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[Interview] How Simulated Observations Help Future Telescopes


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Future telescopes like Vera Rubin and Nancy Grace Roman will generate a lot of data. This will be a big challenge. To get ready for it astronomers use simulated observation data. Why is it important and how is it done? Finding out in this interview.

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00:00 Intro

01:46 Simulations of the cosmos
13:51 Measuring dark matter
19:11 What to look for in the data
25:52 Simulations VS real data
38:54 Current obsessions
45:50 Final thoughts

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