CFHT's scientific staff is composed of resident and staff astronomers, visiting astronomers, Service Observers, and Observing Assistants. This page presents science activities at CFHT and scientific results from CFHT. CFHT's science activities are overseen by different committees.

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• Besides time spent on their own research projects, CFHT's astronomers organize and attend Seminars.
• CFHT astronomers are also involved in Instrumentation Projects:
  • ESPaDOnS, an Echelle SpectroPolarimetric Device for the Observation of Stars at CFHT, installed at CFHT in August 2004
  • WIRCam, the CFHT wide-field infrared camera (20'x20', 0.3" pixels) is under construction
  • `OHANA is the optical Hawaiian Array for Nanoradian Astronomy project
  • PUEO NUI, an upgrade to the AO Bonnette
• A few astronomers have contributed articles for the local newspaper North Hawaii News.
• CFHT's library is a great source of information that includes a database of International Astronomy meetings and a core list of Astronomy books, both compiled by our librarian, all of CFHT's Information Bulletins, important information on working at high altitude, and much more.
• The future of CFHT is discussed by the Next Generation CFHT committee.

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• The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey, CFHTLS, is a 450 nights/5 years project divided into 3 surveys, a Very Wide, a Wide and and Deep. This Survey uses the wide field camera MegaCam, a 40-CCD 1degx1deg camera.
• New Fast Lane towards Discoveries of Clusters of Galaxies Inaugurated, Space and Ground-Based Telescopes Cooperate to Gain Deep Cosmological Insights, ESO Press Release, July 2003
• The Jupiter Satellite Page on discoveries of new satellites
• CFHT and VLT Identify Extremely Remote Galaxy, Top Telescopes Peer into the Distant Past, ESO Press Release, May 2003
• The binary Kuiper Belt Object 1998 WW31

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• Reports from the Science Advisory Council (SAC) are available online.
• The Time Allocation Committees (French TAC and Canadian TAC) are responsible for deciding which proposals get telescope time.

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