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NOAO – National Optical Astronomy Observatory. Overview for the AST Committee of Visitors February 2011 Jeff Pier, Program Officer. Cooperative Agreement(s). Cooperative Agreements are the governing instruments between NSF and Managing Organizations - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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NOAO – National Optical NOAO – National Optical Astronomy ObservatoryAstronomy Observatory
Overview for the AST Committee of Overview for the AST Committee of VisitorsVisitors
February 2011February 2011
Jeff Pier, Jeff Pier, Program OfficerProgram Officer
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Cooperative Agreement(s)
Cooperative Agreements are the governing instruments between NSF and Managing Organizations
The current NOAO Cooperative agreement (with AURA) became effective on Oct 1, 2009
Expires March 31, 2014 Per National Science Board policy, a competition will be held
for the Management of NOAO after the current CA expires There are some continuing budgetary actions under old CA NOAO’s CA serves as a conduit for LSST Design &
Development funding
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NOAO Management NOAO Management OrganizationOrganization
AURA - Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Not for profit corporation with headquarters in DC; headquarters
staff of 9, 3 additional staff in Chile AURA President William Smith reports to AURA Board of Directors Representatives from the 44 AURA member institutions meet
annually to elect Board, Councils, and offer advice. NOAO Director reports independently to AURA President
AURA receives advice from a community-based NOAO Council Observatory Council – meets twice annually
NOAO Director receives advice from community- based Users Committee (meets annually) and a Visiting Committee (roughly every 3 years)
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NSF Management of NOAONSF Management of NOAO
Program Managers 2006-2009: Tom Barnes 2009-present: Jeff Pier
Governing documents, committees, reports Cooperative Agreement (2009)
Program Review Panel– meets twice annually Annual Program Plans Annual Long Range Plans (5 year look ahead) Quarterly Reports: programmatic and financial Annual Reports PO attendance at AURA’s Council meetings & NOAO Users
committees Weekly conversations with Director and AURA President
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NSF Budget ManagementNSF Budget Management
Funding flows through Cooperative Support Agreements (CSAs) under the CA
Individual CSAs keep the budgets and management of different programs distinct CSA-1: NOAO CSA-2: Inter-Agency Transfers CSA-3: LSST (pass through) … etc for REU programs, ReSTAR, TSIP, LSST Coordination with other program officers necessary for some CSAs
NOAO funding actions are typically administered on a quarterly basis.
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NOAO Budgets FY2008 NOAO Budgets FY2008 2010 2010
Base Budget (O&M, Development, EPO) FY08: $24.6M FY09: $26.6M+$5.6M (ARRA - Infrastructure) FY10: $27.5M
Other NSF funding to NOAO over the three years TSIP $12M ($4M each year) ReSTAR $6.9M ($3.0M in FY09, $3.9M in FY10)
NOAO’s total operating budget is approximately twice the NSF base budget due to TSIP &ReSTAR plus reimbursed services for observatory and administrative support provided to Gemini, NSO, NRAO, and numerous tenant activities on both KPNO & CTIO
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Some NOAO MetricsSome NOAO MetricsFY08 FY09 FY10FY08 FY09 FY10
Observing Programs 420 482 499
U.S. Institutions represented 151 163 155
U.S. Researchers involved 894 997 1085
PhD Thesis Observers 82 85 95
Other graduate student Observers 72 64 81
Publications based on NOAO facilities or Archives 346 373 401
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Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)Located 56 miles from Tucson; elevation 6875 ft. Leased from theTohono O’odham Nation; 19 Optical and 2 radio telescopes; 8 tenant observatories
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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory43 road miles from La Serena, Chile; elevation 7260 ft
16 telescopes + 8 tenant observatories
NOAO PartnershipsNOAO Partnerships
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WIYN 3.5-m Telescope on KPNO. NOAO is a
40% partner with Wisconsin, Indiana, and
Yale
SOAR 4.1-m Telescope on Cerro Pachon, NOAO
is a 30% partner with Michigan State, North Carolina, and Brazil
SMARTS – Four small telescopes on CTIO. NOAO is a 25% partner with numerous U.S. institutions
