TAIPAN - a spectrograph to survey the southern sky

TAIPAN -一个光谱仪，以调查南部的天空：TAIPAN光谱调查的南部天空的目的是翻两番的数量附近的星系测量红移，距离和速度。科学目标包括以1%的精度测量宇宙的膨胀率，并结合每个星系的光谱学和无线电数据，以测量气体在局部宇宙中转化为恒星的速率。该项目支持建造TAIPAN高性能摄谱仪，该摄谱仪将用于对英国施密特望远镜（UKST）进行调查。调查结果将免费提供给所有澳大利亚天文学家。

TAIPAN - a spectrograph to survey the southern sky: The TAIPAN spectroscopic survey of the southern sky aims to quadruple the number of nearby galaxies with measured redshifts, distances and velocities. Science goals include measuring the expansion rate of the universe to 1 per cent precision, and combining optical spectroscopy and radio data for each galaxy to measure the rate at which gas is being converted into stars in the local universe. This project supports construction of the TAIPAN high-performance spectrograph that will be used to carry out the survey on the UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST). The results of the survey will be made freely available to all Australian astronomers.