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4MOST and WAVES presentation at the international conference; `Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys and Wide Fields’ in Santa Cruz de… Read More »4MOST/WAVES Presentation at Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys and Wide Fields

First public presentation of WAVES at Naples conference by PI Simon Driver.

First complete set of mocks delivered to 4MOST.

The Australian Research Council announced ~$600k LINKAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES (LIEF) funding for the Australian–European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP). This funding is in addition… Read More »ARC LIEF award plus University partners provide 1.2million towards construction of AESOP

The Survey Management Plan (SMP) for WAVES provides a brief summary of the survey science, scientific requirements for the 4MOST instrument, a detailed breakdown of… Read More »WAVES Survey Management Plan v1.0 released

Science Team preliminary design kick-off meeting in Potsdam.

WAVES was accepted as one of the eight 4MOST consortium science surveys which will govern survey strategy and instrumentation design. Other 4MOST Science Surveys are:… Read More »WAVES accepted as a 4MOST Consortium Science Survey

WAVES adopted as a 4MOST Consortium Survey – Driver appointed to 4MOST Scientific and Technical Steering Committee.

White paper submitted to 4MOST. The current survey design is fluid and will remain so until operations commence, but at this stage is proposed to comprise… Read More »White Paper