2019/07/24 by Lori Allen, Allen, Lori, Arjun Dey +17
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.IM #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1907.10680
10-page APC White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. To be published in BAAS
arxiv created 2019/07/24 · arxiv updated 2019/07/26
We describe present and future capabilities of the Mid-Scale Observatories (MSO) of the new national center merging NOAO, Gemini Observatory and LSST Operations. MSO is comprised of Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) and the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO). Telescopes at both sites currently operate on a mix of public and private funding. Recent upgrades have equipped the MSO 4-m class telescopes to perform world-class surveys in diverse areas of astrophysics, from dark energy to exoplanets.