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Thursday, November 7, 2019

LSST was featured in a November 7th article in Symmetry Magazine describing the challenges posed by LSST’s enormous data output, and the solutions being developed by the LSST Data Management team. Read the article at this link

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Earlier this year a new funding model for LSST operations was announced. Since then the team has been working hard to flesh out the details of the model. Part of that work was to set up a process to get proposals from current International Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) holders. We're please to announce that this process is now being kicked off!

Timeline

October 31, 2019

Invitation to current MOA holders and interested groups

November 22, 2019

Letters of Intent due

March 31, 2020

Proposals due

May 31, 2020

Evaluation feedback provided

Summer 2020

Iterate to convergence on draft agreement text


For more details and background information please refer to the post on the community forum.

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

PROJECT & SCIENCE NEWS - NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y LA CIENCIA

Our thoughts are with our Chile-based colleagues during the recent period of social instability. All LSST staff and their families, as well as contractors and visitors, are safe, and we have stayed in frequent contact with them since the unrest in Chile began. 

A team from EIE Group and Phase Motion Control has arrived on the summit to start up and test the LSST Dome azimuth drives. As of last week, the bogies had undergone final alignment, installation/connection of drives was complete, and the dome was successfully rotating under power with a provisional friction drive system in place of the final rack-and-piñon system. A short video of the dome rotating is available at this link.  

The carousel and back flange of the LSST filter exchange system, which were recently transported by plane from Paris, France, have safely arrived at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, CA. The back flange has now been fitted to the camera body—these are the two largest pieces of the camera assembly—for early metrology activities. 

As part of the LSST survey strategy optimization effort, a new series of simulated surveys has been released; the full announcement is available at this link. There will be further discussion of these simulations and their trade-offs on community.lsst.org. Log in and make your voice heard! 

National Science Foundation (NSF) Director France Cordova and Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary for Science Paul Dabbar visited La Serena and the LSST summit construction site on October 18th and 19th. It was a quiet day on the summit, as dome bogie alignment was in progress, but the visit was a great opportunity to see the accomplishments at the base facility and the summit. Both indicated being highly impressed with the evident progress.

The Data Management (DM) team will facilitate 2019 DM Boot Camp in Princeton, New Jersey, on November 12-14. Tutorials and lectures will be lead by current DM team members, and will be geared towards the new scientists who have joined the Data Release Pipelines (DRP) team, but attendance is open to everyone. More details, including remote streaming information, are available at this link

PERSONNEL NEWS

Clare Saunders and Arun Kannawadi joined the Data Management group as Data Release Pipelines (DRP) Software Scientists on October 15th. Based at Princeton, Clare and Arun will be developing the Data Release Science Pipelines for LSST. 

George Gomez joined the Education and Public Outreach (EPO) team in the role of Web Developer on October 21st. George will contribute to EPO’s mission by building web-based interactive tools and visualizations for use in classrooms and by the general public, with special consideration for accessibility and mobile platforms.

Jeff Carlin was promoted from his current position as Precursor Science Postdoc to a new role as Science Validation Scientist, effective September 29th. In this role, Jeff will plan and execute acceptance test campaigns to verify that DM products meet the requirements laid out in the DM Science Requirements Document. Additionally, he will work with the science community to conduct validation campaigns to ensure that the DM systems are enabling the science LSST was designed to accomplish.

UPCOMING MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

 

2019

 

November 6-8

Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution Workshop, Boston, MA

November 12-14

Data Management Boot Camp 2019

December 9-10

Towards Science in Chile with LSST 2019, Concepción, Chile*

2020

 

January 4-8

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI

January 22-23

AMCL Meeting, SLAC, CA

March 17-19

LSST Algorithms Workshop, Princeton, NJ


NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y LA CIENCIA

Nuestros pensamientos están con nuestros colegas con en Chile durante el reciente período de inestabilidad social. Todo el personal de LSST y sus familias, así como los contratistas y visitantes, están a salvo, y nos hemos mantenido en contacto frecuente con ellos desde que comenzaron los disturbios en Chile.  

Un equipo de EIE Group y Phase Motion Control llegó al sitio para iniciar y probar las unidades de acimut del Domo de LSST.  La semana pasada, los bogies se sometieron a una alineación final, se completó la instalación/conexión de los accionamientos y el domo giraba con éxito bajo energía con un sistema de accionamiento de fricción provisional en lugar del sistema final de rack y piñón. Un video corto de la rotación del domo está disponible en este enlace link 

El carrusel y la brida trasera del sistema de intercambio de filtros LSST, los cuales fueron transportados recientemente en avión desde París, Francia, llegaron seguros al Laboratorio Nacional de Aceleradores SLAC en Menlo Park, CA. La brida trasera ahora se ha instalado en el cuerpo de la cámara – estas son las dos piezas más grandes del conjunto de la cámara – para las primeras actividades de metrología. 

Como parte del esfuerzo de optimización de la estrategia de estudios de LSST, se ha lanzado una nueva serie de estudios simulados; El anuncio completo está disponible en este enlace link. Habrá más discusión sobre estas simulaciones y sus compensaciones en community.lsst.org. Inicia sesión y haz que se escuche tu voz! 

