Anthony HortonMay 14

There's an interesting workshop taking place later this year. Blue Horizons 2026 is calling for teams to develop and present concepts for a (small) Australian space telescope that could potentially be built using NCRIS astronomy infrastructure funding (OK, very small then).

https://sites.google.com/view/blue-horizons-anu/home

#Astronomy #Astrodon #Space #SpaceAstronomy

Blue Horizons

Abstract submission is now open!

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