UK Programme for the European Extremely Large Telescope
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Oxford Physics
Abstract
We propose a programme to enable the UK to take a leading role in the construction of the first generation of instruments for the world's largest optical and infrared telescope - the European Extremely Large Telescope. Previously funded STFC programmes have been used to develop technology and instrument concepts to put the UK in a position to take the PI role in one of the two 'first light' instruments for the E-ELT and to take significant roles in three of the instruments expected to closely follow. Strong involvement in a programme of instruments will give the UK considerable science return through direct influence on the scientific priorities of these instruments and early science through guaranteed time return to the UK. There will also be important industrial return to the UK in terms of direct contracts and technology transfer.
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) project aims to provide European astronomers with the largest optical-infrared telescope in the world. With a diameter of 42m and being fully adaptive from the start by incorporating a large deformable mirror, the E-ELT will be more than one hundred times more sensitive than the present-day largest optical telescopes. The E-ELT will vastly advance astrophysical knowledge by enabling detailed studies of planets around other stars, the first galaxies in the Universe, black holes, and the nature of the Universe's dark matter and dark energy.
The E-ELT has now completed its Phase B study, led by ESO with strong involvement of European Industry, and a fully-costed construction proposal is now undergoing international review before to be put to ESO Council in December 2010. A series of instruments has gone through detailed Phase A studies with strong UK involvement. Out of this process, ESO has developed an instrument plan which has two instruments selected for 'first light' and a pool of six other instruments in competition to form a sequence in the first generation.
The ESO E-ELT Science Working Group (SWG) and the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) have both recommended that the first light complement at the E-ELT should comprise a "HARMONI-like" spectrograph (ELT-IFU) and a "MICADO-like" imager (ELT-CAM). This first light complement is part of the instrumentation plan embedded in the E-ELT construction proposal.
The outcome of the ESO selection process places the UK in the unique position of being one of only two European countries leading the development of an E-ELT first light instrument. Given the enormous discovery potential of the E-ELT, this provides UK astrophysicists with an unprecedented opportunity to exploit the power of the world's largest ground based optical/near-IR telescope.
The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) project aims to provide European astronomers with the largest optical-infrared telescope in the world. With a diameter of 42m and being fully adaptive from the start by incorporating a large deformable mirror, the E-ELT will be more than one hundred times more sensitive than the present-day largest optical telescopes. The E-ELT will vastly advance astrophysical knowledge by enabling detailed studies of planets around other stars, the first galaxies in the Universe, black holes, and the nature of the Universe's dark matter and dark energy.
The E-ELT has now completed its Phase B study, led by ESO with strong involvement of European Industry, and a fully-costed construction proposal is now undergoing international review before to be put to ESO Council in December 2010. A series of instruments has gone through detailed Phase A studies with strong UK involvement. Out of this process, ESO has developed an instrument plan which has two instruments selected for 'first light' and a pool of six other instruments in competition to form a sequence in the first generation.
The ESO E-ELT Science Working Group (SWG) and the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) have both recommended that the first light complement at the E-ELT should comprise a "HARMONI-like" spectrograph (ELT-IFU) and a "MICADO-like" imager (ELT-CAM). This first light complement is part of the instrumentation plan embedded in the E-ELT construction proposal.
The outcome of the ESO selection process places the UK in the unique position of being one of only two European countries leading the development of an E-ELT first light instrument. Given the enormous discovery potential of the E-ELT, this provides UK astrophysicists with an unprecedented opportunity to exploit the power of the world's largest ground based optical/near-IR telescope.
Planned Impact
The two key beneficiaries of this research will be (a) the general public in the UK -- Astronomy has always been extremely effective at enthusing students to study math and science up to a high level of proficiency. The E-ELT will be the world's largest ground based telescope for optical/near-infrared astronomy when it is built. By having a UK led team building the first light spectrograph for such an eye-catching facility will contribute enormously to the UK's reputation in high-tech science and engineering, and provide renewed enthusiasm to the population at large.
(b) students who are at an advanced stage of their career: coupled with this program, we will be offering up to six D.Phil studentships at Oxford. These will provide unique doctoral training opportunities for the next generation of professional instrumentalists to hone their research skills in the field of astronomical instrumentation. This will help ensure continued leadership by the UK in this area of expertise.
In addition, we can foresee the following benefits:
UK Industry: Part of Project Office role is to continue to publicise the E-ELT programme and advise on areas in which UK Industry may bid for contracts for the E-ELT telescope and instrumentation build phases. In addition, with a small amount of the funds in the overall R&D programme instrument will be used for work with UK Industry and a substantial amount of the equipment being bought is likely to be from the UK.
UK Industry / UK PLC: there may be spin-offs from some of the astronomy-directed R&D (e.g. pick-off mirror micro-robots)
UK PLC via trained scientists (e.g. from PhD studentships)
Promotion of science within the UK:
UK School students, as part of the Public engagement element (e.g. Big Telescopes for Big Science programme) partly funded within this proposal.
UK General Public, via the Outreach programme events and announcements.
The goals of the Outreach Programme (see Public Engagement section of the detailed proposal) are:
Ensure such milestones receive appropriate national media coverage
Further establish and exploit the 'Big Telescopes for Big Questions' and the 'Dark Sky UK' initiatives, providing and using material in conjunction with JWST/MIRI and other major facilities
Organise more educational activities across a broader UK base for professionals and volunteers, refining and utilising powerful concepts and resources already piloted, for example under the auspices of the RSSE, also continuing to work with ESO and other E-ELT partners
Generate new sponsorships, with a goal to include industry as build opportunities are realised.
See also Economic Impact and Knowledge Exchange section of the detailed proposal.
(b) students who are at an advanced stage of their career: coupled with this program, we will be offering up to six D.Phil studentships at Oxford. These will provide unique doctoral training opportunities for the next generation of professional instrumentalists to hone their research skills in the field of astronomical instrumentation. This will help ensure continued leadership by the UK in this area of expertise.
In addition, we can foresee the following benefits:
UK Industry: Part of Project Office role is to continue to publicise the E-ELT programme and advise on areas in which UK Industry may bid for contracts for the E-ELT telescope and instrumentation build phases. In addition, with a small amount of the funds in the overall R&D programme instrument will be used for work with UK Industry and a substantial amount of the equipment being bought is likely to be from the UK.
UK Industry / UK PLC: there may be spin-offs from some of the astronomy-directed R&D (e.g. pick-off mirror micro-robots)
UK PLC via trained scientists (e.g. from PhD studentships)
Promotion of science within the UK:
UK School students, as part of the Public engagement element (e.g. Big Telescopes for Big Science programme) partly funded within this proposal.
UK General Public, via the Outreach programme events and announcements.
The goals of the Outreach Programme (see Public Engagement section of the detailed proposal) are:
Ensure such milestones receive appropriate national media coverage
Further establish and exploit the 'Big Telescopes for Big Questions' and the 'Dark Sky UK' initiatives, providing and using material in conjunction with JWST/MIRI and other major facilities
Organise more educational activities across a broader UK base for professionals and volunteers, refining and utilising powerful concepts and resources already piloted, for example under the auspices of the RSSE, also continuing to work with ESO and other E-ELT partners
Generate new sponsorships, with a goal to include industry as build opportunities are realised.
See also Economic Impact and Knowledge Exchange section of the detailed proposal.
Organisations
- University of Oxford (Lead Research Organisation)
- Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (Collaboration)
- Lyon Observatory (Collaboration)
- Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (Collaboration)
- UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) (Collaboration)
- National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (Collaboration)
- Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseile (Collaboration)
Publications
Magdis G
(2014)
A FAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF INTERMEDIATE REDSHIFT (ULTRA) LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Salter Graeme
(2011)
Achieving High Contrasts Through Speckle Rejection With Slicer Based Integral Field Spectrographs
in Second International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes. Online at <A href="http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr">http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr</A
Scott Nicholas
(2011)
An Integral Field View of Early-Type Galaxies in the Coma Cluster
in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #217
Scott N
(2012)
An Oxford SWIFT integral field spectroscopy study of 14 early-type galaxies in the Coma cluster An Oxford SWIFT IFS study of ETGs in the Coma cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
D'Eugenio F.