El Director de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias (NSF), France Cordova y el Subsecretario de Ciencias del Departamento de Energía (DOE), Paul Dabbar, visitaron La Serena y el sitio de construcción de LSST los días 18 y 19 de octubre. Fue un día tranquilo en el sitio, ya que la alineación del bogie de la cúpula estaba en progreso, pero la visita fue una gran oportunidad para ver los logros en el Base Facility y en el cerro. Ambos indicaron estar muy impresionados con el progreso evidente.

El equipo de Gestión de Datos (DM) llevara a cabo el DM Boot Camp 2019 en Princeton, Nueva Jersey, del 12 al 14 de noviembre. Los tutoriales y conferencias serán dirigidos por los miembros actuales del equipo de DM y estarán orientados a los nuevos científicos que se han unido al equipo de Data Release Pipelines (DRP), pero la asistencia está abierta para todos. Más detalles, incluyendo la información de transmisión remota, están disponibles en este enlace link

NOTICIAS DE PERSONAL

Clare Saunders y Arun Kannawadi se unieron al grupo de Gestión de Datos como Científicos en Software de Pipelines de Liberación de Datos (DRP) el 15 de octubre. Con base en Princeton, Clare y Arun desarrollarán los Pipelines de Liberación de Datos Científicos para LSST.  

George Gómez se unió al equipo de Educación y Difusión Pública (EPO) en el rol de Desarrollador Web el 21 de octubre. George contribuirá a la misión de EPO mediante la creación de herramientas y visualizaciones interactivas basadas en la web para su uso en las aulas y por el público en general, con especial consideración en la accesibilidad y plataformas móviles.

Jeff Carlin fue promovido de su puesto actual como Precursor Science Postdoc a un nuevo puesto de Científico de Validación de Ciencias, el 29 de septiembre. En este rol, Jeff planificará y ejecutará campañas de prueba de aceptación para verificar que los productos DM cumplan con los requisitos establecidos en el Documento de Requisitos Científicos de DM. Además, trabajará con la comunidad científica para llevar a cabo campañas de validación para garantizar que los sistemas DM estén habilitando la ciencia que LSST fue diseñada para lograr.

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES con PARTICIPACIÓN LSST 

(aquellas con asterisco * están financiadas por LSSTC ): 

2019

 

6-8 de Noviembre

Taller Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution, Boston, MA

12-14 de Noviembre

Data Management Boot Camp 2019

9-10 de Diciembre

Towards Science in Chile with LSST 2019, Concepción, Chile*

2020

 

4-8 de Enero

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI

22-23 de Enero

Reunion AMCL, SLAC, CA

 17-19 de Marzo

LSST Algorithms Workshop, Princeton, NJ

 

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

PROJECT & SCIENCE NEWS - NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y DE LA CIENCIA

On October 1st, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) launched NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory (NSF’s OIR Lab), which integrates operations of all of NSF’s nighttime astronomical facilities. LSST Operations will be one of the five facilities included in this new organization.

The LSST Primary/Tertiary Mirror (M1M3) cell assembly has been successfully integrated with the M1M3 mirror surrogate inside the LSST summit facility building. On October 10th, the mirror surrogate was lifted off the cell’s static supports with the system of hardpoints and pneumatic actuators that will support the weight of the mirror during telescope operations. Many LSST team members in Tucson, La Serena, and Cerro Pachón contributed to this exciting milestone, and photos of the event are available in the LSST Gallery. 

The filter exchange system for the LSST Camera has left IN2P3 in Paris, France in early October for delivery to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, CA. The filter exchange system is the product of more than 224,000 hours of collaborative work, over a decade, by five IN2P3 CNRS labs. The system holds and switches five filters within the camera to observe in different wavelengths, and a sixth filter is manually replaced in the system periodically for the full spectral coverage. The entire filter exchange system consists of several parts; the carousel and back flange left Paris by plane and will arrive at SLAC soon. The other elements of the system, including the autochanger and the loader, left on October 7th for a long journey of 35 days at sea to arrive in Oakland, California and then on to SLAC. Follow @LSST_France on twitter for info and updates. 

At SLAC, the LSST Camera team recently used a mass simulator to test the assembly  stand for the telescope’s 3,200-megapixel digital camera. Get more information and watch the video at this link

Save the date: the LSST Project will host the LSST Algorithms Workshop in Princeton, NJ, on March 17-19, 2020, on the topic of image processing and algorithms for LSST. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for the presentation of the algorithmic challenges faced by LSST, and to solicit feedback and ideas as to how these algorithms can best meet the scientific needs of the community. For info, visit the workshop website.

Registration is now open for Towards Science in Chile with LSST 2019, which will take place December 9-10 in Chile. This is the fifth in an annual series of successful workshops to help prepare the Chilean community for the large volume of data coming from LSST. The two-day workshop will feature tutorial sessions about the different tools that are, and will be, available to the community. More info is available at this link, register by November 15th. 

