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11Mar2016

Friday, March 11, 2016

PROJECT NEWS

We have received the Status Review report from the NSF.  Management is reviewing it before sending it out more broadly next week.  We also received the EVMS report and as we anticipated, we have some actions but there were no critical findings. Our next status review will be in August during the All-Hands Meeting and will be a joint NSF/DOE review.

There is lots of activity on Cerro Pachón – lower enclosure excavations have been approved; plates from the dome manufacturer in Italy have arrived on-site; and the TMA team from Spain will be visiting the site in Chile to start integration planning.

The mirror reflective coating system contract has been signed by AURA and Von Ardenne in preparation for a kickoff meeting in April.  The DM transition leadership has started site visits with the distributed team starting with SLAC and NCSA this week.

UPCOMING 2016 MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

Week of March 18

Calibration Meeting, Harvard

March 21

LSSTC Part 1 and Part 2 Proposals due*

March 23-24

I&T Camera Review, SLAC

March 24-25

LSST Transients Working Group Workshop*, Argonne National Laboratory

April 5-7

LSST Photo-Z Workshop*, University of Pittsburgh

April 11-13

LSSTC Board Meeting* in Washington, DC

April 25 – 29

Future Sky Surveys and Big Data Workshop, Daejoen, Korea

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, 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

Hemos recibido el informe de revisión de la condición de la NSF. La Administración lo está examinando antes de enviarlo más ampliamente la próxima semana. También hemos recibido el informe EVMS y como habíamos previsto, tenemos algunas acciones pero no hubo hallazgos críticos. Nuestra próxima revisión de estado será en agosto durante la reunión All-Hands y será una revisión conjunta de NSF/DOE.

Hay mucha actividad en Cerro Pachón – las excavaciones del lower enclosure han sido aprobadas; las placas del fabricante del domo en Italia han llegado al sitio; y el equipo de TMA España estará visitando el sitio en Chile para iniciar la planificación de la integración. 

El contrato del sistema de recubrimiento reflectante del espejo ha sido firmado por AURA y Von Ardenne en preparación para una reunión inicial en abril.  La transicion de liderazgo de DM  ha comenzado visitas al sitio con el  equipo distribuido comenzando con SLAC y NCSA esta semana. 

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACIÓN LSST 2016 

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

Semana de Marzo 18

Reunión de calibración, Harvard

Marzo 21

LSSTC Part 1 and Part 2 Proposals due* Parte 1 y Parte 2 de Propuestas LSSTC

Marzo 23-24

I&T Camera Review, SLAC

Marzo 24-25

LSST Transients Working Group Workshop*,Laboratorio Nacional de Argonne

Abril 5-7

LSST Photo-Z Workshop* en la Universidad de Pittsburgh

Abril 11-13

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

Abril 25 - 29

Future Sky Surveys and Big Data Workshop, Daejoen, Corea

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 Conference, SLAC

Junio 6-10

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

Junio 12-16

Reunión de 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 Reunión LSST*, en Oxford, Reino Unido

Agosto 15-19

LSST 2016 Taller de Proyecto & Ciencia, 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).
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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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