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New mechanisms for international coordination of large observing projects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Johannes Andersen
Johannes Andersen*
Affiliation:
The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen and Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma, SpainJuliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark E-mail: ja@astro.ku.dk
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Abstract

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Progress on many fronts in the study of the Milky Way requires major new imaging and/or spectroscopic surveys as well as coordinated ground-based programmes in support of space missions. The present uncoordinated planning and operation of the 2-4m (and some of the larger) telescopes across the world are an impediment to the efficient conduct of such programmes and the overall cost-effectiveness of the investments in astronomy. We briefly report on recent initiatives to improve the situation, notably the part played by the ASTRONET consortium in setting up a comprehensive long-term plan for the development of European astronomy.

Keywords

sociology of astronomy
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Issue S254: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context , June 2008 , pp. 497 - 500
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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