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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team shared Thursday the designs for the three core surveys the mission will conduct after launch. The survey design recommendations were presented by the Roman Observations Time Allocation Committee (ROTAC) and represents the culmination of ~20 years of work by many people.
Roman will conduct three large and powerful Core Community Surveys as part of its observing program: the High Latitude Wide Area and Time Domain Surveys, and the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey. These observation programs are designed to investigate some of the most profound mysteries in astrophysics while enabling expansive cosmic exploration that will revolutionize our understanding of the universe.
Full article: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/nasas-roman-mission-shares-detailed-plans-to-scour-skies/
ROTAC Report: https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/ccs/ROTAC-Report-20250424-v1.pdf
ROTAC Presentation: https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/roman/comm_forum/forum_19/ROTAC_Report_Presentation.pdf
ROTAC Recording: Coming Soon
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