1. End-to-end science operations in the era of extremely large telescopes
- Author
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Hainaut, Olivier R., Lemoine-Busserolle, Marie, Dumas, Christophe, Goodrich, Robert W., Miller, Bryan W., Sterzik, Michael F., Bierwirth, Thomas, Wolff, Sidney, Stephens, Andrew W., Trancho, Gelys, Skidmore, Warren, and Gillies, Kim
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Space and Planetary Science ,Control and Systems Engineering ,Mechanical Engineering ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) ,Instrumentation ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials - Abstract
Observatory end-to-end science operations is the overall process starting with a scientific question, represented by a proposal requesting observing time, and ending with the analysis of observation data addressing that question, and including all the intermediate steps needed to plan, schedule, obtain, and process these observations. Increasingly complex observing facilities demand a highly efficient science operations approach and at the same time be user friendly to the astronomical user community and enable the highest possible scientific return. Therefore, this process is supported by a collection of tools. In this paper, we describe the overall end-to-end process and its implementation for the three upcoming extremely large telescopes (ELTs), ESO's ELT, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), and the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT)., 38 pages, 20 figures. Revised submission to the SPIE Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
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- 2022