LSST IN THE MEDIA

The LSST Camera team and its work at SLAC was recently featured in a popular YouTube video from the series “Physics Girl.” The video provides a behind-the-scenes look at the unveiling of the LSST camera lenses in the clean room at SLAC, and features interviews with LSST Project members Margaux Lopez and Aaron Roodman. Watch the video at this link

INFORMATION FOR PROJECT MEMBERS

Don’t forget, you can submit photos for this year’s “A Day in the Life of LSST Construction” (DITL) video until October 18th! Click here for details on how to submit your photos. DITL videos from previous years can be viewed at this link

A JIRA-based workflow is now in place for those traveling to Chile. The first step is still to submit a Travel Request via the Reqless system. Once that TR is approved, the traveler will receive an email notification that prompts them to submit planning details through JIRA. 

PERSONNEL NEWS

Lee Kelvin joined the Data Management (DM) subsystem as Data Release Pipelines Software Scientist on October 1st. As a member of the DM team, Lee will help develop the Data Release Pipelines, with an initial focus on sky background estimation.

UPCOMING MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

2019

 

November 6-8

Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution Workshop, Boston, MA

December 9-10

Towards Science in Chile with LSST 2019, Concepción, Chile*

2020

 

January 4-8

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI

January 22-23

AMCL Meeting, SLAC, CA

March 17-19

LSST Algorithms Workshop, Princeton, NJ

 

Friday, October 4, 2019

The LSST Camera team and its work at SLAC was recently featured in a popular YouTube video from the series “Physics Girl.” The video provides a behind-the-scenes look at the unveiling of the LSST camera lenses in the clean room at SLAC, and features interviews with LSST Project members Margaux Lopez and Aaron Roodman. Watch the video at this link

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

October 1, 2019 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) are proud to announce the launch of integrated operations of all of NSF’s nighttime astronomical facilities under NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory. LSST Operations is one of the five facilities included in this new organization.

NSF's OIR Lab provides a fantastic opportunity for staff working on LSST Operations and for LSST’s science community. NSF's OIR Lab provides a strategic framework to share resources with other AURA/NSF Centers to maximize LSST science and make the OIR Lab the world leader in ground based survey science and time domain science. Deeper connections among NSF's OIR Lab's scientists, engineers, and administrative professionals will enable more robust operations, create new opportunities to share and expand on technical and scientific capabilities like follow up networks, and will provide future opportunities for staff growth and development beyond the LSST Survey.

According to Patrick McCarthy, recently selected as Director for NSF's OIR Lab,“Integrating these facilities into one multi-mission center brings together diverse pathways for astronomical exploration, facilitates community coordination, and enables the discoveries of the future. The integrated center will also stimulate new domestic and international collaborations and provide additional opportunities for staff while expanding scientific capabilities and improving the experience for users.”

The full press release announcing the launch of NSF's OIR Lab is available at this link.

 

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

PROJECT & SCIENCE NEWS - NOTICIAS DE PROYECTO Y CIENCIA

The LSST Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) is on the summit! The TMA was successfully transported from the port in Coquimbo to Cerro Pachón during the week following its arrival in Chile on September 7th. The 26 disassembled pieces of the TMA were transported to the summit with a fleet of 9 trucks and 12 trailers. Read more about the move in this recent news item, and view photos in the LSST Gallery

The L1-L2 lens assembly, which consists of two of the three lenses for the LSST Camera, has arrived at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory after being shipped from Arizona Optical Systems (AOS) in Tucson, AZ. The L1L2  contract was managed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the lens assembly was built by Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, and its subcontractor AOS in Tucson. L1, which is 1.57 meters (5.1 feet) in diameter, is believed to be the largest high-performance optical lens ever fabricated. Read the details in this article by LLNL. Photos of the lens assembly arriving at SLAC can be viewed at this link

The AURA Management Council for LSST (AMCL) met on September 11-13, 2019, in La Serena, Chile. The AMCL, AURA's oversight and advocacy committee for LSST, meets three times a year. The meeting included a well-received tour of the LSST summit facility construction site on Cerro Pachón; for some members it was their very first visit to the site. Photos from the tour are available in the LSST Gallery. 

On September 19th, at the joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) and the AAS Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) Conference, a very well attended LSST splinter session took place, titled, “Getting Ready for LSST: 5+million small bodies, 1+billion observations.” Participants enjoyed presentations on project status, specific solar system science data products, and Solar System Science Collaboration (SSSC) activities as well as synergies with European space missions. Presentations are available here, and photos are available in the LSST Gallery. 

INFORMATION FOR PROJECT MEMBERS

Don’t forget, Friday, October 4th is the date to take a photo of something interesting or representative of your work for this year’s “A Day in the Life of LSST Construction” (DITL) video! Click here for details on how to submit your photos. DITL videos from previous years can be viewed at this link

PERSONNEL NEWS

Penn State is adding new open-rank faculty positions to build on existing excellence in astrophysics, through a cluster hire with a theme of Data Sciences for application to large astronomical surveys such as LSST. More information about these positions can be found here.

