The European Solar Telescope will see the light in 2027

05/10/2017
The Academia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome today hosted the first presentation of the European Solar Telescope (EST) in the framework of the preparatory phase for its construction, which is scheduled to begin in 2021. This infrastructure, which will be located in the Canary Islands, will be the largest European telescope dedicated to the observation of the Sun and its construction is expected to begin in 2021 to be operative in 2027. The project, which is included in the roadmap of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) since 2016, is coordinated by the IAC and includes 21 scientific and industrial institutions from 15 different European countries. >> Read more