This page collects documents intended to provide useful information about existing ground-based facilities with vested Canadian interest and, perhaps most importantly, facilities that are still under development or construction. It is not meant to be complete, and the documents do not follow a common scheme. If there are documents you would like to see posted on these pages, please contact the CASCA Board.
Additional information about ground-based astronomy facilities can be found on the Ground Based Astronomy Committee Webpage. A comprehensive list of facilities can be found on the Observing Facilities Webpage
The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
- Latest News (updated June 20, 2015)
- Project Webpage
- White Paper written for the Canadian 2010 LRP (8 pages, PDF, Feb. 2010)
- Observing with ALMA: A primer for Early Science (42 pages, PDF, May 2011)
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)
- Latest News (June 20, 2015)
- Funding announcement press release (April 6, 2015)
- Project Webpage
- The Thirty Meter Telescope: one-page brochure (2 pages, PDF, May 2014). [Click here for the version published in Aug. 2012]
- The Thirty Meter Telescope: Canadian Project Digest (17 pages, PDF, May. 2014). [Click here for the version published in Aug. 2012]
- The Thirty Meter Telescope: Report to NRC giving ACURA’s Prespective (53 pages, PDF, June 2013)
- TMT Brochure (English), (French) (1 page, PDF, Sept. 2012)
The Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE, formerly Next Generation CFHT, ngCFHT)
- White paper submitted to the Mid-Term Review (November 28, 2014)
- Project Webpage
- Science Feasibility Study (131 pages, PDF, Dec. 2012)
- Technical Feasibility Study (273 pages, PDF, Dec. 2012)
CCAT
- White paper submitted to the Mid-Term Review (December 1, 2014)
- Project Webpage
- CCAT White Paper submitted for the 2010 US Decadal Review (19 pages, PDF)
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
- White paper submitted to the Mid-Term Review (November 25, 2014)
- Videos (YouTube channel)
- Project Webpage
- SKA Overview (1 page, PDF)
- SKA Brochure (17 pages, PDF, Jan. 2013)
Additional Documents:
- A Roadmap for Canadian Submillimetre Astronomy (Feb. 2013).