Current job openings with LSST are available on the LSST hiring website

UPCOMING MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

2019

 

September 26-27

Midwest Workshop on Supernovae and Transients, Columbus, OH

September 30-October 4

Managing Follow-up Observations in the Era of ZTF and LSST Workshop, Pasadena, CA*

October 7-9

Untangle the Skein with Scarlet: LSST De-blending Pipeline Application Workshop, Naples, Italy

November 6-8

Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution Workshop, Boston, MA

2020

 

January 4-8

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI

January 22-23

AMCL Meeting, SLAC, CA


NOTICIAS DE PROYECTO Y CIENCIA

¡El Conjunto de Montaje del Telescopio LSST (TMA) está en el cerro! El TMA fue transportado con éxito desde el puerto de Coquimbo a Cerro Pachón durante la semana después de su llegada a Chile el 7 de septiembre. Las 26 piezas desmontadas del TMA fueron transportadas al cerro con una flota de 9 camiones y 12 remolques. Lea más sobre el movimiento en esta reciente noticia news item, y vea fotos en la Galería de LSST LSST Gallery

El montaje del lente L1-L2, que consta de dos de los tres lentes para la cámara LSST, llegó al Laboratorio Nacional de Aceleradores SLAC después de ser enviado desde Arizona Optical Systems (AOS) en Tucson, AZ. El contrato L1L2  fue administrado por el Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Livermore (LLNL) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), y el montaje del lente fue construido por Ball Aerospace en Boulder, Colorado, y su subcontratista AOS en Tucson. Se cree que L1, que tiene 1,57 metros (5,1 pies) de diámetro, es el lente óptico de alto rendimiento más grande fabricado. Lea los detalles en este artículo this article de LLNL. Las fotos del montaje del lente que llegan a SLAC se pueden ver en este enlace link

El Consejo de Gerencia de AURA para LSST (AMCL) se reunió del 11 al 13 de septiembre, 2019 en La Serena, Chile. AMCL, el comité de supervisión y apoyo de AURA para LSST, se reúne tres veces al año. La reunión incluyó un recorrido bien recibido por el sitio de construcción de la instalación de LSST en Cerro Pachón; para algunos miembros fue su primera visita al sitio. Las fotos del recorrido están disponibles en la Galería LSST. 

El 19 de septiembre, en la reunión conjunta del Congreso Europeo de Ciencia Planetaria (EPSC) y la Conferencia de la División de Ciencias Planetarias (DPS) de la AAS , se llevó a cabo una sesión de LSST muy concurrida titulada, " Preparándose para LSST: 5 + millones cuerpos pequeños, 1 + mil millones de observaciones. ” “Getting Ready for LSST: 5+million small bodies, 1+billion observations.” Los participantes disfrutaron de presentaciones sobre el estado del proyecto, productos de datos científicos específicos del sistema solar, y actividades de Colaboración Científica del Sistema Solar (SSSC), así como sinergias con las misiones espaciales europeas. Las presentaciones están disponibles aquí here, y las fotos están disponibles en la Galería LSST LSST Gallery. 

INFORMACIÓN PARA MIEMBROS DEL PROYECTO

¡No olvide que el viernes 4 de octubre es la fecha para tomar una foto de algo interesante o representativo de su trabajo para el video de este año “Un Día en la Vida de la Construcción de LSST" (DITL)! Haga clic aquí here para obtener detalles sobre cómo enviar sus fotos. Los videos DITL de años anteriores se pueden ver en este enlace link.  

NOTICIAS DE PERSONAL

Penn State está agregando nuevos puestos de facultad de rango abierto para construir sobre la excelencia existente en la astrofísica, a través de un conglomerado de contrataciones con un tema de Ciencias de Datos para su aplicación en grandes estudios astronómicos como LSST. Puede encontrar más información sobre estos puestos aquí here.

Las ofertas de trabajo actuales con LSST están disponibles en el sitio web website de contratación de LSST. 

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACIÓN de LSST 

(aquellas con asterisco * son financiadas por LSSTC):

2019

 

26-27 de septiembre

Taller del Medio Oeste sobre Supernovas y Transitorias, Columbus, OH

30 de septiembre-4 de octubre

Taller Managing Follow-up Observations in the Era of ZTF and LSST, Pasadena, CA*

7-9 de octubre

Taller Untangle the Skein with Scarlet: LSST De-blending Pipeline Application, Napoles, Italia

6-8 de Noviembre

Taller Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution, Boston, MA

2020

 

4-8 de Enero

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI

22-23 de Enero

Reunion AMCL, SLAC, CA

 

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

September 24, 2019 - The LSST Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA), which was built in Spain and shipped to Chile in August, 2019, has now successfully reached the summit. The enormous structure was disassembled into 26 pieces for transport, and each piece was wrapped in sturdy vinyl to protect it during shipping. The ship carrying the TMA cargo arrived in Coquimbo on September 7th and unloading began the same day—some pieces were placed on the dock, and a few were loaded directly onto the transport vehicles that would carry them to Cerro Pachón.

The TMA is the structure that will support LSST's mirrors and camera, and this complex assembly also includes the many subsystems necessary for operation of the telescope. It was designed by GHESA Ingeniería y Tecnología, S.A., and constructed by Asturfeito, S.A. over approximately two years. A time-lapse video of the construction project, which condenses the activity into just three minutes and illustrates the size and complexity of the TMA, can be viewed at this link.

