Partners

The OPTICON partners are national funding agencies, research institutions, universities and companies from across Europe who are coming together to improve European astronomy. OPTICON collaborates closely with the European Astronomy Society.

OPTICON FP6 Participants Table

The images below are linked to the partners' websites:

1. University of Cambridge

2. STFC

(From 1 April 2007 PPARC and CCLRC merged to form the Science and Technology Facilities Council)

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3. European Space Agency

4. European Southern Observatory

5. Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A

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6. Institut National des Sciences de L'Univers

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7. Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias

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8. Instituto Nazionale de Astrofisica
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9. Universiteit Leiden

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10. Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON)
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11. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

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12. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NOVA)
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13. Nordic Optical Telescope Scientific Association

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14. Greek National Committee for Astronomy
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15. RDS at R-U Bochum

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16. Schweizerische Akademie der Naturwissenschaften
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17. Kiepenheuer-Institut fur Sonnephysik

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18. RA3 at University of La Laguna
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19. Gran Telescopio de Canarias, S.A.

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20. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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21. Universite de Liege

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22. Utrecht University
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23. Politecnico di Milano

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24. Universitat Graz
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25. THEMIS S.L.

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26. University of Bremen
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27. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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28. National University of Ireland, Galway

29. Universite de Paris-Sud

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30. Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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31. Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales

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32. Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto
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33. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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34. Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu
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35. University of Durham

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36. Universite de Geneve

37. Landessternwarte Heidelberg (LSW)

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38. Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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39. The University of Sheffield

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40. The University of Warwick

41. The University of Vienna

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42. National Observatory of Athens
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43. Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies

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44. Reflex s r o
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45. TNO TPD

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46. Liverpool John Moores University
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47. Anglo-Australian Telescope Board