An important milestone has been reached in the development of the future European Solar Telescope. The optical design, including the single-conjugate adaptive optics, passed its preliminary design review.
On 4th October, another meeting of the BoT of the EST Foundation was held. During this meeting, the requests from the Portuguese Space Agency and the University of Oslo to participate as observers on the Foundation's Board were approved.
After participating in the BSBF 2022, EST will once again be represented at the third edition of the prestigious international congress, which will take place from 1 to 4 October 2024 in Trieste (Italy).
The Board of the EST Foundation has appointed Göran Scharmer, an astrophysicist with 40 years of experience in instrumental developments relevant to the design of EST, as Scientific and Technical Advisor to the Director of the EST Foundation.
The EST Project is currently undergoing the EST Optics and Adaptive Optics (AO) Preliminary Review, supervised by an international expert review panel.