Gemini Partnership - Contribution to the Capital Cost of Australiaís
Participation in the Gemini Project
Proposer: M Brennan
The International Gemini Project (IGP) is building two 8 m optical/infrared
telescopes, one in Chile and one in Hawaii. The telescopes and their instruments
represent state-of-the-art technology, and will be important components
of the optical astronomy programs of IGP members (US, UK, Canada, Chile,
Argentina, Brazil and Australia) well into the next century. The Hawaiian
and Chilean telescopes will see first light in late-1998 and 2000 respectively.
In February 1998 the Australian Government announced that Australia would
contribute 5% of the $US193M project via the Australian Research Council
(ARC). The MNRF allocation represents a contribution to the ARC funding
package for the initial grant requests involving capital support of the
IGP.
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Last update by Michelle Storey. 29/10/98