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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460894503321

Titolo

Optimizing the U.S. ground-based optical and infrared astronomy system / / Committee on a Strategy to Optimize the U.S. Optical and Infrared System in the Era of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) ; Board on Physics and Astronomy ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-309-37187-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Disciplina

520.973

Soggetti

Astronomy - Research

Astrophysics - Research

Infrared astronomy - Research

Large astronomical telescopes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Science from Major U.S. Ground-Based OIR Investments; 3 The U.S. OIR System; 4 Pursuing the Science in the LSST and GSMT Era; 5 Realizing the Full Science Potential of LSST; 6 Optimizing the U.S. OIR System; 7 Epilogue; Appendixes; Appendix A: Request for White Papers; Appendix B: Observatory Demographics; Appendix C: Acronyms