Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0561136

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE0561136

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

36-megapixel CCD camera for wide-field astronomy. This project aims to design and build a state-of-the-art 36-megapixel charge-coupled device (CCD) camera for wide-field imaging on a robotic telescope at Siding Spring Observatory. The camera will employ a mosaic of two 18-megapixel CCDs, which are amongst the largest ever fabricated. This new facility will have an unprecedented ability to obtain precision photometry over a wide field, and will enable breakthroughs in research into areas as diverse as detection of extra-solar planets and nearby supernovae. The camera will also lead to collaborative research with ANU's newly-funded Skymapper telescope, as well as the Anglo-Australian Observatory's 6dF and 2dF instruments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-07-2005

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $376,352.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Robotics And Mechatronics | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Electrical Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Electrical Engineering | Physical sciences | Robotics And Mechatronics | Scientific instrumentation

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