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OPTICON

OPTICON. The Optical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy. Trans-National Access Programme John Davies OPTICON Project Scientist. UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

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OPTICON

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  1. OPTICON The Optical Infrared Co-ordination Network for Astronomy. Trans-National Access Programme John Davies OPTICON Project Scientist. UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC) Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

  2. OPTICON is an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) funded by the FP6 programme. The Vision Develop a stronger community able to build and operate 21st Century facilities for Optical-IR Astronomy

  3. The Contract FP-6 Five year contract for 19,200,000 Euro + substantial national matching funds. Effective 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2008 • 6. JRAs (~11 Me + extra national funds) • 22 Telescope Access Programme. (~5.5Me) • 14 Networks (~3 Me incl Management) • FP-7. !0,000,000 Euro contract starting 2009

  4. Conclusion • OPTICON has made real progress in co-ordination of Optical/IR astronomy across Europe. • A large number of EU optical-IR-night-solar telescopes are open for new users • EU wide collaborations in R & D have been established • The Future for European Collaboration is bright. • OPTICON is contributing to the ASTRONET ETSRC process for medium telescopes

  5. Contacts WWW. www.astro-opticon.org E-mail. jkd@roe.ac.uk Phone 44-131-668-8348 Handouts, ELT brochure, overview paper etc can be downloaded from the web page.

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