Subject: program for ARC workshop

From: rwalterb@nmsu.edu

Submitted: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 10:13:12 -0600 (MDT)

Message number: 167 (previous: 166, next: 168 up: Index)

	PROGRAM ARC 3.5-M INSTRUMENTATION AND SCIENCE MEETING

		SUNSPOT EDUCATION AND VISITOR CENTER

	sponsored by: Astronomy Department, NMSU
			Research Center, NMSU
		     Astrophysical Research Consortium

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19					SPEAKER/DISCUSSION LDR

8:30-8:45	WELCOME					Rene Walterbos, NMSU

8:45-10:30	UPDATE ON 3-YR PLAN - CHAIR: ANDERSON
 		overview of 3-yr plan			Stubbs, UW
		current shutdown 			Klaene & APO STAFF
		new secondary				Uomoto, JHU
		instrumentation & telescope		Uomoto, Stubbs, UW
		setting priorities			

10:30-11:00	COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:00	SCHEDULING ISSUES			Stubbs, Turner
			institutional time blocks
			shutdowns

12:00-12:30	OPERATING SYSTEMS			Loewenstein, UC

12:30-1:30	LUNCH AT SUNSPOT

1:30 -3:00	SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS - CHAIR: HECKMAN
		(20 MINUTES EACH)
		Gravitational Lens Monitoring and H_0 	Turner, Princeton Univ
		Spectroscopy of FIRST QSOs		Richards,Chicago
		Observations of CVs with DIS & Grim 	Mason, NMSU
		Planetary science with 3.5-m		Chanover, GSFC	

3:00 - 3:30	BREAK

3:30 - 4:15	SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS, CONTINUED
		Coordinated APO and satellite observ.	Szkody, UW
		Spectroscopy of LBVs in M31		Walterbos, NMSU

4:15 - 4:45	PUBLIC OUTREACH		
		Astronomy Center			Anderson, NMSU

4:45 - 5:30 	GENERAL DISCUSSION


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

9:00 - 10:30	INSTRUMENTATION - CHAIR: GILLESPIE
		Status of echelle			Duncan, Univ Chicago
		Guest instrumentation on 3.5-m		Chanover, GSFC
		New chips for DIS?			Walterbos, NMSU
		JHU instrument				Uomoto, JHU
		
10:30 - 11:00	COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 12:30	INSTRUMENTATION, CONTINUED
		Wide Field Imager			Stubbs, UW
		Durham/ARC collaborations		Rauscher, Univ Durham
		IR Instrumentation			Harrison, NMSU
		Planning and funding of new Instrum	Heckman, JHU

12:30 - 1:30	LUNCH

1:30 - 3:00 	IMPROVING EFFICIENCY - CHAIR: WALTERBOS
		accounting: the user's view versus 
			    what goes in the log	Strauss
		dust shutdowns: measuring dust content	Harrison
		snow shutdowns				Klaene
		scheduling shutdowns & mirror aluminiz.	Gloria
		focusing				Gloria	
		action items
		Future outlook				Stubbs, UW

3:00 - 3:00	BREAK

3:30 - 4:30	COLLABORATIONS
		collaborative programs			Strauss, Princeton Univ
							Uomoto, JHU

4:30 - END	GENERAL DISCUSSION

List of participants:

Kurt Anderson, NMSU
John Briggs, Yerkes
Jon Brinkmann, APO
Nancy Chanover, GSFC
Doug Duncan, Univ Chicago
Mike Evans, Univ Washington
Vanessa Galarza, NMSU
Marla Geha, NMSU
Bruce Gillespie, APO
Karen Gloria, APO
Salman Hameed, NMSU
Tom Harrison, NMSU
Tim Heckman, JHU
Jon Holtzman, NMSU (first day only)
Charles Hoopes, NMSU
Mark Klaene, APO
Julie Lutz, WSU/UW
Paul Mason, NMSU
Bernard Rauscher, Univ Durham
Gordon Richards, Univ Chicago
Michael Strauss, Princeton Univ
Chris Stubbs, Univ Washington
Paula Szkody, Univ Washington
Christy Tremonti, JHU
Ed Turner, Princeton Univ
Alan Uomoto, JHU
Rene Walterbos, NMSU
Don York, Univ Chicago
and SUNSPOT staff
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