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Provide
deep, wide-field, thermal
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infrared
(2-5 micron) imaging capability
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for
key sources in the southern
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hemisphere,
such as...
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Large Magellanic
Cloud
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Galactic Center
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Active star
formation regions
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Young clusters
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Mass-losing
evolved stars
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Provide
this capability to the
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astronomical
community at large
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Call for
proposals: fall ‘98; time assignments:
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winter/spring ‘99
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Development of
high-throughput, comprehensive
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data processing
pipeline
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Explore
and demonstrate potential of
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Antarctica
as a site for IR astronomy
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