LFAST: A scalable array telescope for photon starved science in the visible and near-infrared.
The Large Fiber Array Spectroscopic Telescope (LFAST) is being designed and prototyped at Steward Observatory. The LFAST project aims to provide large and scalable aperture telescope arrays feeding medium to high resolution spectrometers working at visible and near-infrared wavelengths. These facilities will support photon starved science such as the characterization of terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres, rapid followup of energetic transients such as supernovae and neutron-star/black-hole mergers, and probing our fundamental understanding of the cosmological universe.
For more information, please contact Chad Bender or Roger Angel.
LFAST is supported by Schmidt Sciences, LLC.