HSTPROMO: The Hubble Space Telescope Proper Motion Collaboration

The HSTPROMO collaboration studies a set of related Hubble Space Telescope (HST) research projects, with overlapping sets of investigators, all aimed at improving our dynamical understanding of stars, clusters, and galaxies in the nearby Universe through measurement and interpretation of their proper motions (PMs).

Individual projects are pursued by traditional teams consisting of a Principal Investigator (PI) and select Co-Investigators (CoIs). HSTPROMO adds coherence to the overall effort, and provides a framework for sharing of techniques, expertise, models, and insights.

After more than 10 years of work, our collaboration has had 28 HST projects awarded in highly competitive peer-review, supported by some 3 million dollars in NASA research funding. A total of 23 refereed papers have been completed, with many others in preparation. Our research results have been the topic of 7 press releases, a live-televised NASA press conference, and 2 Astronomy Picture of the Day images. It has been discussed by Nature Magazine, Scientific American, CNN TV, and many other media outlets around the world.


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Last modified July 23, 2013.
Roeland van der Marel, marel@stsci.edu.
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