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Perspectivas de Trabajo LCO/AURA

Perspectivas de Trabajo LCO/AURA. Mark Phillips Associate Director for Magellan. Observatorio Las Campanas. Ubicado en III (Observatorio) y IV (Oficina) Regiones 65 Empleados (aprox.) Operan 4 Telescopios 2 Telescopios Magallanes (6.5 m c/u) du Pont (2.5 m) Swope (1.0 m).

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Perspectivas de Trabajo LCO/AURA

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  1. Perspectivas de Trabajo LCO/AURA Mark PhillipsAssociate Director for Magellan

  2. Observatorio Las Campanas • Ubicado en III (Observatorio) y IV (Oficina) Regiones • 65 Empleados (aprox.) • Operan 4 Telescopios • 2 Telescopios Magallanes (6.5 m c/u) • du Pont (2.5 m) • Swope (1.0 m)

  3. Observatorio Cerro Tololo • Ubicado en IV Region • 87 Empleados (aprox.) • Operan 6 Telescopios • Blanco (4.0 m) • SOAR (4.1 m) • 1.5 m, 1.3 m, 1.0 m, 0.9 m (SMARTS)

  4. Observatorio Gemini Sur • Ubicado en IV Region • 76 Empleados (aprox.) • Opera el Telescopio Gemini Sur (8.0 m)

  5. LCO Staff Científico • 1 Director LCO (Ph.D.) • 1 Associate Director (Ph.D.) • 1 Astronomer (Ph.D)

  6. Grupo Técnico Magallanes • 1 Manager (Engineer) • 1 Assistant Manager (Engineer) • 1 Instrumentation Scientist (Ph.D.) • 1 Telescope Scientist (Ph.D.) • 6 Telescope Operators • 3 Instrument Specialists • 2 Electronic Engineers • 3 Programmers • 4 Mecánicos

  7. Grupo Técnico Telescopios Pequeños • 2 Telescope Operators • 2 Electronic Engineers • 2 Mecánicos

  8. Proyecto CSP (Carnegie Supernova Program) • 1 Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D.) • 2 Research Assistants • 3 Observers

  9. Egresados de la PUC que trabajan en LCO/Magallanes • Sergio Vera (Magellan Telescopes Operator) • Carlos Contreras (Research Assistant, CSP) • Luis Boldt (Research Assistant, CSP) • Ricardo Covarrubias (Magellan Fellow)* *Empieza en 2007

  10. El Futuro • Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) • 8.4 m abertura, campo de vista de 10 grados cuadrados • Se ubicará en Cerro Pachón • Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) • 30 m abertura • Posiblemente se ubicará en el norte grande de Chile • Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) • Equivalente de 21 m abertura • Se ubicará en LCO

  11. Proyecto Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) • Telescopio Compuesto de 7 Espejos de 8.4 m c/u • Equivalente a una Abertura de 21.4 m • Inversión de > US$500 Millones • Entraría en Funcionamiento en 2017 (aprox.) • Se Contempla un Staff de 135 Personas (aprox.)

  12. GMT Site Testing Program (2004-?) • 1 Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D.) • 2 Telescope/Equipment operators

  13. GMT Operations (Beginning 2017) • Incluido en el staff serían: • 4 Instrument Scientists (Ph.D.) • 5 Resident Astronomers (Ph.D.) • 4 Telescope Operators • 4 Instrument Operators • 2 Software Support • 6 Adaptive Optics Support

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