The Future of Extragalactic Research
arXiv:astro-ph/9909294 · doi:10.1086/316494
Abstract
It is argued that the astronomy of the twenty-first century will be dominated by computer-based manipulation of huge homogeneous surveys of various types of astronomical objects. Furthermore combination of all observations with large telescopes into a single database will allow data mining on an unprecedented scale.
Millennium Essay to be published in Vol. 119 of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, replaced with a LaTeX version (4 pages)