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lunes, 31 de enero de 2011

Primer eclipse de sol de 2011 (4 de enero)

El día 4 de Enero tuvo lugar el primer eclipse de Sol del año 2011. Lamentablemente en Madrid fue imposible verlo, !!pero vale la pena ojear estas fotos de http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/the_first_solar_eclipse_of_201.html?camp=localsearch:on:twit:rtbutton que envió @oscarpinilla.
A disfrutar!!

Personaje: David Barrado Navascués

The Spanish astronomer David Barrado was appointed as Director of the German-Spanish Astronomical Centre (CAHA, usually known as Calar Alto Observatory) in March the 20th 2010.

David Barrado was born in Madrid in 1968. He got his degree in Physics at the Complutense University of Madrid. The research that led to his PhD dissertation was begun at the same university, but was finished at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge (USA). After that, he devoted several years as a post-doc researcher at several institutions in USA, Germany and Spain. He worked at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) as part of the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technique (INTA), where he was the head during the last two years and also the INTA Principal Investigator and National Project Manager for the Spanish collaboration within MIRI, the mid-infrared instrument on board of the next space telescope, JWST. Lately he has been working as permanent staff at the Spanish Centre for Astrobiology (CAB), a joint institution of the Spanish space agency (INTA) and the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).