Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities - Grant ID: LE180100009

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LE180100009

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Doubling the power of a unique astronomical survey facility. This project aims to double the number of fibres in the spectrograph on the UK Schmidt Telescope and so double the number of stars and galaxies that it can observe simultaneously. This would allow rapid and timely completion of two major projects: the Taipan galaxy survey would be first to test a potential discrepancy in the expansion rate of the universe that may signal new physics, while the FunnelWeb stellar survey would (in tandem with two space missions) identify potential nearby exoplanets and trace the history of the Milky Way. The benefits include high scientific impact for the two surveys, international showcasing of the Australian Starbug technology, and a national astronomical survey facility for the next decade.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 31-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities

Funding Amount: $340,160.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems | Astronomical and Space Sciences | 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 | Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems

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