Getting the TMA cargo to the summit took a fleet of nine trucks and twelve trailers, operated by transport company Javier Cortes, S.A. Over the span of a week, the vehicles moved the cargo in several convoys from the port of Coquimbo to the summit.. As with other large LSST cargo items, like the Coating Chamber and the Primary/Tertiary Mirror (M1M3), LSST worked with local officials to identify and remove obstacles along the route, and local police provided escorts for the convoys with oversized cargo.

Despite the fact that LSST has completed similar oversized cargo transports in the last year, Jacques Sebag, Telescope and Site AIV Manager for LSST, commented, “In a way, this was the most complicated transport we’ve done because of the number of pieces—including large ones—and the time available.” After its arrival in port, the team only had about a week to move all 26 pieces of the TMA to the summit before the start of a Chilean national holiday period, during which large transport vehicles are not permitted to circulate.

On the night of Friday, September 13, the top end assembly of the TMA was transported through the Puclaro tunnel, the narrowest point on the route, located a short distance from the base of the mountain. Two sections of the top end had been removed to ensure the cargo would fit through. Once out of the tunnel, the LSST and Javier Cortes teams took a moment to celebrate the fact that all the oversized pieces of the telescope have now been transported safely through town, and through this tunnel! Jacques Sebag remarks that “the success of this operation is possible because of the support and cooperation of the many people involved, and we are grateful.”

Now that the wrapped pieces of the TMA are all safely on the summit, prep work for reassembly of the TMA on the telescope pier is currently underway—this includes preparation of the pier and scheduling of the cranes that will move the heavy equipment into place. Reassembly of the TMA by personnel from GHESA and Asturfeito is scheduled to begin after this work is complete, and will also be influenced by other activities happening simultaneously, such as ongoing work on the LSST Dome. 

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

PROJECT & SCIENCE NEWS - NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y LA CIENCIA

A reminder, Daylight Saving Time began in Chile on September 8th; there is now a 4-hour difference between official LSST Project Time (Pacific Standard Time) and the time in Chile. 

A Joint Status Review of LSST by its funding agencies, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US Department of Energy (DOE), was held in Tucson, AZ on August 27-30. Following the review, LSST Project Manager Victor Krabbendam acknowledged the hard work done by the Project team in successfully representing accomplishments and demonstrating problem-solving abilities. Subsystems are currently drafting responses to the review committee’s recommendations. A photo from the closeout report presentation is available in the LSST Gallery.

The ship carrying the major components of the LSST Telescope Mount Assembly (TMA) arrived in Coquimbo, Chile on September 7th. TMA Technical Manager Shawn Callahan and LSST Principal Surveyor Michael Logue, assisted by staff in Chile, oversaw unloading of the cargo; preparations are now underway for transport of the major pieces to Cerro Pachón. Photos of the ship’s arrival and unloading of the cargo in port are available in the LSST Gallery.

At SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the ninth Raft Tower Module (RTM) has now been installed in the camera cryostat (photo at this link), marking the completion of the first phase of focal plane integration.

On Cerro Pachón, the LSST all-sky camera saw first light on September 3rd. This camera, installed on calibration hill near the Auxiliary Telescope, will monitor the entire sky every minute of the night, mapping the transparency of the sky (i.e. clouds) to give instant feedback to the LSST Scheduler on where to point the telescope in the sky for efficient survey observations. An image of the sky taken by the all-sky camera is available in the LSST Gallery. 

The LSST Operations team participated officially for the first time at the LSST 2019 Project and Community Workshop. The pre-operations phase of LSST began this fiscal year and will continue until operations begin (October 1, 2022). The Operations team held a breakout session to solicit input from the community on the current plan for serving data during commissioning. This well-attended session also covered aspects of the new funding model, including in-kind contributions for international participants and data rights policy. Community input was received both during and after the session; a link to notes is available here. The Operations team will provide updates on in-kind contributions and data rights in the coming weeks.

The LSST Science Advisory Committee (SAC) met on August 12, during the LSST 2019 Project and Community Workshop. Topics discussed included the future role of the SAC during operations, the role of the SAC and the science collaborations in helping assess proposals for in-kind contributions from international partners, the status of the Operations Simulator experiments the SAC had previously recommended, and the plans for proposals for community event brokers. The full minutes from the meeting are available at this link

The LSST Data Management team previously announced a LSST Algorithms Workshop to be held December 3-5 2019 at SLAC. They are delighted to have received strong interest in this workshop from both across the LSST Project and the community. As ideas for this workshop matured however, they realized they needed more time to fully develop the workshop plan. Consequently, they have decided to move this workshop to Spring 2020, to be held at either Princeton or SLAC. Precise dates and venue will be announced shortly.

INFORMATION FOR PROJECT MEMBERS

Visitors without LSST credentials traveling to the LSST summit who require network access for any device (computer, phone, etc.) must register these devices in advance by filling out the form at this link. Once a device has been registered, it does not need to be re-registered for future trips to the summit. 

