlos Casado. High resolution image: https://flic.kr/p/2o6TJy As part of the […]
December 19, 2022

Last wishes of the year: Geminids 2022

Bright and colourful Geminid over the volcano of La Palma in the early morning of 12 December 2021. In the sky, green and red airglow. At […]
September 19, 2022

The autumnal equinox from the Dolmen of Magacela

Next Friday, September 23nd, at 01:04 UT the Earth will be at a specific point in its orbit round the Sun: the September equinox. The September […]
September 19, 2022

Perseids against light pollution

Through collaboration between the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (SPEA) within the framework of the projects […]
January 27, 2022
MiNiO ORM

MOBOTIX solutions in the service of science

Nearly 1,500 hours of live broadcasting have allowed to know the evolution of the volcano of La Palma through MOBOTIX cameras. The flexibility and choice of […]
January 24, 2022
TimanfayaEELabs

Transicion Ecologica installs photometers in Timanfaya National Park to protect wildlife

The Department of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Territorial Planning of the Canary Islands Government, in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of the […]
January 24, 2022
Cuadrántidas22

The best gift to start the year: Quadrantids 2022

Composition of some of the Geminids captured by sky-live.tv videomaker D. Padrón during the night of 13-14 December 2021, from the Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands). […]
December 17, 2021
DPadron_GEM21

Geminids 2021: the last wishes of the year

Some of the brightest Geminids that sky-live.tv’s videomaker Daniel Padrón captured in just 30 minutes the night of Dec. 13 to 14 at the Teide Observatory […]
September 27, 2021

The Equinox from the Basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal

Fig. 1. Visigoth Basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal. Credit: Turismo Extremadura. Known as the only building from the Visigoth era in the southern half of […]
September 27, 2021

Measuring darkness in remote places

Completely autonomous, not invasive, and low-cost. This is the new SG-WAS (SkyGlow Wireless Autonomous Sensor) which will help to measure the impact of artificial night lighting […]
August 3, 2021
Perseidas 2021

The Perseids 2021: the most awaited meteor shower of the summer

Perseids seen from the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. Credit: Antonio González (Cielos-LaPalma.com) For yet another year the sky-live.tv channel will be broadcasting the maximum of […]