OPTICON

Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy

Talks from Jenam - July 2005, Liege, Belgium

Jenam Programme

The following talks are available as Powerpoint files:

Transnational Access Programme

European Planetology Network

The Optical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy

Extremely Large Telescopes

Integrated Large Infrastructure for Astroparticle Science

ASTRONET

The Marie Curie Actions

Astrophysical Virtual Observatory and the EURO-VO

The SKA Design Study “SKADS”

OPTICON Home

  • Objectives
  • Contractors
  • Summary of Activities
  • Mid Term Review of Activities - September 2007
  • Management structure
  • Meetings and Conferences
  • People to contact
  • Downloads, logos, handouts
  • Claiming travel expenses
  • Original FP5 pages
  • OPTICON Publications
  • Presentations
  • EU FP6 and FP7 pages
  • Other FP6 links
  • OPTICON FAQs

Networking Activities

  • Coordination of ENO Facilities
  • Structuring European Astronomy
  • Extremely Large Telescopes
  • Ultra-Violet Astronomy Network
  • High Time Resolution Astrophysics
  • Astrophysical Virtual Observatory
  • Key Technologies
  • Future Astronomical Software Environments
  • Synergy in Space-Ground Coordination
  • Interferometry Forum
  • Telescope Network

Transnational Access

  • The OPTICON Access Programme

Joint Research Activities

  • Second generation AO for 8-10m telecopes
  • Fast Optical Detectors for AO
  • Fast readout High Performance Optical Detectors
  • Integrating Optical Interferometry
  • Smart Focal Planes
  • Volume Phase Holographic Gratings

The Optical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy (OPTICON) comprises 47 international contractors working together towards further integration of European astronomy. OPTICON is funded by the European Commissions 6th Framework programme under contract number RII3-Ct-2004-001566.