PERSONNEL NEWS

Current job openings with LSST are available on the LSST hiring website

UPCOMING MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

2019

 

September 11-13

AMCL meeting, La Serena, Chile

September 19

Getting Ready for LSST: 5+million small bodies, 1+billion observations workshop at ESPC-DPS 2019 meeting, Geneva, Switzerland*

September 26-27

Midwest Workshop on Supernovae and Transients, Columbus, OH

September 30-October 4

Managing Follow-up Observations in the Era of ZTF and LSST Workshop, Pasadena, CA*

October 7-9

Untangle the Skein with Scarlet: LSST De-blending Pipeline Application Workshop, Naples, Italy

November 6-8

Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution Workshop, Boston, MA

2020

 

January 4-8

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI


NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y LA CIENCIA

Un recordatorio: el horario de verano comenzó en Chile el 8 de septiembre; ahora hay una diferencia de 4 horas entre la hora oficial del Proyecto LSST (hora estándar del Pacífico) y la hora en Chile. 

Una Revisión Conjunta del Estado de LSST se realizó del 27 al 30 de agosto en Tucson, AZ por parte de sus agencias de financiadoras, la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias (NSF) y el Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos (DOE). Después de la revisión, el Gerente del Proyecto LSST, Victor Krabbendam, reconoció el arduo trabajo realizado por el equipo del Proyecto en presentar exitosamente los logros y demostrar las habilidades para resolver problemas. Los subsistemas actualmente están redactando respuestas a las recomendaciones del comité de revisión. Una foto de la presentación del informe de cierre está disponible en la Galería de LSST LSST Gallery.

El barco que transportaba los componentes principales del Montaje de Telescopio LSST (TMA) llegó a Coquimbo, Chile, el 7 de septiembre. Shawn Callahan, Gerente Técnico de TMA, y Michael Logue, Inspector Principal de LSST, asistido por personal en Chile, supervisaron la descarga de la carga; Los preparativos están en marcha para el transporte de las piezas principales a Cerro Pachón. Las fotos de la llegada del barco y la descarga de la carga en el puerto están disponibles en la Galería de LSST LSST Gallery.

En SLAC Laboratorio Nacional de Aceleradores, el noveno Módulo de la Torre (RTM) se ha instalado en el criostato de la cámara (foto en este enlace link), marcando la finalización de la primera fase de integración del plano focal.

En Cerro Pachón, la cámara todo-cielo de LSST vio la primera luz el 3 de septiembre. Esta cámara, instalada en el cerro de calibración cerca del Telescopio Auxiliar, monitoreará todo el cielo cada minuto de la noche, mapeando la transparencia del cielo (por ejemplo, las nubes) para dar retroalimentación instantánea al Programador de LSST sobre dónde apuntar el telescopio en el cielo para observaciones eficientes. Una imagen del cielo tomada por la cámara todo-cielo está disponible en la Galeria de LSST LSST Gallery. 

El equipo de Operaciones de LSST participó oficialmente por primera vez en el Taller de Proyecto y Comunitario LSST 2019. La fase previa a las Operaciones de LSST comenzó este año fiscal y continuará hasta que comiencen las operaciones (1 de octubre, 2022). El equipo de Operaciones llevó a cabo una sesión para solicitar aportes a la comunidad sobre el plan actual para servir datos durante la puesta en servicio. Esta sesión con gran asistencia, también abarcó aspectos del nuevo modelo de financiamiento, incluyendo contribuciones de los participantes internacionales y la política de derechos de datos. Se recibió información de la comunidad durante y después de la sesión; un enlace a las notas está disponible aquí here. El equipo de Operaciones proporcionará información actualizada sobre las contribuciones y los derechos de datos en las próximas semanas.

El Comité Asesor de Ciencias de LSST (SAC) se reunió el 12 de agosto, durante el Taller del Proyecto y Comunitario LSST 2019. Los temas discutidos incluyeron el papel de SAC en el futuro durante las operaciones, el papel de SAC y las colaboraciones científicas para ayudar a evaluar las propuestas de contribuciones de los socios internacionales, el estado de los experimentos del Simulador de Operaciones que el SAC había recomendado previamente y los planes de propuestas para agentes comunitarios. Las minutas completas de la reunión están disponibles en este enlace link

El equipo de Gestión de Datos de LSST anunció previamente un Taller de Algoritmos de LSST que se llevará a cabo del 3 al 5 de diciembre, 2019 en SLAC. Están encantados de haber recibido tan fuerte interés en este taller, tanto a través del Proyecto LSST y la comunidad. Sin embargo, a medida que las ideas para este taller maduraron, se dieron cuenta que necesitaban más tiempo para desarrollar plenamente el plan de taller. En consecuencia, se ha decidido re agendar este taller para la primavera de 2020, que se realizará en Princeton o SLAC. Las fechas precisas y el lugar se anunciarán pronto.

INFORMACIÓN PARA MIEMBROS DEL PROYECTO

Los visitantes sin credenciales de LSST que viajan al sitio de LSST que requieren acceso a la red para cualquier dispositivo (computadora, teléfono, etc.) deben registrar estos dispositivos con anticipación completando el formulario en este enlace link. Una vez que se ha registrado un dispositivo, no es necesario volver a registrarlo para futuros viajes al sitio. 

NOTICIAS DE PERSONAL

Las ofertas de trabajo actuales con LSST están disponibles en el sitio web website de contratación de LSST. 

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACIÓN DE LSST 

(aquellas con asterisco * son financiadas por LSSTC):

2019

 

11-13 de septiembre

Reunión AMCL , La Serena, Chile

19 de septiembre

Getting Ready for LSST: 5+million small bodies, 1+billion observations Taller de Reunion ESPC-DPS 2019, Genova, Suiza*

26-27 de septiembre

Taller del Medio Oeste sobre Supernovas y Transitorias, Columbus, OH

30 de septiembre al 4 de octubre

Taller, Managing Follow-up Observations in the Era of ZTF and LSST Workshop, Pasadena, CA*

7-9 de octubre

Untangle the Skein with Scarlet: LSST De-blending Pipeline Application Taller, Napoles, Italia

6-8 de Noviembre

Taller Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution, Boston, MA

2020

 

4-8 Enero

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI

 

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

PROJECT & SCIENCE NEWS - NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y DE LA CIENCIA

More than 300 participants attended the 2019 LSST Project and Community Workshop, an opportunity for LSST Project and Science Community members to network, share progress, and discuss upcoming challenges. Read more about LSST 2019, held August 12-16 in Tucson, AZ, at this link. A high-resolution version of the team photo taken at the workshop is available in the LSST Gallery.

A new video promoting LSST premiered during the welcome plenary at LSST 2019. The video features footage collected from attendees at LSST 2018 as part of an ongoing Education and Public Outreach project called “StoryTime Domain.”  The video can be viewed on YouTube or downloaded from the LSST Gallery. 

The LSST Science Advisory Committee (SAC) has reviewed the Letters of Intent that were submitted for developing community event brokers for LSST. Based on the high quality and varied science goals of these letters, all letter-writers are encouraged to submit full proposals. The project plans to issue the formal call for proposals late this calendar year. We anticipate the full proposals to be due in the second quarter of 2020; they will be evaluated by a subcommittee of the SAC.  

The LSST Data Management (DM) team has organized and published “LSST Answers to Community Broker FAQs,” which provides answers to questions posed by broker developers and the science community at the June 2019 LSST Community Brokers Workshop. The DM team welcomes additional questions or comments at the same link.

The L1L2 assembly, which incorporates of two of the three LSST Camera lenses, was received at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on August 15th, and initial inspections revealed no issues. The L1L2 assembly was constructed by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation (BATC) and Arizona Optical Systems (AOS), and was shipped from Tucson, AZ. The third lens (L3) will soon undergo a final acceptance review at Thales SESO (TSESO) in France and is expected to ship to SLAC in September.

Also at SLAC, the LSST Camera Integration and Test (I&T) team continues to integrate production rafts with the Camera cryostat at the SLAC IR2 Cleanroom Facility. So far, I&T has installed the four Corner Raft Tower Modules (CRTMs) and four Raft Tower Modules (RTMs). Photos of the installation progress are available at this link. The I&T team will install another five RTMs during this first phase of focal plane integration, which is expected to be completed in early September. I&T will install the remaining 12 RTMs in a second phase of integration, which is expected to continue into the fourth quarter of calendar year 2019.

On Cerro Pachón, the Primary/Tertiary Mirror (M1M3) surrogate has been integrated with the M1M3 cell on the M1M3 transport cart in the LSST Summit Facility building. The mirror surrogate is a steel structure that simulates the mass and center of gravity of the glass M1M3 mirror, and will be used for testing of the mirror support and control systems during integration of the M1M3 mirror cell assembly, as well as initial on-telescope testing. Photos of the integrated cell, surrogate, and transport cart are available in the LSST Gallery.

PERSONNEL NEWS

Jeffrey Urban joined the Telescope and Site subsystem as Opto-Mechanical Integration Lead on August 12. Jeffrey will be working in Tucson with frequent travel to Chile. He will be providing supervision of the technicians involved in the assembly, installation, operation, and maintenance of the M1M3 cell assembly. 

LSST has several exciting positions available—current openings can be found on the LSST hiring website. Help spread the word! 

UPCOMING MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

2019

 

September 11-13

AMCL meeting, La Serena, Chile

September 19

Getting Ready for LSST: 5+million small bodies, 1+billion observations workshop at ESPC-DPS 2019 meeting, Geneva, Switzerland*

September 26-27

Midwest Workshop on Supernovae and Transients, Columbus, OH

September 30-October 4

Managing Follow-up Observations in the Era of ZTF and LSST Workshop, Pasadena, CA*

October 7-9

Untangle the Skein with Scarlet: LSST De-blending Pipeline Application Workshop, Naples, Italy

November 6-8

Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution Workshop, Boston, MA

2020

 

January 4-8

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI


NOTICIAS DEL PROYECTO Y DE LA CIENCIA

Más de 300 participantes asistieron al Taller del Proyecto y Comunitario LSST 2019, una oportunidad para que los miembros del Proyecto LSST y de la Comunidad Científica se relacionen, compartan el progreso y discutan los próximos desafíos. Lea más sobre LSST 2019, llevado a cabo del 12 al 16 de agosto en Tucson, AZ, en este enlace link. Una versión de alta resolución de la foto del equipo tomada en el taller está disponible en la Galería de LSST LSST Gallery.

