The Australian European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP)

澳大利亚欧洲南方天文台定位器(伊索)：澳大利亚欧洲南方天文台定位器(伊索)的目标是资助在澳大利亚建造并安装在欧洲南方天文台(ESO)Vista望远镜上的一台创新仪器的建造成本。澳大利亚在光纤定位仪器及其科学开发方面处于世界领先地位。该项目将允许澳大利亚研究人员通过对星系空间分布的重大研究发挥主导作用。该项目的成果将是建造光纤定位系统并向ESO交付，从而使八名澳大利亚研究人员能够普遍使用ESO的主要调查设施。

The Australian European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP): The aim of the Australian European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP) is to fund the construction costs of an innovative instrument to be built in Australia and installed onto the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) VISTA telescope. Australia leads the world in fibre-positioning instrumentation and their scientific exploitation. This project will allow Australian researchers to take a leading role through major studies of the spatial distributions of galaxies. The outcomes of the project will be construction and delivery of an optical fibre-positioning system to the ESO, resulting in general access to the ESO's premier survey facility for eight Australian researchers.