Milestone
DES DR2 available in Cosmohub
January 20, 2021
Port d'Informació CientíficaThe object catalog of DES DR2 has been ingested into the CosmoHub service.
The object catalog of DES DR2 has been ingested into the CosmoHub service.
DR2 consists of single-epoch and coadded images, a source catalog derived from coadded images and associated data products assembled from 6 years of DES science operation. The release includes data from the 5000 deg2 wide-area survey covering the southern Galactic cap in 5 broad photometric bands.
The now available catalog consists of 691,483,608 objects with about 480 parameters. The total size of the catalog is ~3 TiB. The DES DR2 catalog is available for exploration and download at cosmohub.pic.es.
New Instrumentation
New Wide-Field Telescope Installed at Montsec Observatory with PIC Participation
May 27, 2025
A new wide-field telescope (TRAC) has been installed at Montsec Observatory to enhance asteroid tracking, deep-sky imaging, and space technology research. Coordinated by the IEEC and with the involvement of PIC, the project is set to begin scientific operations in 2026.