• Status: Live
  • Funder: European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
  • Organisations: The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of Cambridge, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS),Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften EV, Science and Technology Facilities Council, European Southern Observatory - ESO European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior Deinvestigaciones Cientificas, Universiteit Leiden, First Light Imaging SAS, Office National D'etudes et de Recherches Aerospatialess, Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia Csillagaszati es Foldtudomanyi Kutatokozpont (KONKOLY), Uniwersytet Warszawski, National Observatory of Athens, National University of Ireland, Galway, Kobenhavns Universitet, Universite de Liege, Universidade do Porto, Leibniz-Institut fur Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), Politecnico di Milano, Nordic Optical Telescope Scientific Association, Department of Industry (AAO) Australia, Heriot-Watt University, The University Court of The University of St Andrews, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Durham, The University of Exeter, University of Bath, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of The University of Oxford, The University of Sheffield, Institut D'optique Theorique et Appliquee IOTA - Supoptique.

"OPTICON has a proven record supporting European astrophysical excellence through development of new technologies, through training of new people, through delivering open access to the best infrastructures, and through strategic planning for future requirements in technology, innovative research methodologies, and trans-national coordination."