NOIRLab
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 NOIRLab logo[1] | |
| Motto | Discovering Our Universe Together |
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| Established | 2019 |
Field of research | Astronomy |
| Director | Patrick McCarthy[2] |
Deputy Director | Stuartt Corder[3] |
| Location | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
Sponsoring agency | National Science Foundation |
Operating agency | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy |
| Website | noirlab |
NSF’s NOIRLab (National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory) is a United States federally funded research and development center for ground-based, nighttime optical and infrared astronomy.
History
[edit]Before the foundation of the NOIRLab, NSF-sponsored optical-infrared ground-based astronomical facilities were managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), but were structured as separate organizations. These included the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), which managed Kitt Peak, Cerro Tololo, and the Community Science and Data Center. AURA also managed Gemini Observatory as well as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, then under construction. On October 1, 2019, these three observatories merged operations to form NOIRLab.[4]
Organization
[edit]The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) operates the NOIRLab and its facilities under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF).[5]
Programs
[edit]NOIRLab operates the following programs:
- Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
- Community Science & Data Center
- Gemini Observatory
- Kitt Peak National Observatory
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory
References
[edit]- ^ "NOIRLab logo". Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Leadership". noirlab.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "Stuartt Corder Appointed NOIRLab Deputy Director and AURA Mission Scientist in Chile - Stuartt Corder will start as Deputy Director of NOIRLab and AURA Mission Scientist in Chile on 7 November". www.noirlab.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory Launched". 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ "NOIRLab". AURA Astronomy. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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- Astronomical observatories in the United States
- Astronomical observatories in Chile
- Astronomy institutes and departments
- Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
- Science and technology in the United States
- Astronomy in the United States
- Organizations based in Tucson, Arizona
- National Science Foundation
- NOIRLab
- Scientific organizations established in 2019
- 2019 establishments in Arizona