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Extremely large telescopes and the developing nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2006

J. O. Urama  and
P. N. Okeke
J. O. Urama
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria email: [email protected] Presently on leave in the Department of Industrial Physics, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
P. N. Okeke
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria email: [email protected] Centre for Basic Space Science, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The extremely large telescopes (ELTs) are built at huge financial cost and usually involve partnership among several bodies/nations. Consequently and naturally, telescope time allocations in many, if not most, of such telescopes are based either directly or indirectly on the monetary contributions of the partners. This paper examines the economy, sociology, science and politics of the ELTs and their implications for the astronomers and/or astronomy in poorer developing nations.

Keywords

sociology of astronomyhistory and philosophy of astronomytelescopes
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Symposium S232: Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes , November 2005 , pp. 404 - 409
Copyright
2006 International Astronomical Union