Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE0989347

Funding Activity

Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE0989347

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

CYCLOPS - A Better Way to Find Extrasolar Planets. The primary scientific driver for this new facility is the search for planets orbiting other stars. Australian astronomers, and the Anglo-Australian Telescope, have played a leading role in this new frontier for astronomy, detecting 25 of the 250-odd extrasolar planets known to orbit nearby stars. The CYCLOPS project brings together a team of leading Australian astronomers to build on this track record with a new facility that further advances Australia's capabilities in both this field, and several other high-profile astronomical endeavours: including the study of seismology in stellar interiors, the detailed measurement of elemental abundances in stars throughout our Galaxy, and the mapping of spot features on the surfaces of stars.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $350,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomy And Astrophysics | Astronomical and Space Sciences |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Computer software and services not elsewhere classified | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Astronomy And Astrophysics | Computer software and services not elsewhere classified | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

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