GLORIA Project

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What is GLORIA?

GLORIA stands for “GLObal Robotic-telescopes Intelligent Array”. GLORIA will be the first free and open- access network of robotic telescopes in the world. It will be a Web 2.0 environment where users can do research in astronomy by observing with robotic telescopes, and/or by analysing data that other users have acquired with GLORIA, or from other free access databases, like the European Virtual Observatory (http://www.euro-vo.org).

Who can access GLORIA?

The community is the most important part of GLORIA. Access will be free to everybody who has an Internet connection and a web browser. Therefore it will be open, not only to professional astronomers, but also to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

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The Sun from the TAD

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Image of the Sun obtained with the solar TAD telescope.

Image of the Sun obtained with the solar TAD telescope. Click on the image to see inset blinking.


The image is the result of 14 stacked images taken on May 14th, 2013 from the solar-TAD telescope at Teide Observatory (Canary Islands). The inset image was obtained by students at MOA Youth Obervatory in Niepolomice (Poland) using a Maksutov-Cassegrain 180/1800 telescope with Coronado H-alpha 60 mm filter and Meade III Pro camera.
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Opening of the GLORIA Network in the presence of the President of Poland

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President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski and, on his left, the live webcam of the GLORIA robotic telescope TAD, at Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife.

President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski and, on his left, the live webcam of the GLORIA robotic telescope TAD, at Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife.

On April 25, President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski and the First Lady visited Torun, home town of Nicolaus Copernicus, famous Polish astronomer, who “stopped the Sun and moved the Earth”. In the Main Library of the Nicolaus Copernicus University President met with representatives of the Polish astronomer community. One of the short presentations given was devoted to citizen-science projects. In the presence of the President, the TAD (Telescopio Abierto Divulgación) robotic telescope at Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife (Canary Islands) was used to perform remote observation of the Sun, which was the symbolic opening of the GLORIA network to users.