Title: Enabling a giant segmented mirror telescope for the astronomical community
Description: This text presentation describes the initial results of the coordinated efforts of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc.: the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and the Gemini Observatory and outlines the next steps toward achieving the shared goal of providing broad community access to a 30-m giant segmented mirror telescope early in the next decade.
Subjects: Large astronomical telescopes, Design and construction