Santosh Joshi - Bina Project
About BINA
BINA (Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics) is a research network recently funded by BELSPO (Belgian Science Policy Office) and DST (Department of Science & Technology, India) in order to foster scientific collaborations between Indian and Belgian astronomers. The intent is to make a best use of the new 3.6-m DOT and 4.0-m ILMT telescopes located in Devasthal (ARIES, Uttarakhand, India).
BINA will help in the financial organisation of astronomical workshops in India and in Belgium during which astronomers will discuss scientific and instrumentation projects aimed at maximizing the scientific return of the two new facilities. BINA will also fund the trip and stay in India (resp. Belgium) of Belgian (resp. Indian) astronomers to promote scientific collaborative projects making use of the 3.6-m DOT and 4.0-m ILMT telescopes.
BINA Partner Institutes
Overview of the Belgian (top) and Indian (bottom) partner institutes of BINA. They are listed in alphabetical order.
Indian Partner Institutes
Principle Investigator : Dr Santosh Joshi
ARIES = Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences Location: Nainital, India Contact: S. Joshi
BOSE = S.N. Bose Institute Location: Kolkata, India Contact: S. Mondal
DU = Delhi University - North Campus Location: Delhi, India Contact: H.P. Singh
IIA = Indian Institute of Astrophysics Location: Bangalore, India Contact: A. Goswami; G. Pandey
IIST = Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology Location: Thiruvananthapuram, India Contact: R. Lekshmi
ISAC = ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) Location: Bangalore, India Contact: V. Girish
IUCAA = Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Location: Pune, India Contact: A.N. Ramaprakash; R. Gupta
KU = Kumaun University Location: Nainital, India Contact: A.K. Durgapal
NCRA-TIFR = National Center for Radio Astrophysics - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Location: Pune, India Contact: I. Chandra
PRL = Astronomy & Astrophysics Division Location: Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India Contact: S. Ganesh; S. Naik
RSU = Pt. Ravi Shankar University Location: Raipur, India Contact: N.K. Chakradhari
TIFR = Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Location: Mumbai, India Contact: D.K. Ojha; A. Mazumdar Belgian Partner Institutes
ROB = Royal Observatory of Belgium Location: Brussels, Belgium Contact: P. De Cat
UAntwerpen/KU Leuven = Universiteit Antwerpen/Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Location: Antwerp, Belgium/Louvain, Belgium Contact: K. Kolenberg
UGent = Universiteit Gent Location: Ghent, Belgium Contact: M. Baes
ULB = Universite Libre de Bruxelles Location: Brussels, Belgium Contact:A. Jorissen
ULiege = Universite de Liege Location: Liege, Belgium Contact: J. Surdej
BINA Telescopes
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Indo-Belgian Telescopes |
DOT@ARIES = 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope location: Devasthal observatory (Devasthal, India) operated by: Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (Nainital, India) instruments: optical and near-infrared imaging, narrowband and broadband photometry, low-resolution spectroscopy
ILMT@ARIES = 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope location: Devasthal observatory (Devasthal, India) operated by: Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (Nainital, India) instruments: CCD direct imaging
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Other Telescopes Of Interest |
2.34-m@VBO = 2.34-m Vainu Bappu Telescope location: Vainu Bappu Observatory (Kavalur, India) operated by: Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore, India) instruments: imaging camera, medium resolution spectropolarimeter, medium resolution optometrics research spectrograph & high-resolution echelle spectrograph
2-m@HCT = 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope location: Indian Astronomical Observatory (Leh, Ladakh, India) operated by: Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore, India) instruments: HFOSC (Himalaya Faint Object Spectrograph), near-IR imager, HESP (Hanle Echelle Spectrograph) & optical CCD imager
2-m@IUCAA = 2-m telescope location: Girawali Observatory (Junnar, India) operated by: Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (Pune, India) instruments: IUCAA Faint Object Spectrograph and Camera (IFOSC) & Princeton Instruments CCD (PI-CCD)
1.3-m@ARIES = 1.3-m Robotic Telescope (Devasthal, India) location: Devasthal observatory (Devasthal, India) operated by: Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (Nainital, India) instruments: AIMPOL (ARIES Imaging Polarimeter) & CCDs
1.2-m@PRL = 1.2-m Infrared Telescope location: Mount Abu Observatory (Rajasthan, India) operated by: Physical Research Laboratory (Ahmedabad, India) instruments: NICMOS infrared camera and spectrograph, imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometer, high time resolution infrared photometer, optical polarimeter, fibre-linked grating spectrograph & high resolution optical spectrometer
1.04-m@ARIES = 1.04-m Sampurnanand telescope location: ARIES observatory (Nainital, India) operated by: Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (Nainital, India) instruments: CCD, three-channel fast photometer & polarimeter
GMRT@NCRA-TIFR = Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope location: GMRT Observatory (Khodad, India) operated by: National Center for Radio Astrophysics (Pune, India) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai, India) instruments: 30 parabolic 45-m dishes spread over up to 25 km for radio interferometry
AstroSat = India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory location: 650-km, near-equatorial orbit (space) operated by: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) - Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC; Bangalore, India) instruments: Two 38-cm UltraViolet Imaging Telescopes (UVIT), Soft X-ray telescope (SXT), three co-aligned identical Large Area X-ray Proportional Counters (LAXPC), Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI), Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM) & Charged Particle Monitor (CPM)
1.2-m@RMO = 1.2-m Mercator telescope location: Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain) operated by: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Louvain, Belgium) instruments: HERMES (high-resolution spectroscopy) & MAIA (3-channel fast photometer) access: through Belgian collaborators from institutes in HERMES consortium (KU Leuven, ROB, ULB)
all@ESO = all telescopes of the European Southern Observatory location: La Silla Observatory (Chile), Paranal Observatory (Chile), Llano de Chajnantor Observatory (Chile) operated by: European Southern Observatory (Garching, Germany) access: through Belgium
6.0-m@SAO = 6.0-m (BTA) location: Special Astrophysical Observatory (Zelenchuksky District, Russia) instruments: main stellar spectrograph, nasmyth �chelle spectrometer, digital speckle interferometer, spectral camera with optical reducer for photometric and interferometric observations, multi-mode spectrograph & multicolor panoramic photometer-polarimeter) access: through bilateral programme between India and Russia
all@SAAO = all telescopes of the South African Astronomical Observatory location: South African Astronomical Observatory (Sutherland, South Africa) operated by: South African Astronomical Observatory (Cape Town, South Africa) access: through bilateral programme between India and South Africa