Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Nov 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aps..ses..ab04c&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, 66th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society November 7-9, 1999 C
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
I describe the 4.2m SOAR telescope and its first instruments. Conceived 10 years ago by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory, SOAR is now a fully funded international partnership with the participation of Brazil and Michigan State University. The telescope and facility will begin operations in 2002. The US National Optical Astronomy Observatories will run SOAR for 20 years, in exchange for 30the 8m Gemini-S telescope, SOAR and its instruments have been designed to optimize image quality (median seeing 0.55 arcsecond at 500 nm wavelength, 0.33 arcsecond at 2000 nm.) By employing advanced opto-mechanical designs that I will describe, SOAR will have the finest image quality of all 4m-class telescopes. The challenge has been to do this for a total budget of $28M while preserving seed funds for first-light instruments. I will describe what science SOAR will do best and how this facility can be used for public outreach. Details of science and expected performance can be found at http://www.physics.unc.edu/soar/SOAR/science.pdf
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