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29Jan2016

Friday, January 29, 2016

PROJECT NEWS - Para español, vea abajo

Several members of the Telescope & Site team are in Madrid, Spain, completing a successful Final Design Review of the Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) with prime contractor Empresarios Agrupados.  In anticipation of proceeding into full fabrication, the Asturfeito facility in the Aviles Port region of northern Spain is preparing 10-meter granite pylons to be used for testing purposes.  

Project team members from all subsystems are preparing for two reviews taking place the week of February 8th.  The NSF Status Review will assess the current status of the project and evaluate plans for the future, with emphasis on the next year of construction.  The purpose of the Internal Operations Planning review is for the LSST Operations Planning Team (LOPT) to receive a thorough evaluation of our initial operations concepts and (steady-state) FTE estimates, with a focus on LSST’s operational functions and activities.

The first science grade production sensor for the LSST focal plane has successfully completed testing at BNL, achieving a Level 2 acceptance milestone, tracked at the DOE agency level.

CORPORATION NEWS

LSSTC is excited to report that thanks to all our individual donors, the LSSTC Board, and the Institutional Member Representatives, we have succeeded in matching the $500K Charles Simonyi / Bill Gates Match Challenge. The funds are slated to support LSSTC’s Enabling Science grant program and our member institutions in support of LSST-related work. Thanks to everyone who supported this effort.

UPCOMING 2016 MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

February 8-10

NSF Status Review, Tucson, AZ

February 22-24

LSST Joint Technical Meeting, Santa Cruz, CA

March 7-11

LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) meeting, SLAC

March 8-10

2nd Annual US-Chile Education Summit, Chile

April 5-7

Photometric Redshifts in LSST*, University of Pittsburgh

April 11-13

LSSTC Board Meeting* in Washington, DC

May 22 – 25

Cross-correlation Spectacular with LSST:  Exploring Synergies Between LSST
and External Datasets to Discover Fundamental Physics
, BNL

May 24-26

XLDB 2016 Conference and Workshop, SLAC

June  6-10

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VI*, Carnegie Mellon University

June 12-16

Meeting of the Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume Science Collaboration*
at AAS 228, San Diego, CA

June 20-24

LSST@Europe2*, Belgrade, Serbia

June 28-July

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edinburgh, Scotland

July 18-22

LSST DESC meeting, at Oxford, UK

August 15-19

LSST 2016 Project & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ


Noticias del Proyecto

Varios miembros del equipo de Sitio y Telescopio se encuentran en Madrid, España, completando una revisión del diseño final del Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) con el contratista principal Empresarios Agrupados.  En anticipación de proceder plenamente a la fabricación, la instalación Asturfeito en el Puerto de Avilés, al norte de España está preparando pilones de granito de 10 metros que se utilizaran para propósitos de prueba.  

Los miembros del equipo de proyecto de todos los subsistemas se preparan para dos revisiones que tendran lugar la semana del 8 de febrero. El Estado de Revisión de NSF evaluará el estado actual del proyecto y evaluara los planes para el futuro, con énfasis en el próximo año de construcción.  El propósito de la revisión interna de Operations Planning es para que el equipo de planificación de operaciones LSST (LOPT) reciba una evaluación exhaustiva de nuestros conceptos y operaciones iniciales (estado constante) estimaciones de FTE, con un enfoque sobre las funciones operacionales y actividades de LSST.

El primer sensor de producción de grado de ciencias para el plano focal de LSST ha completado exitosamente las pruebas en BNL, logrando un  hito de aceptación de nivel 2, rastreado a nivel del organismo de DOE.

Noticias de la corporación

LSSTC está entusiasmado de informar que gracias a todos nuestros donantes individuales, el LSSTC Board y los Representantes de Miembros Institucionales, hemos logrado igualar el reto de $500K Charles Simonyi / Bill Gates Match Challenge. Los fondos están programados para apoyar la del Programa de Becas de Habilitación de Ciencia de LSSTC  y nuestras instituciones miembros en apoyo de la labor relacionada con LSST. Gracias a todos los que apoyaron este esfuerzo.

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACIÓN LSST 2016 

(aquellos con un asterisco* son financiados por LSSTC):

Febrero 8-10

Revisión de estado de NSF, Tucson, AZ

Febrero 22-24

Reunión técnica conjunta LSST, Santa Cruz, CA

Marzo 7-11

LSST Energía Oscura Ciencia colaboración (DESC) reunión, SLAC

Marzo 8-10

Segundo anual US-Chile Education Summit, Chile

Abril 5-7

En Redshifts fotométricos LSST*, Universidad de Pittsburgh

Abril 11-13

Reunión de la Junta LSSTC* en Washington, D.C.

Mayo 22 - 25

Cross-correlation Spectacular with LSST:  Exploring Synergies Between LSST 
and External Datasets to Discover Fundamental Physics
, BNL

Mayo 24-26

XLDB 2016 Conferencia y Taller, SLAC

Junio 6-10

Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy VI*, de la Carnegie Mellon University

Junio 12-16

Reunión de la Stars, Milky Way and Local Volume Science Collaboration
en AAS 228, San Diego, CA.

Junio 20-24

LSST@Europe2*, Belgrado, Serbia

Junio 28-Julio

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Edimburgo, Escocia

Julio 18-22

DESC LSST reunión, en Oxford, Reino Unido

Agosto 15-19

LSST 2016 & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ

 

Financial support for Rubin Observatory comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Cooperative Agreement No. 1258333, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation. The NSF-funded Rubin Observatory Project Office for construction was established as an operating center under management of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA).  The DOE-funded effort to build the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera (LSSTCam) is managed by the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science. NSF supports basic research and people to create knowledge that transforms the future.
NSF and DOE will continue to support Rubin Observatory in its Operations phase. They will also provide support for scientific research with LSST data.   




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