EST: European Solar Telescope - Rich 2020 · 2019. 5. 23. · EST has received funding from the European Union FP7 and Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmes and the European

EST:

European Solar

Telescope

M. Collados

and the EST Team

III RICH Symposium, BrusselsMay 14th, 2019

EST has received funding from the European Union FP7 and Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmesand the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) together with national funding agencies

Solar high-resolution national facilities in Europe

VTT 70 cm

(Germany, 1989) -- OT

THEMIS 90 cm

(France, 1996) -- OT

SST 100 cm

(Sweden, 2002) -- ORM

DOT 45 cm

(Netherlands, 1997) -- ORM GREGOR 150 cm

(Germany, 2012) -- OT



Scientific partners

EST became an ESFRI Strategic European

Infrastructure in March 2016

EAST

European

Association

for Solar

Telescopes



European community in Solar Physics: 600 researchers



Observatorio del Teide

Tenerife

Observatorio del Roque de

Los Muchachos – La Palma





Schedule

+ SOLARNET +ESCAPE

ERICIn Spain



European Solar Telescope

(04/2013 – 03/2017)

(06/2015 – 05/2018)

ESFRI road map update 2016:

EST included as ESFRI project

(04/2017 – 03/2021)

(2008 - 2011)

EST Design Study

01/2019 – 12/2022➢ founded in 2007

➢ 18 member states

construction:

2021 -2027



DESIGN

MOBILITY

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

NEW GENERATION OF

RESEARCHERSTRANS-NATIONAL

CONVERGENCE

ACCESS

COORDINATION + UNION + SYNERGY



Provide a detailed plan for the implementation of EST

Main Goal of Preparatory Phase (PRE-EST)



PREPARATORYPHASE

+

CONSTRUCTION

OPERATION

DISMANTLING

(Aimed) Sharing percentages for construction

25% 25% 10-15% 5%

5% 1-2% 1-2% 1-2% 1-2%

1-2% 1-2% 1-2% 1-2% 1-2%

10-15% 10-15%

1-2%



We aim to make the best solar telescope ever built!

Documents

EST: European Solar Telescope - Rich 2020 · 2019. 5. 23. · EST has received funding from the European Union FP7 and Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmes and the European