Large collaborations

CUBES

The Cassegrain U-Band Efficient Spectrograph (CUBES) is a new near-UV low- (R ~ 6 000) and medium-resolution (R ∼ 20 000) spectrograph being built for the 8-m VLT and expected to be installed in 2027. I am the Polish national co-PI in the consortium (which counts also with partners in Italy, Brazil, Germany, and the UK).

WST

The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) will be a 10-m class facility for multi-object spectroscopy. It will have a large field-of-view (5 deg2) and high multiplex (>20 000), with both medium and high resolution modes and a large integral field unit. I am part of the steering committee and co-leader of the Galactic science working group.

Gaia

Gaia is a scientific spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) that is making a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way, by measuring the position and motion of more than a billion stars. Since November 2022, I am member of the the Gaia Science Team (GST), a committee that advises ESA, through the Gaia Project Scientist (Dr Timo Prusti), on all top-level science performance, science policy and science organization aspects of the Gaia mission.

HRMOS

The High-Resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph (HRMOS) is a new instrument planned for the 8-m VLT. It will combine high-resolution (R > 60k) with multiplex between 50-100 in a FoV of 25 arcmin of diameter. I am member of the core science team that is developing the science case for HRMOS (since June 2020).

Research news

The European Union funds the conceptual study of the Wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope

Last November 4th a contract was signed to fund the conceptual study of a new telescope, the Wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST), which could become operational in Chile after 2040.

Saga Team takes part at the IAU Symposium 395 in Paraty, Brazil

The IAU Symposium 395 "Stellar populations in the Milky Way and beyond" took place between November 17-22, 2024.

We are hiring!

One postdoctoral position is available to join the team and work on a comprehensive spectroscopic study of metal-poor stars. Deadline is December 6th, 2024.

New research grant awarded to the SAGA Team for a collaboration with Lithuanian researchers

The project "The history of C, N, and O in the Galaxy" received funding from a DAINA3 research grant of the Polish National Science Center and the Research Council of Lithuania.

New team member!

Dr. Deepak is a new post-doc joining the SAGA team to work on the international collaboration funded by the NCN OPUS/LAP project "The Old Milky Way: a holistic approach to an accurate analysis of metal-poor stars".

Modelling CUBES: from instrument simulation to data reduction prototype

A paper discussing data simulations and data reduction software for CUBES was presented at the SPIE Astronomical telescopes and instrumentation conference in Yokohama, Japan, in June 2024.