Objectives
OPTICON FP7 (2009-2012) Objectives
The OPTICON consortium exists to deliver a simple yet challenging set of strategic objectives. Structuring the European astronomical community by ensuring astronomers are able to carry out state of the art research on state of the art facilities. Developing European astronomy by allowing astronomical communities to develop scientific plans for their own future facilities. Strengthening European astronomy by delivering technology research and development, helping ensure extant and future astronomical research facilities are state of the art. The consortium membership required to attain those goals defines the OPTICON partnership. The consortium is composed of all the national and international organisations which (wholly or in-part) own and operate Europe’s medium-sized modern optical-infrared astronomical observatories, and several major Institutes and organisations which develop and build innovative instrumentation – hardware and software – for those observatories and telescopes. All modern mid-sized telescopes are involved, both night-time and Solar. OPTICON will incorporate the following networking (NA), trans-national access (TNA) and joint research activities (JRA) activities
Workpackage Number | Description |
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WP1 | Adaptive Optics Systems: seeing beyond atmospheric limits |
WP2 | Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics detectors |
WP3 | Astrophotonics |
WP4 | High Angular Resolution by Interferometry: Enhancing the scientific output and reaching the fundamental limits |
WP5 | Smart Instrument Technologies |
WP6 | New Materials and Processes for Astronomical Instrumentation |
WP7 | Transnational Access |
WP8 | Management |
WP9 | Europe of the Future: Technologies |
WP9.1 | Key Technologies |
WP9.2 | Software Standards |
WP10 | Europe of the Futures: Science |
WP10.1 | Science Case Development for the European Extremely Large Telescope |
WP10.2 | European Network for High Time Resolution Astrophysics – HTRA |
WP11 | Enhancing Community Skills: Strengthening Skills |
WP11.1 | Community Development |
WP11.2 | The European Interferometry Initiative |
WP12 | Enhancing the Community: Optimising Science Access |
WP12.1 | Telescope Directors’ Forum |
WP12.2 | Planning for a viable future |
WP12.3 | The European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST) |