Laboratorio de Astrofisica Espacial y Fisica Fundemental
Short Name:
LAEFF
Date:
04 Apr 2008 11:10:03
Publisher:
INTA/LAEFF
Description:
LAEFF (Laboratory for Space Astrophysics and Theoretical Physics) was founded in 1991 as a collaboration between INTA, CSIC and ESA, and was located at VILSPA to allow for closer interaction with the ESA astronomical activities (IUE, ISO, XMM,...). Research at LAEFF is carried out in different areas of astrophysics, as astroparticle physics, interstellar medium, brown dwarfs and solar, stellar and extragalactic physics. LAEFF is also responsible for the radio astronomical use of the antennas in the Robledo de Chavela station. LAEFF participates in the development of diferent space projects such as OMC-INTEGRAL, EURD, LEGRI and EDDINGTON. LAEFF is also involved in the development and maintenance of Astronomical Data Archives of space missions (INES, OMC) and ground-based telescopes (GAUDI) in the framework of the Virtual Observatory project.
NCI hosts several astronomy data archives and maintains interfaces and services which make this data available publicly. Some of these services conform to IVOA Virtual Observatory specifications and standards.
NAO is one of the oldest observatories in Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1821 as a Naval Observatory. In 1912 it became Nikolaev department of Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory. In 1992 it became an independent research institution in Ukraine, and it has become Research Institute since 2002. At present the Observatory is subordinated to the State Committee for Science, Innovation and Information.
The Observatory is located in the central part of Nikolaev at an altitude of 52m above sea level. The geographic coordinates are longitude 31o58' E, and latitude 46o58' N.
