Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE170100242

Funded Activity Summary

Hector-1: Unravelling how galaxies evolve. This project aims to deliver the first part of Hector, an instrument that can produce three-dimensional (3D) images of 60,000 galaxies in 5 years. This is an improvement on the SAMI instrument at the Anglo-Australian Telescope, which obtains spectroscopy at 61 contiguous positions across each galaxy and provides information about stars and gas in each galaxy. The massive amount of 3D data obtained over this 5-year survey will unlock secrets about how spinning galaxies like our own form. This cosmological survey of the local universe is expected to reveal how galaxies, including the Milky Way, evolve and build up their spin with cosmic time. Spin-off technologies could have important industrial applications outside astronomy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $400,000.00

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)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Instrumentation | Astronomical and Space Sciences | Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

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