Abstract
The Hobby-Eberly telescope (HET) is an innovative, low cost 9-meter class telescope that specializes in visible and near-infrared, queue observing mode spectroscopy. The operations costs for this telescope follow the capital cost model, being approximately 15-20% that of other 9-meter telescopes. In this contribution we describe the HET operations model and our early operations and scientific experience with this telescope, emphasizing those aspects that most directly impact the scientific productivity of the HET and describing the actions we have taken to optimize the telescope scientific return.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 16-24 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 4010 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2000 |
| Event | Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific Return II - Munich, Ger Duration: Mar 27 2000 → Mar 28 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering