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WP12 - Enhancing the Community: Optimising Science Access

This WP has multiple objectives relating to the development of night time and day time (solar) astronomy. These include:

• Developing better-coordinated strategic planning and more cost-effective operation models for medium-sized telescopes within the framework of European astronomy.
• Supporting trans-national access to the OPTICON telescope network.
• Integrating our user communities effectively in the future development and use of European night-time astronomical and solar telescopes;
• Co-ordinating the development of the scientific programme, organisational framework, and operational concept for a large European Solar Telescope in cooperation with the European and wider international solar communities.

WP12.3 - The European Association for Solar telescopes (EAST)

WP leader: Wolfgang Schmidt

European Solar astronomy is poised for a quantum leap in capabilities with plans for a large solar telescope included in the AstroNet science vision roadmap. This WP will establish groups which will address key objectives towards this goal. The group will also oversee the solar astronomy element of the OPTICN trans-national Access programme.

Visit the WP12.3 website here (link coming soon).