The The SYSTEM SYSTEM of U.S. OIR of U.S. OIR Ground-Based TelescopesGround-Based Telescopes
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NOAO Coordinates the ensemble of all Federal and non-Federal observatories - “The System” – the World leader
in research, education, and public outreachGTC (via Florida)
Keck (1 & 2)LBT
SALT (via U.S. partners)Hobby-Eberly
Gemini (North, SouthMagellan (Baade, Clay)
MMTPalomar (Hale)
SOARNOAO (Mayall, Blanco)
DCT (Lowell, 2012?)AEOSWIYNARC
ShaneIRTF
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NOAO and GeminiNOAO and Gemini
NOAO Gemini Science Center:NOAO Gemini Science Center: A Division of NOAOA Division of NOAO NGSC is the gateway for US astronomers to the two NGSC is the gateway for US astronomers to the two
8.1-m Gemini Observatory telescopes on Mauna 8.1-m Gemini Observatory telescopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii & Cerro Pachon ChileKea, Hawaii & Cerro Pachon Chile
Provides support to U.S. Observers during all phases Provides support to U.S. Observers during all phases (proposal preparation, observing, and data reduction)(proposal preparation, observing, and data reduction)
NOAN and Gemini – the futureNOAN and Gemini – the future Astro2010 recommended a consolidation of Astro2010 recommended a consolidation of
management of NOAO and Geminimanagement of NOAO and Gemini
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NOAO and LSSTNOAO and LSST
NOAO is a founding member of the LSST NOAO is a founding member of the LSST CorporationCorporation NOAO has played a major role in developing the NOAO has played a major role in developing the
LSST telescope, site, and base and summit facilitiesLSST telescope, site, and base and summit facilities Will continue to be heavily involved in construction of Will continue to be heavily involved in construction of
these componentsthese components NOAO’s role in operations is not yet defined but may NOAO’s role in operations is not yet defined but may
be significantbe significant
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Under DevelopmentUnder Development
DECam –Dark Energy CameraDECam –Dark Energy Camera-3 square degree fov; Camera built by DOE/FNAL, -3 square degree fov; Camera built by DOE/FNAL,
dedicated Blanco telescope time for Surveydedicated Blanco telescope time for Survey
-Delivery later this year, DES begins in ’12-Delivery later this year, DES begins in ’12
BigBOSS – Baryon Acoustic Oscillation Proposal from LBL/DOE for a 5,000 fiber spectrograph for Mayall for DE scienceFive year survey beginning in ~4 years?
ODI – One Degree Imager on WIYN-64 Orthogonal Transfer array CCDs-Was the hope to fill a wide-field imaging need in the north (ReSTAR)-Problems with the detectors have put this project on hold while reviews/studies progress
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Public Affairs and Education Public Affairs and Education OfficeOffice
NOAO Public Affairs and Education Office Scaled back in FY09 due to tight budget
Research Based Science Education for high school Research Based Science Education for high school science teachers was droppedscience teachers was dropped
REU at KPNO and CTIO, ~6 students each from REU at KPNO and CTIO, ~6 students each from U.S. plus Chilean students @ CTIOU.S. plus Chilean students @ CTIO
Heavy involvement/leadership in IYA 2009Heavy involvement/leadership in IYA 2009 GalileoscopeGalileoscope White House Star PartyWhite House Star Party
Tohono O’odham Outreach very activeTohono O’odham Outreach very active KPNO Visitors’ CenterKPNO Visitors’ Center
Estimated 60,000 / yr. Estimated 60,000 / yr. CADIAS astronomy outreach center near La CADIAS astronomy outreach center near La
SerenaSerena
2010 KPNO REU students
Press releases website: http://www.noao.edu/news/Image website: http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery
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NOAONOAO
BACK UP SLIDES
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Program Review Panel Program Review Panel ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities
Determine and track quantitative metrics for NOAO performance in various categories,
Evaluate the Annual Program Plan for NOAO, Evaluate the Long Range Plan for NOAO, Report and critically assess the Observatory’s needs, Report annually on all NOAO activities that can be
defined as partnerships with the community, Report annually on all NOAO activities that enhance
diversity, both in NOAO staff and in users of NOAO telescopes, and
Report annually on NOAO education and public outreach activities.
