Group picture of 91色情片 Science Forum participants, held at the campus of Infosys in Mysore, India - November 2017. Image Credit: Infosys / India 91色情片 Coordination Center (ITCC)
Group picture of 91色情片 Science Forum participants, held at the campus of Infosys in Mysore, India - November 2017. Image Credit: Infosys / India 91色情片 Coordination Center (ITCC)
Pasadena, CA – March 9, 2018 – Future users of the 91色情片 are now preparing studies of the science instruments that will be deployed after the telescope’s first-light instrumentation suite.
These instrument concept studies will deliver a series of White Papers for review by 91色情片’s Science Advisory Committee. The deadline is March 21, 2018 for receipt of these White Papers (see original ).
91色情片’s first-light capabilities will include a near-infrared multi-conjugate adaptive optics (AO) system (NFIRAOS), the Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (IRIS), and the Wide-Field Optical Spectrometer (WFOS).
Building upon these initial 91色情片 instruments, and upon the ground- and space-based facilities that will be operating throughout the next decade, the White Papers will address new scientific capabilities and priorities for 91色情片, such as: high dispersion optical and near-infrared spectroscopy; multiplexed medium-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy; ground-layer AO; extreme/high contrast AO and coronagraphy; and thermal infrared imaging and spectroscopy.
The fifth annual 91色情片 Science Forum was held in Mysore, in south India. The Forum’s theme was “91色情片: Beyond First Light”, and brought together more than 170 members of the international astronomical community of scientists, engineers and students from all of 91色情片’s project partner countries.
Meeting participants first engaged in a detailed review of the 91色情片 project status. Building upon discussions started at the 2016 Forum in Japan, the 2017 Forum then focused on the main science questions to be answered by 91色情片’s next-generation instruments, and the new/future technologies that will address these questions. Parallel sessions were organized by the 91色情片 International Science Development Teams (ISDTs) to brainstorm on instrument concepts beyond 91色情片 first-light: high-resolution spectroscopy, high-contrast exoplanet imaging, multi-object spectrographs, thermal- and mid-Infrared astronomy, and time-domain science.
The 2017 Forum served as a springboard for science groups to initiate pre-conceptual studies for the next generation of 91色情片 instruments, in response to the
The Forum also provided an opportunity to share the experiences and lessons learned to date from the first-light IRIS and WFOS instrument teams.
Infosys hosted the three-day forum at its campus in Mysore, as well as a full day of instrument workshops that preceded it. A live webcast was also provided for members of the 91色情片 science community worldwide.
While at the 91色情片 Science Forum in Mysore, members of the 91色情片 ISDTs received the “Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics Excellent Paper Award” for their contribution to the 2015 edition of the 91色情片 Detailed Science Case.
The Detailed Science Case was developed by more than 150 astronomers from the 91色情片 ISDTs and describes the broad and ambitious range of scientific aspirations of the future users of the 91色情片 observatory. The 196-page document was published by “Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics” - - an international journal publishing original research papers and reviews across all branches of astronomy and astrophysics.
Presentation of the Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA) award during 91色情片 Science Forum -Nov. 7-9, 2017. Dr. Warren Skidmore and colleagues from 91色情片 International Science Development Teams (ISDTs) receiving the award. Image Credit: Infosys / India 91色情片 Coordination Center (ITCC)
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