Initial Summary of the Ground-based O/IR System Roadmap Committee’s Survey of the Community Now Available
The image above is from the Ground-based System Roadmap Committee’s summary of the results from their November 2011 survey of the community’s use of the U.S. System of O/IR facilities. Shown are the US telescopes used by more than 3% of the approximate 1000 U.S. based survey respondents. The size of each ellipse represents the number of users, while the thickness of the lines between telescopes is proportional to the number of common users. Further details about this figure and the entire survey may be found on the System Roadmap Committee page.
Welcome to the new NOAO website for astronomers
Within these pages you will find all the information (or links to it) that you need to propose for, or use the facilities to which NOAO provides access. We have tried to make that information as complete and as uniform as possible. In addition, similar information is provided about other facilities within the U.S. Optical/Infrared Ground-Based System.
The tabs across the top contain information categorized as follows:
HOME - This introductory page or the home page for the general public.
ABOUT - Information about NOAO, the organization, including recent programmatic news, contact information for staff scientists, and information for visitors. You will also find here links to our semi-annual newsletter and our periodic electronic newsletter, Currents.
FACILITIES - Information about all the facilities to which NOAO provides access, with links to the separate websites maintained by each facility.
OBSERVING - Everything you need to know about applying for time or carrying out your observing program.
DATA - Links to the data and software that we distribute, including the archive from which you can retrieve your observations.
SYSTEM - Information about the strategic planning for the System, which includes all the capabilities to which U.S. astronomers have access.
ACTIVITIES - Scientific activities at NOAO that you might be interested in, including announcements of upcoming meetings.
OPPORTUNITIES - opportunities for students and visitors, as well as current searches to fill scientific positions.
Light echoes from dust in the vicinity of the massive binary star system Eta Carina are reported by a team of astronomers: the echo was first seen in images from the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope.
Join us for the 2012 Gemini Science Meeting in San Francisco, California, July 17-20, where current Gemini results and future plans will be discussed.
NOAO astronomers contribute to discovery of very distant, bright galaxy
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