The largest Calar Alto telescope, equipped with one of its most outstanding instruments, will devote a significant part of its observing time during the next three years to an innovative and very promising study on the structure, motions and histories of galaxies in the local universe: the CALIFA survey. This project, recently approved, will celebrate its kick-off meeting in Almería in June 2010...

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.