Instrumentation

ESA's Euclid milestone achieved

September 9, 2020

Observational Cosmology Group

The NISP includes the filter wheel (FWA), a critical element that has been designed, built, assembled and verified by the Barcelona team, a group made up of the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) and the Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya - Institute of Space Science (IEEC-ICE-CSIC).

Euclid's filter Wheel Render Assembly
Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) installed in the Pay Load Module of Euclid's Flight Model Credit: ESA / Airbus
Euclid's filter Wheel Render Assembly

Latest Group News

New results

Andreu Font Presents Latest DESI BAO Results at Harvard

May 5, 2025

Andreu Font presented new DESI results on Baryon Acoustic Oscillations at Harvard, raising questions about the ΛCDM model and the constancy of the cosmological constant.

New Member

New member in the Cosmology Group

April 2, 2025

Tyann Dumerchat joined the Observational Cosmology group as a postdoctoral researcher

Instrumentation

Vera C. Rubin Observatory Installs LSST Camera on Telescope

March 13, 2025

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has reached a major milestone with the successful installation of the LSST Camera on its telescope.