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Announcing: the U.S. Extremely Large Telescope Program. NOAO, GMTO, and TIO have teamed up to enhance US scientific leadership in astronomy and astrophysics. -
A Snake in the Clouds: A New Dwarf Galaxy in the Magellanic Bridge. Astronomers using DECam on the CTIO Blanco 4m detected the new galaxy in the stream of gas linking the LMC & SMC. -
Components for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) recently arrived at KPNO and were delivered inside the 4-m Mayall enclosure. -
Exploding Star Shines Bright, Fades Fast in a discovery made
by a team that includes NOAO astronomers A. Zenteno and
C. Smith. Read more in the Notre Dame Press Release. -
The April 2018 NOAO Newsletter is online and ready to download. It contains sections on Science Highlights, Community Science & Data, System Observing, and NOAO Operations & Staff. -
A Runaway Star in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The discovery was made using the CTIO 4-m Blanco telescope. Read more in Lowell Observatory press release.
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