Horizon consortium
The Horizon Consortium brings together all the expertise required to perform the concept study of a facility as ambitious as the WST.
This includes all the different aspects involved in such a process, from defining the science goals and requirements, to designing the telescope and the instruments, to planning its operations and data management, to ensuring the sustainability of the project.
Consortium members
Many institutions, one horizon
The Horizon Consortium brings together 23 research institutes and universities, including three institutes of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France and five institutes of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Italy. It also includes the European Southern Observatory (ESO), which participates as an intergovernmental partner. In addition, three science and technology institutes are part of the broader consortium but not of the Horizon Consortium itself.
In addition to having significant experience in leading and running spectroscopic surveys, the whole consortium has an impressive record in instrumentation and telescope projects. Collectively, its members have built or are currently involved in the design and construction of nine optical telescopes, eight multi-object spectrographs (MOS), and ten integral-field spectrographs (IFS).
members
CRAL/CNRS
Lyon, France
IP2I/CNRS
Lyon, France
Lagrange/CNRS
Nice, France
LAM/CNRS
Marseille, France
IRFU/CEA
Paris, France
OAArcetri/INAF
Florence, Italy
OABrera/INAF
Milano, Italy
OASBologna/INAF
Bologna, Italy
IASF-MI/INAF
Milano, Italy
OACapodimonte/INAF
Napoli, Italy
UNIBO
Bologna, Italy
NCAC
Warsaw, Poland
IA/CAUP
Porto, Portugal
UNIGRO/NOVA
Groningen, The Netherlands
UCL
London, UK
UKRI
Edinburgh, UK
UNIVIE
Wien, Austria
AIP
Potsdam, Germany
EPFL
Lausanne, Switzerland
ANU/Astralis
Canberra, Australia
MAQC/Astralis
Sydney, Australia
UNISYD
Sydney, Australia
UWA
Perth, Australia
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Grenada, Spain
Institute of Astronomy Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
ESO
Science and technology partner
members
CRAL/CNRS
Lyon, France
IP2I/CNRS
Lyon, France
Lagrange/CNRS
Nice, France
LAM/CNRS
Marseille, France
IRFU/CEA
Paris, France
IRFU/CEA
Paris, France
OAArcetri/INAF
Florence, Italy
OABrera/INAF
Milano, Italy
OASBologna/INAF
Bologna, Italy
IASF-MI/INAF
Milano, Italy
OACapodimonte/INAF
Napoli, Italy
UNIBO
Bologna, Italy
NCAC
Warsaw, Poland
IA/CAUP
Porto, Portugal
UNIGRO/NOVA
Groningen, The Netherlands
UCL
London, UK
UKRI
Edinburgh, UK
UNIVIE
Wien, Austria
AIP
Potsdam, Germany
EPFL
Lousanne, Switzerland
ANU/Astralis
Canberra, Australia
MAQC/Astralis
Sydney, Australia
UNISYD
Sydney, Australia
UWA
Perth, Australia
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Grenada, Spain
Institute of Astronomy Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
ESO
Science and technology partner
Members of the WST Steering Committee
The WST Consortium and Organisation
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