The Taipan Survey - Cosmology in the Nearby Universe

该项目旨在支持Taipan(变形天文成像-通过星云多色分析进行测量)调查，该调查旨在测量附近宇宙中50万个星系的红移和5万个星系的特殊速度。这项调查的目的是获得对当今宇宙膨胀率的最精确的直接测量，局部结构的密度和速度场的最大地图，以及使用星系运动对大规模引力物理进行新的严格测试，探索爱因斯坦的引力理论和替代方案。预计大班数据库将为SkyMapper望远镜和澳大利亚SKA探路者的研究增加实质性价值。该项目还旨在展示一种创新的澳大利亚机器人技术(星虫)，该技术将用于下一代巨型麦哲伦望远镜。

This project aims to support the Taipan (Transforming Astronomical Imaging-surveys through Polychromatic Analysis of Nebulae) survey, which is designed to measure redshifts for 500 000 galaxies and peculiar velocities for 50 000 galaxies in the nearby universe. The survey aims to yield the most precise direct measurement of the present-day expansion rate of the universe, the largest maps of the density and velocity fields of local structures, and new and stringent tests of large-scale gravitational physics using galaxy motions, probing Einstein’s theory of gravity and alternatives. It is expected that the Taipan database will add substantial value to research with the SkyMapper telescope and the Australian SKA Pathfinder. The project also aims to demonstrate an innovative Australian robotic technology ('starbugs') that will be used in the next-generation Giant Magellan Telescope.