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Originally Posted by michaellxv
Firstly, to bring it back to the original post. Congratualtion to Anthony and the significant contribution he makes to our understanding of our solar system and the universe.
On the subject of telescope time for the pros. Does every research project 'need' access to the biggest scopes we have. Or could more actually be achieved by providing a bigger pool of modest scopes by todays standard, but larger than most amateurs can muster? This bigger pool can be looking in more directions than one big scope.
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Kudos to Anthony as well
Actually, there's really not enough of the middle range scopes....those of a metre to 3 metres in size, around. Not every uni has their own observatory. It's a pity they don't, but that's a fact of life. Some amateurs have larger scopes than many unis. I actually think that every physics dept around that teaches astronomy as part of their curriculum should have, at least, several smaller scopes in the 8"-16" range for undergrads to learn on and do projects, plus a metre class scope for use by graduate and higher studies students and the faculty, for research. Maybe even several larger scopes if they can afford to have them.