An EU-funded initiative brought together prestigious European research institutions, infrastructures (telescopes) and data repositories with the aim of helping the solar physics community prepare for operation of the European Solar Telescope (EST).
Founded in 2006 by a group of solar physicists from 14 European countries, the European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST) aims to provide solar physicists with access to world-class high-resolution ground-based observing facilities. To this end, EAST intends to develop and operate a next-generation large-aperture EST in the Canary Islands.
Further details: New instruments for the European Solar Telescope