We describe present and future capabilities of the Mid-Scale Observatories (MSO) of the new national center merging NOAO, Gemini Observatory and LSST Operations. MSO is comprised of Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) and the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO). Telescopes at both sites currently operate on a mix of public and private funding. Recent upgrades have equipped the MSO 4-m class telescopes to perform world-class surveys in diverse areas of astrophysics, from dark energy to exoplanets.
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@article{arxiv.1907.10680,
title = {The NOAO Mid-Scale Observatories},
author = {Lori Allen and Arjun Dey and Tim Abbott and Adam Bolton and Cesar Briceno and Jay Elias and Steve Heathcote and Jayadev Rajagopal and Abhijit Saha and Verne Smith},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.10680},
year = {2019}
}
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10-page APC White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. To be published in BAAS