BigBOSS receives favorable review from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 15:01
in Astronomy & Space
The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) research and development center for ground-based astronomy, has announced its conditional approval of the BigBOSS Collaboration's proposal to use 500 nights of valuable observing time on the NOAO 4-meter Mayall Telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona. The time would be used to build the biggest-ever map of the universe, for investigating the mysterious dark energy that permeates the universe.