(2013)
Angular Momentum of Galaxies in the Densest Environments: A FLAMES/GIRAFFE IFS Study of the Massive Cluster Abell 1689 at z = 0.18
in The Messenger
Houghton R
(2012)
Data and two-dimensional scaling relations for galaxies in Abell 1689: a hint of size evolution at z~ 0.2 2D scaling relations for galaxies in A1689
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Menduina-Fernandez A
(2018)
Design and proto-typing of integral field units for the ELT-PCS test bench spectrograph
Kalamkar M.
(2015)
Detection of the first infra-red quasi periodic oscillation in a black hole X-ray binary
in ArXiv e-prints
Salter G
(2014)
Direct Detection of Nearby Habitable Zone Planets Using Slicer Based Integral Field Spectrographs and EPICS on the E-ELT
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Scott N
(2014)
Distribution of slow and fast rotators in the Fornax cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Parviainen H
(2015)
Exoplanet transmission spectroscopy using KMOS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kalamkar M.
(2015)
Fast multi-wavelength broad-band and QPO variability in a black hole X-ray binary: accretion flow and/or a jet origin?
in The Extremes of Black Hole Accretion
Thatte N.
(2011)
HARMONI - the first light integral field spectrograph for the E-ELT
in Second International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes. Online at <A href="http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr">http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr</A
Clarke F
(2018)
HARMONI pre-optics design at PDR
Rigopoulou D
(2014)
HERSCHEL OBSERVATIONS OF FAR-INFRARED COOLING LINES IN INTERMEDIATE REDSHIFT (ULTRA)-LUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Clarke Fraser
(2013)
High resolution in three dimensions with SWIFT and PALM3K
in Proceedings of the Third AO4ELT Conference
{Clarke}, F. And {Thatte}, N. And {Tecza}, M. And {O'Brien}, K. And {Houghton}, R. And {Tiee}, D. And {Fletcher}, L. And {Irwin}, P. And {Verma}, A. And {Dekany}, R. And {Rick}, B. And {Roberts}, J.
(2013)
High resolution in three dimensions with SWIFT and PALM3K
Gladysz Szymon
(2011)
High-contrast, adaptive-optics simulations for HARMONI
in Second International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes. Online at <A href="http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr">http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr</A
{Gladysz}, S. And {Thatte}, N.~A. And {Salter}, G. And {Clarke}, F. And {Tecza}, M. And {Jolissaint}, L. And {Galle}, R.~B.
(2011)
High-contrast, adaptive-optics simulations for HARMONI
Zieleniewski S
(2015)
hsim: a simulation pipeline for the HARMONI integral field spectrograph on the European ELT
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wilman D
(2015)
KMOS Clusters and VIRIAL GTO Surveys
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
{Fusco}, T. And {Meimon}, S. And {Thatte}, N. And {Shnetler}, H. And {Cl{\'e}net}, Y. And {Cohen}, M. And {Paufique}, J. And {Ammans}, J.~P. And {Clarke}, F. And {Dournaux}, J.~L. And {Ferrari}, M. And {Gratadour}, D. And {Hubin}, N. And {Jagourel}, P. And {Michau}, V. And {Petit}, C. And {Tecza}, M.
(2011)
Laser Tomographic AO system for an Integral Field Spectrograph on the E-ELT : the ATLAS project
Dubbeldam M
(2018)
Opto-mechanical designs for the HARMONI adaptive optics systems
Kassin S
(2011)
Oxford SWIFT integral field spectrograph and multiwavelength observations of the Eagle galaxy at z= 0.77 The Eagle galaxy at z = 0.77
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
{Zieleniewski}, S. And {Thatte}, N.
