Magellan Director Report

1. Magellan Director Report • Personnel • Observing Statistics • Instrument Commissioning • Instrument Development • Publications Magellan SAC Meeting, March 16, 2013

2. Personnel • Programmer Position • Magellan programmer, Pablo Castro, was terminated in late-March 2012 • A search was organized, and LCO Electronics Engineer Juan Espoz was offered and accepted the position • He began the transition to this new job in February

3. Personnel (cont.) • New Telescope Operator • Long-time Magellan telescope operator Geraldo Valladares resigned effective January 2013 to pursue other interests • A search was organized in advance of his departure so as to have a new operator ready to replace him • An offer was made to SOAR Telescope operator Alberto Pastén, who accepted and began working in late-November

4. Personnel (cont.) • Magellan Site Manager • Marc Leroy, the Magellan Site Manager, was terminated in January • We are in the process of redefining this position and searching for a replacement

5. Observing Statistics: Instrument Usage

6. Observing Statistics: Long-Term Instrument Usage

7. Observing Statistics: Downtime

8. Observing Statistics: Long-Term Downtime

9. Observing Statistics: Instrument Downtime

10. Instrument Commissioning *P.I. Instrument MegaCam, MMIRS, FIRE, FourStar have yet to be accepted by the Magellan Council as Facility Instruments

11. Instrument Development *P.I. Instrument What comes next? Will there be a new generation of Magellan instruments?

12. Publications

13. Publications (cont.)

14. Publications (cont.) Crabtree 2012

15. ¡Gracias!