EST News 13 - December 2023
The lastest issue of the EST newsletter was published on December 21, 2023. It can be downloaded as a PDF file here or read online below. EST News 13 contains the following articles:
Contents
- Deed of EST Canarian Foundation signed
- First meeting of the EST-CF Board of Trustees
- 'EST Preparatory Phase Project Office' comes to an end
- SOLARNET Sun in Science and Society Meeting
- EST Pier Optical Path Design
- EST Seeing Estimation
- Prototype of ASM Based on Coil Actuators
- Composite materials in the elevation structure of EST
- IFS Based on Image Slicers Update
- EST TIS/FBI Design Update
- Communication activities
- EST Newcomers
- Invited talks and upcoming events
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December 2023 Manuel Collados, EST coordinator, summarises the main achievements of the European Solar Telescope project in the last six months. |
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EST NEWS EST Canarian Foundation deeds signed On July 25, representatives of 9 research institutions from 7 European countries signed the deed that formalised the establishment of the EST-CF. |
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EST NEWS First meeting of the EST Canarian Foundation Board of Trustees The first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the European Solar Telescope Canarian Foundation took place online on 2023. |
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EST PROJECTS The project 'EST Preparatory Phase Project Office' comes to an end Funded by the Canary Islands Government, it has allowed to set up the EST Project Office. |
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EST PROJECTS Conference ‘Sun in Science and Society’ successfully accomplished Different communities discussed how the Sun is a model for physics and astrophysics. |
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EST TECHNOLOGY A description of the preliminary design of the EST Pier Optical Path is given. |
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EST TECHNOLOGY The methodology and results of local seeing estimations for EST are presented. |
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EST TECHNOLOGY Use of composite materials in the elevation structure of EST A study has been conducted to evaluate the performance of composite materials for the elevation structure of EST. |
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EST TECHNOLOGY An advanced prototpe for the EST ASM based on coil actuators technology The industrial contract for the design and supply of a prototype of a secondary mirror with coil actuators for EST is progressing. |
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EST INSTRUMENTATION EST near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph based on mirror slicers Some ideas and the team behind the near-infrared IFS-S are presented. |
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EST INSTRUMENTATION The conceptual optical design of the three Tunable Imaging Spectropolarimeter/Fixed-Band Imager instruments foreseen for EST has been completed in 2023. |
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EST COMMUNICATION Communication and outreach activities The EST consortium members have participated in several outreach activities, reflecting their efforts to raise awareness of the EST project at local and regional level. |
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July - December 2023 Javier León | Amanda López | Nicolás Rodríguez | Esther Soria |