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Closing Remark

Myungshin Im

(SNU, Chair of K-GMT Science & Instrument Advisory Group)

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2024-08-21~23

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This meeting was 삼다(三多, 3M) meeting

  • 삼다(三多) = 3 Many’s

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1. Many topics, interesting results

  • From solar system objects to high redshift quasars
  • Covered almost all topics in astronomy
  • Scope and size of the community have grown

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2024-08-21~23

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2. Many participants, especially young astronomers

  • 98 participants
  • About 70% of science presentations by young astronomers
  • Very promising for the future of Korean Astronomy

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2024-08-21~23

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3. Many (active) questions & discussion

  • Active offline and online discussions after each talk
  • Especially, many questions from young astronomers
  • Scientific community has become active

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Don’t give up

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Slide from 이윤희’s talk

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Big progress over the last 10 years

K-GMT Science Program Users Meeting (KASI, Daejon)

2024-08-21~23

10 yrs ago

1.8m telescope

Now

8m telescopes

(also excellent facilities in other wavelengths)

Near future

25m telescope

Slide from 양성철’s talk

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Things to improve

  • Some areas of studies have ample rooms to grow: exoplanet, multi-messenger astronomy

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  • Gemini targets heavily depend on foreign survey archive data

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  • Improving Gemin with new instruments – you can make difference (new GMOS, NIR imager, etc)

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2024-08-21~23

Slide from 이영대’s talk

Slide from 신윤경’s talk

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Final remarks

  • This meeting was a great success

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  • Let’s publish and publicize the important results reported in the meeting

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  • Let’s plan for better future

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2024-08-21~23

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Final, final remark

K-GMT Science Program Users Meeting (KASI, Daejon)

2024-08-21~23

Thank you K-GMT office and all,

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See you next year!