ORP

ORP

Opticon RadioNet Pilot – The largest collaborative ground-based astronomy network in Europe

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The ORP project, funded by the European Union, will provide optimised access to radio and optical instruments in an efficient, coordinated and forward-looking programme. ORP will provide access to an unrivalled set of major and specialised observatories in Europe (and worldwide) covering the optical, infrared, submillimetre and radio bands of the electromagnetic spectrum to open the way to new discoveries. According to the project, this will be the largest and most comprehensive set of instruments assembled and provided to the European scientific community through a single programme.

To do science efficiently, it is essential to provide easy access to facilities across the electromagnetic spectrum and to support rapid observations in all wavelengths to capture transient events. Therefore, the optical and radio communities have decided to come together in ORP to provide for the first time a coordinated and coherent plan for access to an integrated set of optical and radio facilities.

Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 (H2020) research and innovation programme, the project was launched on 24 March 2021. The French National Centre for Scientific Research is in charge of coordinating the project, together with the University of Cambridge and the Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.

ROLE OF THE OBSERVATORY

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OBSERVATORY STAFF INVOLVED

Andrea Bianco – andrea.bianco AT inaf.it

TIMELINE

2021 –

WEBSITE

ORP

CONTACT

CREDITS

Web page content: A. Bianco