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An important milestone has been reached in the development of the future European Solar Telescope. The optical design, including the single-conjugate adaptive optics, passed its preliminary design review.
On 4th October, another meeting of the BoT of the EST Foundation was held. During this meeting, the requests from the Portuguese Space Agency and the University of Oslo to participate as observers on the Foundation's Board were approved.
The Board of the EST Foundation has appointed Göran Scharmer, an astrophysicist with 40 years of experience in instrumental developments relevant to the design of EST, as Scientific and Technical Advisor to the Director of the EST Foundation.
After participating in the BSBF 2022, EST will once again be represented at the third edition of the prestigious international congress, which will take place from 1 to 4 October 2024 in Trieste (Italy).
The EST Project is currently undergoing the EST Optics and Adaptive Optics (AO) Preliminary Review, supervised by an international expert review panel.
At the beginning of 2024, the selection process for the positions of director and administrator of the EST Foundation was opened. After evaluating various applications, the Board of Trustees made a unanimous decision regarding the selected candidates.
The University of Graz has officially become a member of the EST Foundation for the next two years. With this addition, the entity now comprises 10 European institutions from 8 countries.
A selection process to fill the positions of Director and Administrator of the EST-CF has been started, with application deadlines set for 29 February and 31 January 2024, respectively.
Following the creation of the EST Canarian Foundation on July 25, 2023 with the signature of 9 research institutions from 7 European countries, the first meeting of the Foundation's Board of Trustees took place online on September 19.
9 institutions from 7 European countries signed the deed of the foundation that grants legal character to the project consortium and paves the way for the construction of the European Solar Telescope.
