🥹 We are proud to announce that the WG on Small Body Nomenclature of @iau.org.web.brid.gy has named two main belt asteroids after our colleagues Peter Brandt (1954-2025) and Markku Verkkoniemi (1962-2004).

🧐 Find out more details on this link: www.not.iac.es/news/PedroMa...

#ORMLaPalma #asteroids

😢 The NOT family is very sad to share that Peter(Pedro) Brandt passed away yesterday

Pedro worked as a mechanic on the mountain for 35 years and is probably the person who has been in most physical contact with the telescope: www.not.iac.es/news/Pedro.html

Our special thoughts go out to his family

📢 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 📢 The Nordic Optical Telescope invites applications to the Johannes Andersen Student Programme.

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 We are looking for students who can start around end of 2025 or from early 2026 and onwards: not.iac.es/general/stud...

⏳ Attention! The deadline is Friday, September 15, 2025 #ORMLaPalma

🤔 Did you know who discovered NOT? Liisi Oterma was the first Finnish woman to get a PhD in Astronomy. She discovered > 200 SSSBs, including 3 asteroids named Lapalma, Muchachos and NOT!

👩‍🔬 Sergio Armas & Julia Martikainen have written about her in the local press to celebrate #WomenInScience Day.

👋 Hi everyone! This is the Nordic Optical Telescope (aka NOT). Although we prefer dark skies, this is our new Bluesky profile, another communication channel where you can keep up with any NOT-related news and check out some cool astronomy pictures! Who's out there?

#astrophysics #telescope #space