Magellan SAC

April 7-8, 2006Pasadena, 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

– Insufficient, even for experienced observers

– Some observations lost due to slow communications

• Instrumentation support

– Sufficient for routine work

– Insufficient for new instrument commissioning

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

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

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

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

F/5 WFC fit-check

F/5 WFC fit-check

F/5 secondary cell

• Most parts are machined (cell body, supports)

• See it in the OCIW assembly area

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

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

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)

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• Approximate cost:

– $200K for building

– $50K for cleanroom equipment

• Resolution from SAC requested