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Conference Committee
Symposium Chairs
Gillian S. Wright, UK Astronomy Technology Centre (United Kingdom)
Luc Simard, National Research Council Canada (Canada)
Symposium Co-chairs
Colin Cunningham, UK Astronomy Technology Centre (United Kingdom)
Masanori Iye, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
Conference Chairs
Larry M. Stepp, Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation (United States)
Roberto Gilmozzi, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Helen J. Hall, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
Conference Program Committee
Matthew Colless, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University (Australia)
Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
Xiangqun Cui, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology (China)
Frank W. Kan, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (United States)
Victor L. Krabbendam, LSST (United States)
Jeffrey R. Kuhn, University of Hawai’i (United States)
Heather K. Marshall, National Solar Observatory (United States)
Göran Sandell, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
Jason Spyromilio, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Tomonori Usuda, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
Session Chairs
1 Project Reviews I
Larry M. Stepp, Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation (United States)
2 Project Reviews II
Helen J. Hall, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
3 Upgrades to Existing Observatories
Frank W. Kan, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (United States)
4 Site Characterization and Testing
Larry M. Stepp, Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation (United States)
5 Design of Telescopes for Extreme Environments
Xiangqun Cui, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology (China)
6 Telescopes to Image Orbiting Objects
Helen J. Hall, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
7 Cherenkov Telescopes I
Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
8 Cherenkov Telescopes II
Helen J. Hall, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
9 Airborne Telescopes I
Helen J. Hall, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
10 Airborne Telescopes II
Maureen L. Savage, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
11 Airborne Telescopes III
Maureen L. Savage, SOFIA / USRA (United States)
12 Telescopes and Arrays for Surveys, Time-domain and Transient Observations I
Victor L. Krabbendam, LSST (United States)
13 Telescopes and Arrays for Surveys, Time-domain and Transient Observations II
Matthew Colless, The Australian National University (Australia)
14 Telescopes and Arrays for Surveys, Time-domain and Transient Observations III
Tomonori Usuda, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
15 Telescope Performance Measurement
Tomonori Usuda, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
16 Extremely Large Telescopes I
Jason Spyromilio, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
17 Extremely Large Telescopes II
Tomonori Usuda, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan)
18 Enabling Technologies for Extremely Large Telescopes I
Larry M. Stepp, Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation (United States)
19 Enabling Technologies for Extremely Large Telescopes II
Jeffrey R. Kuhn, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i (United States)
20 Telescope Controls
Jeffrey R. Kuhn, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai’i (United States)
21 Segmented Mirror Alignment, Phasing and Wavefront Control
Larry M. Stepp, Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory Corporation (United States)
22 Millimeter Wavelength Telescopes and Arrays I
Jean-Gabriel Cuby, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (France)
23 Millimeter Wavelength Telescopes and Arrays II
Heather K. Marshall, National Solar Observatory (United States)
24 Radio Telescopes and Arrays
Xiangqun Cui, Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics & Technology (China)
25 Solar Telescopes I
Heather K. Marshall, National Solar Observatory (United States)
26 Solar Telescopes II
Jason Spyromilio, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
27 AIV, Commissioning and Early Operations
Jason Spyromilio, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
28 Telescope Structures, Bearings and Drives
Victor L. Krabbendam, LSST (United States)
29 Observatory Facilities and Enclosures
Frank W. Kan, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (United States)
30 Measurement and Control of Telescope Vibration
Jason Spyromilio, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Introduction
The large number of submissions to and excellent attendance at the Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V conference reflects continued strong interest in the astronomical and engineering communities. There were 214 papers submitted to this year’s conference, which included 30 oral sessions and two poster sessions.
Good progress was reported on many ongoing and planned programs. Excellent papers were presented on AKA, ALMA, APF, AST3, BLASTPol, CCAT, CGST, CHIME, CLST, CTA, DCT, DECam, DKIST, E-ELT, GLT, GMT, HET, KDUST, LAMOST, LBT, LMT, LSST, LT2, MSE, NST, OAJ, Pan-STARRS, PLANETS, SKA, SOFIA, Spider, SST, TAO, TESS, TMT, and WFT.
Papers were presented on many current optical-IR telescope projects that are finally funded and ready for construction. The Extremely Large Telescopes session was the most widely attended; almost at the level of the conference’s plenary sessions. There were several sessions of Airborne Telescopes, including SOFIA and balloon projects. Another topic that had several sessions was Telescopes and Arrays for Surveys, Time-domain and Transient Observations. Attendance was strong through the last session on Measurement and Control of Telescope Vibration.
The range of technical subjects covered in the papers is similar to previous conferences. Design of telescopes for extreme environments still is a hot topic for the conference. A new topic that hasn’t been covered in the past was telescopes to image orbiting objects. This will be of interest in the future for commercial and military applications.
The co-chairs would like to thank the SPIE symposium organizers, the GB&AT program committee members, the session chairs, the authors, and all the conference participants for making this year’s conference so successful.
Larry M. Stepp
Roberto Gilmozzi
Helen J. Hall