National Optical Astronomy Observatory Science Research Support

国家光学天文台（NOAO）是美国同行评审的社区访问地面光学红外天文观测设施的中心。 NOAO的主要目标是保持一套世界领先的能力，使社区能够在最高水平上进行研究。 实现这一目标的一个关键方面是促进所有现代天文学设施的合作和研究，包括天基和射电天文台。现代天文学已经发展到全色的奋进，利用从伽马射线到无线电波获得的数据。 NOAO天文学家参与研究合作，利用太空望远镜（如哈勃，钱德拉和斯皮策）和无线电/亚毫米望远镜（如，VLA和阿尔马）通过对电磁频谱的互补观测，加强了NOAO地面设施的发展。 与这些其他设施的研究合作确保NOAO天文学家从事现代天文学研究的最相关领域，因此他们通过重要的地面观测计划，技术开发和下一代科学家和工程师的培训，最大限度地发挥NOAO自己的地面望远镜对这一努力的贡献。 通过其他政府机构的机构间转移提供的这种支持将为NOAO科学家提供研究支持。 这种支持将有助于NOAO执行其核心使命，即为整个美国社区开发最好的地面设施。

The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) is the US center for peer reviewed community access to ground based optical-infrared astronomical observing facilities. A primary goal for NOAO is to maintain a suite of world leading capabilities that allow the community to do research at the highest level. A key aspect to fulfilling this goal is fostering collaborations and research across all of modern astronomy facilities including space based and radio observatories. Modern astronomy has evolved to a panchromatic endeavor that utilizes data obtained from gamma rays to radio waves. NOAO astronomers involved in research collaborations that take advantage of space telescopes (e.g. Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer) and radio/sub-millimeter telescopes (e.g., VLA and ALMA) enhance the development of NOAO's ground based facilities through complementary observations across the electromagnetic spectrum. Research collaborations with these other facilities ensure NOAO astronomers are engaged in the most relevant areas of study in modern astronomy, and so they maximize the contribution from NOAO's own ground based telescopes to this effort through significant ground based observing programs, technology development, and the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers. This support via interagency transfers from other governmental agencies will provide research support to NOAO scientists. This support will help NOAO carry out its core mission of developing the best ground based facilities for the entire US community.