Optimizing the U.S. ground-based optical and infrared astronomy system /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 188 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11244107
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Other authors / contributors:National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Strategy to Optimize the U.S. Optical and Infrared System in the Era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Physics and Astronomy.
National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
ISBN:9780309371872
0309371872
9780309371865
Notes:Supported by the National Science Foundation under award no. AST-1411382.
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed July 21, 2015).
Summary:"New astronomical facilities, such as the under-construction Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and planned 30-meter-class telescopes, and new instrumentation on existing optical and infrared (OIR) telescopes, hold the promise of groundbreaking research and discovery. How can we extract the best science from these and other astronomical facilities in an era of potentially flat federal budgets for both the facilities and the research grants? Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System provides guidance for these new programs that align with the scientific priorities and the conclusions and recommendations of two National Research Council (NRC) decadal surveys, New Worlds, New Horizons for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Vision and Voyages for Planetary Sciences in the Decade 2013-2022, as well as other NRC reports. This report describes a vision for a U.S. OIR System that includes a telescope time exchange designed to enhance science return by broadening access to capabilities for a diverse community, an ongoing planning process to identify and construct next generation capabilities to realize decadal science priorities, and near-term critical coordination, planning, and instrumentation needed to usher in the era of LSST and giant telescopes"--
Other form:Print version: Council, National Research. Optimizing the U.S. Ground-Based Optical and Infrared Astronomy System. Washington : National Academies Press, ©2015 9780309371865