Principal Investigator
Gerry Gilmore (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Abstract
The OPTical Infrared Coordination Network for astronomy (OPTICON) brings together all the international and national organizations which fund, operate and develop Europe’s major optical and infrared astronomical infrastructures, together with several world class facilities for solar astronomy located in the Canarian Observatories. OPTICON will incorporate networking, trans-national access and Joint Research Activities (JRA).

Project website
http://www.astro-opticon.org

Start
1 January 2004
End
31 December 2008

Funding Institution
European Commission