The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has broadened the scope of its strategic partnership with Australia to include access to the ESO Technology Development program (TechDev),
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has broadened the scope of its strategic partnership with Australia to include access to the ESO Technology Development program (TechDev),
As 2021 comes to an end, Astralis staff look forward to a much-deserved break. Despite many challenges and extended lockdowns, Astralis staff are ending the
The Hector Instrument and Science teams have been up at the Anglo Australian Telescope (AAT) over the last month (Instrument Team) and two weeks (Science
Several Astralis staff presented at this year’s Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) conference (24-28 October 2021). The annual conference is a popular forum
The Consortium is actively working on its Research and Development (R&D) roadmap. On 25 June 2021, Astralis held a “future science” R&D workshop. The workshop
Astralis-AAO AProf Simon Ellis, Astralis-AITC Prof Michael Ireland and Astralis-USyd board representative Prof Joss Bland-Hawthorn were amongst the nine Editors of a recently published Joint
We are delighted to share the 2019 and 2020 Annual Reports for the Consortium (then called the AAO Consortium). Click on the link below to
Tuesday 1 June 2021, ESO signed an agreement with an international consortium to build and operate MAVIS, a unique instrument to be installed on ESO’s
AESOP is the fibre positioner unit for the 4MOST instrument currently under construction for the 4-metre diameter VISTA telescope in Chile, which is operated by
The Hector instrument is in its final assembly stage and will be ready to ship to the telescope mid-year ahead of first light in July.
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