Campaign 2009-2010 AstroConcordia (IPEV 908)

The winter site testing programme will continue for several additional years, and in parallel, the first real astronomical observations will be started, with scientific aims. The A-STEP photometric programme will be the first real astronomical programme, together with IRAIT, and becomes the first priority of ASTRO-CONCORDIA on the short term.

The European Network project ARENA granted by Brussels with Nicolas Epchtein being the co-ordinator is the structure in which scientific short and longer term priorities will be discussed, in a broad international frame.

Campaign 2009-2010

Year 1/1 (renewal)

Leader : Éric FOSSAT

After 9 years for the Concordiastro (5 years) and AstroConcordia (4 years) programmes essentially devoted to the site testing, 2009-2010 will be a year of transition. During 2009 the conclusions of the ARENA European network prospects will be published, and the 5-year astronomical prospect exercise of INSU will be renewed. The astronomical priorities for the following 4-year IPEV programme will then be clarified next year. The present one-year programme includes the official start of the full size instruments and complements of site testing for making more robust the statistics of what is now well known or exploring more parameters of interest for the future.