(2013)
Parameterising E-ELT AO PSFs for detailed science simulations for HARMONI
Bont D
(2013)
Photometric analysis of Abell 1689
in IAU Symposium
Calamida A.
(2011)
Report on the Workshop Feeding the Giants: ELTs in the Era of Surveys
in The Messenger
Lamarche C
(2018)
Resolving Star Formation on Subkiloparsec Scales in the High-redshift Galaxy SDP.11 Using Gravitational Lensing
in The Astrophysical Journal
Houghton R
(2015)
Revisiting the original morphology-density relation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Schwartz Noah
(2018)
Sensing and control of segmented mirrors with a pyramid wavefront sensor in the presence of spiders
in arXiv e-prints
Kendrew S.
(2016)
Simulated stellar kinematics studies of high-redshift galaxies with the HARMONI Integral Field Spectrograph
in ArXiv e-prints
Chan J
(2016)
Sizes, colour gradients and resolved stellar mass distributions for the massive cluster galaxies in XMMUJ2235-2557 at z = 1.39
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hook I
(2012)
Supernovæ and Transients with Euclid and the European ELT
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Fogarty L
(2011)
SWIFT observations of the Arp 147 ring galaxy system Arp147
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tecza M.
(2011)
Testing the limits of AO: near diffraction limited astronomy in the red optical
in Second International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes. Online at <A href="http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr">http://ao4elt2.lesia.obspm.fr</A
Beifiori Alessandra
(2015)
The Fundamental Plane and the Resolved Stellar Mass Distribution of Cluster Galaxies at z~1.5 from the KMOS-Cluster GTO Program
in IAU General Assembly
Houghton Ryan
(2011)
The Fundamental Plane of Abell 1689 compared to Coma
in Fornax, Virgo, Coma et al., Stellar Systems in High Density Environments
Nielsen E
(2012)
THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: DISCOVERY OF A MULTIPLE SYSTEM ORBITING THE YOUNG A STAR HD 1160
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wahhaj Z
(2011)
THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: DISCOVERY OF A SUBSTELLAR L DWARF COMPANION TO THE NEARBY YOUNG M DWARF CD-35 2722
in The Astrophysical Journal
| Description | This grant funded work on HARMONI, the first light spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope. We further developed the conceptual design of the instrument, taking into account changes to the telescope & interface design. This grant supported the Interim Study (and Interim Study extension) co-sponsored by the European Southern Observatory. During this grant, we developed (jointly with ESO) the technical specifications of the instrument. We also carried out detailed simulations of several observing programmes we hope to carry out with the instrument. |
| Exploitation Route | We have developed conceptual design for a near-infrared and visible wavelength integral field spectrograph. The optical design, mechanical cryogenic lens mounting techniques etc. could be of use to others. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | http://harmoni-elt.physics.ox.ac.uk/index.html |
| Description | Call for Proposals (ESO) |
| Amount | € 80,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 04/2013 |
| End | 09/2014 |
| Description | ESO Hardware Grant for HARMONI Design and Build |
| Amount | € 18,200,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | HARMONI Interim Study |
| Amount | € 80,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | Germany |
| Start | 07/2013 |
| End | 10/2014 |
| Description | PPRP |
| Amount | £530,188 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2008 |
| End | 03/2012 |
| Description | Urgency grant |
| Amount | £3,498,611 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/N002717/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | HARMONI consortium |
| Organisation | Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands |
| Department | Engineering & Instrumentation |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Univ. of Oxford played a pivotal role in the HARMONI Phase A study, as it was the PI institute. N. Thatte was the Principal Investigator of the instrument study, and led the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAMIR helped in the HARMONI instrument Phase A design by providing the detailed design for the calibration system of the instrument, and providing computations of sensitivity. |
| Impact | The HARMONI Phase A instrument design selection of an HARMONI-like instrument as one of two first-light instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | HARMONI consortium |
| Organisation | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseile |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Univ. of Oxford played a pivotal role in the HARMONI Phase A study, as it was the PI institute. N. Thatte was the Principal Investigator of the instrument study, and led the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAMIR helped in the HARMONI instrument Phase A design by providing the detailed design for the calibration system of the instrument, and providing computations of sensitivity. |
| Impact | The HARMONI Phase A instrument design selection of an HARMONI-like instrument as one of two first-light instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | HARMONI consortium |
| Organisation | Lyon Observatory |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Univ. of Oxford played a pivotal role in the HARMONI Phase A study, as it was the PI institute. N. Thatte was the Principal Investigator of the instrument study, and led the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAMIR helped in the HARMONI instrument Phase A design by providing the detailed design for the calibration system of the instrument, and providing computations of sensitivity. |
