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Magellan SAC

Magellan SAC. April 7-8, 2006 Pasadena, CA. Personnel. New hires: None Open positions: Programmer Scientists (two, through AAO) Changes Pasadena EE to part-time. Staffing. Telescope technical support Sufficient staffing Improved progress on long-term projects Observer support

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Magellan SAC

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  1. Magellan SAC April 7-8, 2006 Pasadena, CA

  2. Personnel • New hires: • None • Open positions: • Programmer • Scientists (two, through AAO) • Changes • Pasadena EE to part-time

  3. Staffing • Telescope technical support • Sufficient staffing • Improved progress on long-term projects • Observer support • Insufficient, even for experienced observers • Some observations lost due to slow communications • Instrumentation support • Sufficient for routine work • Insufficient for new instrument commissioning

  4. Australia • Sale of 30 nights over two years at $46K/night • Cash ($690K) & personnel (two scientists) • Personnel contribution: • Two AAO scientists (new hires) • Two years at LCO (Magellan support & research) • Third year in Australia (research) • Hiring selection is AAO/Magellan collaboration • Starts in 2007A

  5. TSIP proposals (selections ~May) • MMT and Magellan Infrared Spectrograph (MMIRS) Brian McLeod & collaborators, SAO. $917K, 9 Magellan nights in 1 year (and 9 at MMT). • A Second, Higher-red-sensitivity Mosaic CCD Camera for IMACS (Mosaic2) Alan Dressler & collaborators, Carnegie Observatories. $648K, 15 Magellan nights in one year (community-wide). • Development of a Magellan Adaptive Secondary Laird Close & collaborators, University of Arizona. $1,356K, 31 Magellan nights over three years

  6. F/5 secondary news • LBT secondary problems will delay Magellan F/5 • Magellan secondary now expected early 2007 • About 1 year to commission F/5 focal plane • Ready in time for MMIRS arrival

  7. WFC fit-test • SAO team fit-checked F/5 Wide Field Corrector • First test of instrument lift and WFC carts • Minor modifications being applied • WFC cells now being fitted with lenses

  8. F/5 WFC fit-check

  9. F/5 WFC fit-check

  10. F/5 secondary cell • Most parts are machined (cell body, supports) • See it in the OCIW assembly area

  11. Instrument News • IMACS dispersers tested • 150 l/mm grism (McCarthy, Dressler) • LDP “Low Dispersion Prism” (Burles) • MMTF Maryland-Magellan Tunable Filter • Passed Director’s pre-ship review • Installation starts in a few months • LDSS • New shutter controller installed • VPH-ALL grism fabricated

  12. Computing and networking • CTIO CISS now provides systems administration • Major network upgrade • Firewall to the world • Managed routers added • New mail server to be installed • CTIO network connection • 45 Mbit/sec to Internet2 from El Pino • 4 Mbit/sec to El Pino from LCO

  13. Cleanroom • MMIRS and FourStar are large vacuum systems • Both have expensive detectors • Large clean work area needed for: • Particle and volatile contaminant control • ESD control • Alternatives: • Ship back to US (risky and lengthy) • Work in dirty environments (risky, difficult)

  14. Cleanroom concept

  15. Cleanroom location

  16. Cleanroom view

  17. Cleanroom • Approximate cost: • $200K for building • $50K for cleanroom equipment • Resolution from SAC requested

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