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Malcolm G. Smith, Alistair Walker October 23 2003

CTIO STATUS & PLANS. Malcolm G. Smith, Alistair Walker October 23 2003. Blanco 4m Telescope (90%) SMARTS 1-5-m + 1.3-m + 0.9-m (33% 2003, 25% 2004) SOAR 4.1-m (30%, first light April 2004) Not available to NOAO Users Schmidt 0.6/0.9m (U. Michigan only - satellite debris program)

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Malcolm G. Smith, Alistair Walker October 23 2003

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  1. CTIO STATUS & PLANS Malcolm G. Smith, Alistair Walker October 23 2003 NOAO Users Committee

  2. Blanco 4m Telescope (90%) • SMARTS 1-5-m + 1.3-m + 0.9-m (33% 2003, 25% 2004) • SOAR 4.1-m (30%, first light April 2004) • Not available to NOAO Users • Schmidt 0.6/0.9m (U. Michigan only - satellite debris program) • Yale 1.0-m (closed 2003) • Lowell 0.6-m (closed) Facilities NOAO Users Committee

  3. Instruments (Mosaic, ISPI, Hydra, RC Spec, Echelle) block-scheduled, all classical mode • Mixture of multi-semester Survey (~20%) and short (~80%) allocations • La Serena Operations Room - Super Macho & Essence Programs; Instrument support via VNC • Mosaic super-popular; ISPI a slow start but 2004A looks good; continuing steady demand for the spectrographs Blanco 4-m NOAO Users Committee

  4. Data for ONE YEAR: October 1 2002 - September 30 2003 4m 1.5m 1.3m 0.9m % observing 76.1 86.0 90.8 84.8 % failure 3.2 2.4 0.6 1.1 % weather total loss 10.9 10.6 8.6 13.6 % engineering 9.8 1.0 0.0 0.5 HOURS TOTAL 3998 3490 2452 3793 HOURS OBSERVING 3042 3002 2226 3216 HOURS NOAO OBS 2728 1640 741 1798 HOURS SMARTS OBS 0 1179 1262 1218 HOURS CHILE OBS 304 182 223 200 Site statistics NOAO Users Committee

  5. 2001B 2002A 2002B 2003A 2003B 2004A • Mosaic Surveys etc. 27 23 38 34 40 21 • Mosaic Requested 178 64 188 86 105 48 • Mosaic Scheduled 78 49 82 71 105 - • ISPI requested 64 39 28 93 • ISPI scheduled 12 18 13 - • (N.B. “scheduled” includes Chile time) Blanco statistics I - Mosaic & ISPI “nights” NOAO Users Committee

  6. NOAO Users Committee

  7. 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B 5A 5B 6B • 34 31 44 22 40 21 34 4 30 15 • Some large programs 2001B-2006B • Essence (Suntzeff): 65 nights • Microlensing (Stuubbs): 65 nights • Deep lens survey (Tyson): 39 nights • Over 2001A-2003B: 21% of available nights (after engineering and Chile time removed) are pre-assigned. Blanco statistics II - Pre-assigned nights, per semester (surveys, HST, Chanda, SIRTF) NOAO Users Committee

  8. Mosaic Imager, ISPI and Hydra can be a set of permanently mounted instruments • RC Spec still a popular workhorse - Goodman spectrograph on SOAR will be superior • Echelle also has a steady demand - users will migrate to Gemini HROS? Or to the Brazilian Echelle (STELES) on SOAR? • POLICY • Minimize instrument changes • Retire uncompetitive instruments • Plan maintenance and upgrades Blanco Instrumentation 2003-2005 NOAO Users Committee

  9. Instrumentation • - Mosaic CCDs - vulnerable to failure • - Fixed instrument complement situation not reached • - Available scientist time not consistent with instrumentation offered: Blanco 1.5 FTE, SOAR 0.5 FTE, SMARTS 0.1 FTE • Telescope • - Dedicated telescope scientist (Abbott) • - Large list of fixes and upgrades needed, e.g. primary mirror edge supports - will prioritize and work our way through them • - New TCS - copy SOAR? Blanco Issues NOAO Users Committee

  10. SOAR EXISTS! Dedication 17 April 2004 NOAO Users Committee

  11. Primary Mirror – Status(Control system is highly accurate). SOAR Board Meeting 12 September 2003 NOAO Users Committee

  12. Integration with SOAR system & debug will be performed before 1st light Integrated & commissioned as quickly as possible following delivery Instrument Arrival Schedule • Delivery of M1 in Chile 12/03 • SOAR 1st Light 04/04 • OSIRIS 09/03 • Optical Imager 10/03 • Goodman Spectrograph • Begin Integration in Chile 01/04 • Ready For Installation 03/04 • Spartan 2K IR Imager03/04 • Phoenix - shared with Gemini (2005?) • SIFS >10/04 NOAO Users Committee

  13. OSIRIS (IR Imaging Spectrometer) NOAO Users Committee OSIRIS (cold and ready with new data acquisition system).

  14. SOAR Optical Imager NOAO Users Committee

  15. SOAR Optical Imager NOAO Users Committee

  16. Goodman Spectrograph Final Integration and Testing Underway Grating Rotation (100% complete and tested) Collimator Focus Stage (100% complete and tested) Grating Translation (100% complete and tested) Mechanical Frame (100% complete and tested) 2 Filter Wheels (100% complete and tested) Not shown: Camera Focus Stage (90% complete) Camera Rotator (100% complete and tested) NOAO Users Committee

  17. Spartan Preparation for Cold Test In Clean Room Cryo-optical Box Wrapped in Insulating Blanket What Goes Inside the Cryo-optical Box Cryo-optical Box (Inside Out) After Final Machining Bathtub of Vacuum Enclosure NOAO Users Committee

  18. SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph (SIFS) • Major Funding Log Jam Has Finally Cleared - Procurement of Imported Items Now Getting underway At Last NOAO Users Committee

  19. SOAR Issues • Need to commission instruments and telescope together (not a usual problem!) • Overly-ambitious instrumentation program But • Lots of preparation • Experienced instrument builders and teams NOAO Users Committee

  20. New Instruments 4K CCD IMAGER -> 1.0m (2004) 2K IR IMAGER (CPAPIR) -> 1.5m (2004) NEWFIRM -> BLANCO (2006) STELES -> SOAR (2006?) SOAR Adaptive Optics -> SOAR (2005-2006) New Telescopes SMARTS to include 1.0-m (2004) Bochum 1.5-m (2004-2005) PROMPT 4 x 0.5m (?) NOAO Users Committee

  21. NEWFIRM 4K IR Imager Share between Mayall & Blanco telescopes S NOAO Users Committee

  22. SOAR AO • Ground Layer Corrected Image Quality • “Realistic”model of SOAR AO Performance • Tied to Real MASS Data Obtained on CP • Jan 8-31 2003 • 4234 Profiles, 1 Minute Average DIMM on Ground [arcseconds]] NOAO Users Committee

  23. SOAR ADAPTIVE OPTICS 2005-2006GLAO Simulation AO “off” AO “on” NOAO Users Committee

  24. STELES CoDR scheduled to November 20/21 • Optical Design - finished • Optimization waiting for concept approval at CoDR • Mechanical Design - started • VPH gratings - prototyping started • Wasatch Photonics (Richard Rallison) • Software - control, reduction - started • Funding search - started • Preparing documentation for CoDR NOAO Users Committee

  25. Bochum 1.5m “hexapod” telescope NOAO Users Committee

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