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Program Review PanelProgram Review PanelCurrent MembershipCurrent Membership
P. McCarthy (Carnegie Observatories) – Chair E. Barton (U.C. Irvine) T. Beers (Michigan State U.) K. Bjorkman (U. Toledo H. Morrison (Case Western Reserve U.) C. Telesco (Univ. Florida)
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KPNO TenantsKPNO Tenants
Calypso Observatory – private 1.2m MDM Observatory
Michigan, Dartmouth, Ohio State, Columbia, Ohio U - 1.3m Robotically Controlled Telescope (RCT) Observatory
Planetary Science Institute, Western Kentucky U, South Carolina State, Villanova, Fayetteville State U – 1.3m
SARA - Southeastern Assoc. for Research in Astronomy Many universities – 0.9m
Univ. of Arizona – 2.3m, 12m radio dish VLBA Telescope – 25m Warner & Swasey – Burrell Schmidt 0.6m Wisconsin H-alpha Mapper (WHAM) Observatory – 0.6m WYIN 0.9m Telescope
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CTIO TenantsCTIO Tenants
Curtis-Schmidt Telescope (U. Michigan) – 0.6-m Schmidt SSI Airglow – Scientific Solutions Inc private airglow monitor GONG - NSO’s Global Oscillation Network Group LCOGT – Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
Network PROMPT - Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and
Polarimetry Telescopes (U. North Carolina) - 6 x 0.4m ALO – Andes LIDAR Observatory (U. Illinois) WHAM – Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (U. Wisconsin) SARA - Southeastern Association for Research in
Astronomy – 0.9-m
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Telescope Subscription RatesTelescope Subscription Rates
2008A 2008B 2009A 2009B 2010A2010B
Gemini N 3.26 1.84 2.20 2.55 4.26 3.35
Gemini S 2.09 1.55 1.91 1.93 1.85 1.91
Blanco 1.48 1.50 2.95 1.33 2.002.86
SOAR 0.94 1.48 1.16 3.27 2.67 1.95
SMARTS 1.33 1.35 1.34 1.12 1.16 1.25
Mayall 4.05 3.21 4.64 1.40 1.24 1.56
WIYN 2.00 1.38 1.91 1.79 2.74 1.56
2.1m 1.10 1.12 1.43 1.56 1.30 1.68
0.9m 2.25 1.00 2.17 1.25 3.23 ---
TSIP 2.84 2.71 4.46 3.66 3.78 3.54
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Community Access (“Open Community Access (“Open Skies”) Telescope SharesSkies”) Telescope Shares
Gemini N 50% Gemini S 50% Mayall 80% WIYN 30% 2.1m 100% 0.9m 40% Blanco 80% SOAR 30% SMARTS 25%
Instrumentation AST CoV 2011
NOAO Managed Programs: (1)NOAO Managed Programs: (1)Telescope System Instrumentation Telescope System Instrumentation
Program (TSIP) Program (TSIP)
Funding to develop new instrumentation, upgrade existing instruments for telescopes operated by non-federally-funded U.S. observatories with telescopes of 3-10m aperture.
“System Access” mechanism for direct exchange of telescope time for use by the community in exchange for operations funding.
Proposals are solicited annually and are competitively reviewed. Review panel recommendations forwarded to AST for approval
Awards made to Keck MMT LBT Magellan WIYN (ODI)
Funding Levels: $32M over the past 9 years (FY02 FY10) ($4M per year every year except that FY05 & FY06 were funded at $2M/yr)
NOAO Managed Programs (2): NOAO Managed Programs (2): Renewing Small Telescopes for Renewing Small Telescopes for
Astronomical Research (ReSTAR)Astronomical Research (ReSTAR)
Funding for 2 Funding for 2 5 meter telescope instrumentation (new or upgrades) in exchange for 5 meter telescope instrumentation (new or upgrades) in exchange for community access in response to the ReSTAR Reportcommunity access in response to the ReSTAR Report
Can also fund direct exchange of telescope timeCan also fund direct exchange of telescope time First of three 3-phase proposals submitted FY08First of three 3-phase proposals submitted FY08 Each phase is for 3 years at approximately $10MEach phase is for 3 years at approximately $10M Year 1 of Phase 1 awarded $3M (KOSMOS, Mosaic and Hydra upgrades, Hale Year 1 of Phase 1 awarded $3M (KOSMOS, Mosaic and Hydra upgrades, Hale
telescope spectroscopic time)telescope spectroscopic time) Year 2 awarded $3.9M (COSMOS and TripleSpec)Year 2 awarded $3.9M (COSMOS and TripleSpec) Phase 2 solicitation released in December – inviting institutions to propose to partner Phase 2 solicitation released in December – inviting institutions to propose to partner
with NOAO to develop/enhance capabilities that. 1Sixteen proposals received.with NOAO to develop/enhance capabilities that. 1Sixteen proposals received. Are responsive to the ReSTAR reportAre responsive to the ReSTAR report Balance System capabilitiesBalance System capabilities
AST Program Officer works closely with NOAO for both programs including attending the panel reviews and advising on funding decisions.