Edinburgh project aims to make city global hub for astrophotonics
08 Feb 2021
Heriot-Watt and UK Astronomy Technology Centre win funding to develop cityâs space capabilities.
Heriot-Watt is leading a new consortium, which includes partners from the UKATC, the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, and the University of Arizona.
The project has received over £890,000 ($1.2 million) in funding from the UKRI Science and Technology Facilities Council to pursue two main areas of research.
Professor Robert Thomson, head of Heriot-Wattâs Photonic Instrumentation Group, commented, âWe find ourselves at a point where conventional approaches to optical instruments like telescopes are reaching their limits.