Global Network

Global Network

MSE will perfom a key role in this emerging network of astronomical facilities, serving astronomers as an essential follow-up resource for the current and next generation of multi-wavelength imaging surveys slated to be active throughout the 2020s. These surveys include – but are not limited to – the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, Gaia, Euclid, WFIRST, the Square Kilometre Array, and the Next Generation Very Large Array, collectively representing several billions of dollars of investment in astronomy’s future.

By providing much needed optical and near-infrared spectroscopy for the plethora of objects detected in next generation imaging surveys, MSE can filter down these enormous datasets and help to identify the smaller number of objects exhibiting particularly unusual characteristics. This subset of sources can then be referred for more detailed study by specialized facilities, such as the Thirty Meter Telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope, and the Extremely Large Telescope.

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