Wide-field science drivers for future telescopes and instrumentation

George H. Jacoby; Joan Najita; Arjun Dey; Samuel Charles Barden; Charles F. W. Harmer

doi:10.1117/12.390152

29 June 2000 Wide-field science drivers for future telescopes and instrumentation

George H. Jacoby, Joan Najita, Arjun Dey, Samuel Charles Barden, Charles F. W. Harmer

Proceedings Volume 4005, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 8- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390152
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2000, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The confluence of advances in telescope and spectrograph design computing power, pathfinding imaging capabilities on the ground and in space, and the maturity of many astrophysical fields, allow us to look beyond the study of a few unique objects and towards the systematic study of large samples in order to completely characterize their properties, formation history, and cosmological significance. These studies require spectroscopic observations to probe the kinematics, chemical composition, dynamics, ages, masses and evolutionary histories of astronomical objects. Examples of three fundamental science goals are described that demand a wide-field system on a large telescope.

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George H. Jacoby, Joan Najita, Arjun Dey, Samuel Charles Barden, and Charles F. W. Harmer "Wide-field science drivers for future telescopes and instrumentation", Proc. SPIE 4005, Discoveries and Research Prospects from 8- to 10-Meter-Class Telescopes, (29 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390152

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