Observatory Operating Costs and Their Relation to Capital Costs
Abstract
We examine the relationship between operating and construction costs for ground-based observatories. We shown that operating costs are in the range of 5 ± 2% of capital and that the fractional cost of operations declines with increasing capital costs.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- September 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51g.225G