| Impact | The HARMONI Phase A instrument design selection of an HARMONI-like instrument as one of two first-light instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | HARMONI consortium |
| Organisation | National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Univ. of Oxford played a pivotal role in the HARMONI Phase A study, as it was the PI institute. N. Thatte was the Principal Investigator of the instrument study, and led the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAMIR helped in the HARMONI instrument Phase A design by providing the detailed design for the calibration system of the instrument, and providing computations of sensitivity. |
| Impact | The HARMONI Phase A instrument design selection of an HARMONI-like instrument as one of two first-light instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | HARMONI consortium |
| Organisation | Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) |
| Department | Department of Molecular and Infrared Astrophysics (DAMIR) |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Univ. of Oxford played a pivotal role in the HARMONI Phase A study, as it was the PI institute. N. Thatte was the Principal Investigator of the instrument study, and led the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAMIR helped in the HARMONI instrument Phase A design by providing the detailed design for the calibration system of the instrument, and providing computations of sensitivity. |
| Impact | The HARMONI Phase A instrument design selection of an HARMONI-like instrument as one of two first-light instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | HARMONI consortium |
| Organisation | UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Univ. of Oxford played a pivotal role in the HARMONI Phase A study, as it was the PI institute. N. Thatte was the Principal Investigator of the instrument study, and led the consortium. |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAMIR helped in the HARMONI instrument Phase A design by providing the detailed design for the calibration system of the instrument, and providing computations of sensitivity. |
| Impact | The HARMONI Phase A instrument design selection of an HARMONI-like instrument as one of two first-light instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | Feeding the Giants - Conference on Extremely Large Telescopes in the era of large surveys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was co-organiser of this international conference to discuss the role of Extremely Large Telescopes in the era of large surveys. This was an extremely well attended workshop with plenty of discussion and discourse between representatives from different telescopes/facilities and the international science community spread over a wide range of topics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | https://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2011/feedgiant.html |
| Description | IET Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Outreach presentation and discussion on technology developments in WEAVE and Gaia. Request for more talks to this and other organisations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Invited talk at the University of Kent at Canterbury |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion and dissemination of the E-ELT project and the UK instrumentation programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Invited talk on the E-ELT to undergraduate students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dissemination of information regarding the E-ELT project and the UK instrumentation programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | School Visit (Christ Church) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Introduction to the Milky Way talk for 60 pupils in years 5-8 followed by lengthy discussion and multiple follow up correspondences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | School Visit (OHS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 60 pupils in year 5. Talk to the whole year on how we explore the Universe with some insights into upcoming facilities and possibilities.. Coordinated with the school as an input to a wider science topic on 'space' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | School visit (Abingdon) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Dark Matter and Cosmology to 45 sixth form students at the Abingdon School. Warmly received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Talk for Continuing Education department |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation on developments of the use of Light in Astronomy as part of the International Year of Light to interested members of the general public attending a saturday workshop at the department of continuing education (Rewley House) in Oxford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/F900-34 |
| Description | alumni weekend |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Poster Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alumni of Oxford University were treated to an astronomy evening, including sky-watching, and an EELT themed presentation with posters, brochures and flyers exposed the public to the challenges and potential of the EELT project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | open evening |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 35 pupils attended an EELT themed open evening at Oxford. secondary school children were enthused about the technology of adaptive optics, especially using laser stars |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |