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Originally Posted by Mike
Are you aware of any parts of the ELT being developed by AAO?
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There is consortium of astronomical instrumentation organisations named
Astralis of which AAO-Macquarie a member along with ANU and Sydney Uni.
Astralis did some preliminary work on an infrared imager for the ELT.
I'm not sure which of the consortium members did that work.
I'll ask if AAO-Macquarie is currently doing any work on ELT instrumentation.
They certainly are doing new work for the VLT and for several other of the
world's largest telescopes.
See
https://www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-sci...rrent-projects
Given the phenomenal amount of world-leading expertise, innovation
and experience they have, it would not surprise me if they were awarded
some ELT contracts in the future.
Advanced instrumentation for large telescopes at optical, infrared and
radio wavelengths is an area Australia absolutely excels at.