Un nuevo video que promociona LSST se estrenó durante la sesión plenaria de bienvenida en LSST 2019. El video presenta imágenes recopiladas de los asistentes a LSST 2018 como parte de un proyecto en curso de Educación y Difusión Publica llamado "Story Time Domain". El video se puede ver en YouTube o para descargar desde la Galería de LSST LSST Gallery. 

El Comité Asesor de Ciencias (SAC) de LSST ha revisado las Cartas de Intención que se presentaron para desarrollar agentes de eventos comunitarios para LSST. Basándose en la alta calidad y los variados objetivos científicos de estas cartas, se anima a todos los escritores a presentar propuestas completas. El proyecto planea emitir la convocatoria formal de propuestas a fines de este año calendario. Anticipamos que las propuestas completas se recibirán en el segundo trimestre de 2020; serán evaluados por un subcomité del SAC.  

El equipo de Gestión de Datos (DM) de LSST ha organizado y publicado "Respuestas de LSST a las Preguntas Frecuentes de los Agentes Comunitarios" “LSST Answers to Community Broker FAQs,” que proporciona respuestas a las preguntas formuladas por los agentes desarrolladores y la comunidad científica en el Taller de Agentes Comunitarios de LSST LSST Community Brokers Workshop de junio, 2019 . El equipo de DM acepta preguntas o comentarios adicionales en el mismo enlace.

El ensamblaje L1L2, que incorpora dos de los tres lentes de la cámara LSST, se recibió en el Laboratorio Nacional de Aceleradores SLAC el 15 de agosto, y las inspecciones iniciales no revelaron problemas. El ensamblaje L1L2 fue construido por Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation (BATC) y Arizona Optical Systems (AOS), y fue enviado desde Tucson, AZ. El tercer lente (L3) pronto se someterá a una revisión de aceptación final en Thales SESO (TSESO) en Francia y se espera que se envíe a SLAC en septiembre.

También en SLAC, el equipo de Integración y Pruebas de la Cámara de LSST (I&T) continúa integrando módulos de producción con el criostato de la Cámara en la instalación de la Sala Limpia IR2 de SLAC. Hasta ahora, I&T ha instalado los cuatro Módulos Esquineros de Torre (CRTMs) y cuatro Módulos de Torre (RTMs). Las fotos del progreso de la instalación están disponibles en este enlace link. El equipo I& instalará otros cinco RTMs durante esta primera fase de la integración de plano focal, la cual se espera que esté terminada a principios de septiembre. I&T instalará los 12 RTMs restantes en una segunda fase de integración, que se espera que continúe hasta el cuarto trimestre del año calendario 2019.

En Cerro Pachón, el sustituto del espejo primario/terciario (M1M3) se ha integrado con la celda M1M3 en el carro de transporte M1M3 en el edificio de la Instalación del sitio LSST. El sustituto del espejo es una estructura de acero que simula la masa y centro de gravedad del espejo M1M3 de vidrio, y se utilizará para probar el soporte del espejo y los sistemas de control durante la integración de la celda del espejo M1M3, así como también pruebas iniciales del telescopio. Fotos de la celda, sustituto y el carro de transporte integrados están disponibles en el la Galería de LSST LSST Gallery.

NOTICIAS DE PERSONAL

Jeffrey Urban se unió al subsistema de Telescopio and Sitio como líder de integración opto-mecánica el 12 de agosto. Jeffrey trabajará en Tucson con frecuentes viajes a Chile. Supervisará a los técnicos involucrados en el ensamblaje, instalación, operación y mantenimiento del ensamblaje de la celda M1M3. 

LSST tiene varios puestos interesantes disponibles: las vacantes actuales se pueden encontrar en el sitio web de contratación de LSST website.  Ayuda a difundir la información! 

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACIÓN DE LSST 

(aquellas con asterisco * están financiadas por LSSTC ):

2019

 

27-30 de agosto

Revisión en Conjunto de Estado NSF/DOE, Tucson, AZ

11-13 de septiembre

Reunión AMCL , La Serena, Chile

26-27 de septiembre

Midwest Workshop on Supernovae and Transients, Columbus, OH

30 de septiembre al 4 de octubre

Taller, Managing Follow-up Observations in the Era of ZTF and LSST Workshop, Pasadena, CA*

7-9 de octubre

Untangle the Skein with Scarlet: LSST De-blending Pipeline Application Taller, Napoles, Italia

6-8 de Noviembre

Taller Kavli Petabytes to Science Data Inclusion Revolution, Boston, MA

2020

 

4-8 Enero

American Astronomical Society (AAS) 235th Meeting, Honolulu, HI

 

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