Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE100100164

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE100100164

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

GNOSIS: a new window on the early universe using revolutionary photonic technology. Australian astronomers have a long history in innovative instrumentation and are some of the early pioneers in infrared astronomy. The GNOSIS project brings together leading Australian astronomers to build on past success. This facility instrument makes use of recent technological advances in photonics—a key strength of Australian research and industry—to provide a dramatic improvement in observational sensitivity at these wavelengths. This will allow Australian astronomers to carry out new science programmes that have not been possible to date. These programmes include unprecedented observations of very cool low mass stars, the first chemical information on dust-embedded star clusters, and accurate ages for distant galaxies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-11-2010

End Date: 05-11-2010

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $500,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Astronomical and Space Instrumentation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Instrumentation | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation

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