The Synoptic All-Sky Infrared (SASIR) Survey

Understand

We are proposing to conduct a multicolor, synoptic infrared (IR) imaging survey of the Northern sky with a new, dedicated 6.5-meter telescope at San Pedro M\'artir (SPM) Observatory.

• This initiative is being developed in partnership with astronomy institutions in Mexico and the University of California.
• The 4-year, dedicated survey, planned to begin in 2017, will reach more than 100 times deeper than 2MASS.
• The Synoptic All-Sky Infrared (SASIR) Survey will reveal the missing sample of faint red dwarf stars in the local solar neighborhood, and the unprecedented sensitivity over such a wide field will result in the discovery of thousands of z ~ 7 quasars (and reaching to z > 10), allowing detailed study (in concert with JWST and Giant Segmented Mirror Telescopes) of the timing and the origin(s) of reionization.