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Friday, April 29, 2016

Project News - Para español, vea abajo

The T&S group met with designers from CAID, Inc. to perform a hazard analysis of the M1M3 cart system. CAID is under contract to provide final design of the M1M3 cart, along with the M1M3 Cell Weldment. This meeting provided a good opportunity to cooperatively discuss functional requirements to ensure safe operation will be provided by the design of the system and choice of components.

New pictures of ongoing Telescope Mount Assembly Fabrication (TMA) in Spain can be found in the Telescope Gallery.

M. Juric, interim Data Management (DM) Lead, and J. Becla, interim Project Manager for DM traveled to Tucson this week for productive sessions with the Science Quality and Reliability Engineering (SQuaRE) team and the Project Office.

The Camera team announced its award for filter coatings to Materion Precision Optics in Westford MA. See, http://www.materion.com/Precisionoptics

PERSONNEL NOTES

David Kittelson has joined the Central Administrative Services (CAS) as a Contracts Officer with primary responsibility to support LSST.

UPCOMING 2016 MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

May 16 - 19

Data Management Leadership Team, Tucson, AZ

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

August 16-18

LSST 2016 Project & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ

LSST Joint Status Review, Tucson, AZ


Noticias del Proyecto

El Grupo T&S se reunió con diseñadores de CAID, Inc. para realizar un análisis de peligros del sistema de carro M1M3. CAID está bajo contrato para proporcionar el diseño final del carro M1M3, junto con la soldadura de celda M1M3. Esta reunión ofreció una buena oportunidad para colaborar y discutir los requisitos funcionales para asegurar que un funcionamiento seguro será proporcionado por el diseño del sistema y la selección de componentes.

Imágenes de la Fabricación del Montaje de Telescopio (TMA) en España se puede encontrar en la Galeria del Telescopio Telescope Gallery

M. Juric, Jefe provisional de Gestión de Datos (DM), y J. Becla, Gerente de Proyecto provisional para DM viajó a Tucson esta semana para productivas sesiones con Ingeniería de Calidad de Ciencia y Fiabilidad (SQuaRE) y el equipo de la Oficina del Proyecto. 

El equipo de cámara anunció su premio para los filtros de revestimientos a Materion Óptica de Precisión en Westford MA. Ver http://www.materion.com/Precisionoptics

Notas del personal

David Kittleson se ha unido CAS como el Oficial de Contratos. David nos ha llegado de Raytheon y estará tomando en esta posición ya que Deborah Gronet paso  en el papel de los servicios administrativos centrales (CAS) Oficial de Cumplimiento.

Próximas reuniones con participación de LSST 2016

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

Mayo 16 - 19

Equipo de Liderazgo de Gestión de Datos, Tucson, AZ

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 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 Reunión LSST*, en Oxford, Reino Unido

Agosto 15-19

Agosto 16-18

Taller de Proyeto & Ciencia LSST 2016, Tucson, AZ

Revisión de Estado en Conjunto LSST, Tucson, AZ

 

Friday, April 22, 2016

Project News - Para español, vea abajo

The Project Office supported the AURA Management Council for LSST (AMCL) meeting last week in Washington, DC.  Steve Kahn also gave an overview of LSST status to the LSSTC Board; his presentation has been posted on our public website.

An AURA Board of Directors Meeting and the Annual Meeting of Member Representatives took place this week in Tucson.  As part of the program, each AURA Center gives an informal Open House presentation.  LSST used this opportunity to premiere our “Day in the Life of LSST Construction” video, a compilation of 170 images submitted by individuals working on LSST on March 23, 2016.   

Members of the Telescope team traveled to the Moog/CSA Engineering facility in Mountain View, CA to conduct the Integration and Test Plan Review for the hexapod and rotator system contract.  The team also held a kickoff meeting in Tucson at CAID Industries, Inc., to review their M1M3 Cart design/build contract this week.

The Camera team reports that the UA Imaging Technology Laboratory (ITL) has produced one 1st article wavefront sensor CCD that meets all specifications; it will be shipped to the project for further testing and acceptance.  The LSST focal plane consists of four wavefront sensors, each of which requires two CCDs.

The Simulations team has released a new version of PhoSim: the photon simulator, which generates representative images of the sky as the LSST would observe it by raytracing photons through an atmosphere, telescope, and camera.

PERSONNEL NOTES

Ben Emmons has joined LSST as our Project Manager for Education and Public Outreach (EPO), providing leadership for construction of the EPO software, tools, and interfaces that will engage non-specialists in LSST science and discoveries.  Ben comes to us from the University of Arizona, where he had the position of Web Operations Manager for the UITS Web & Mobile Services Team; his technical management experience also includes 6 years as an Application Design Professional at CSC/Raytheon. 

Rob Bovill has joined the LSST Telescope and Site software team as a Software Test Engineer.  In this role, Rob will lead the effort to test Telescope and Site software components by creating and executing test cases, reporting and tracking results and issues.  Rob has experience with manual and automated tests for life sciences, intelligence, and solar system spacecraft applications.

Senior Systems Engineer Andrew Loftus has joined the Data Management group at NCSA, to lead the installation and maintenance of LSST computing facilities there.  Andrew was a Senior Engineer in NCSA's Storage Enabling Technologies group prior to his move to LSST.

UPCOMING 2016 MEETINGS with LSST INVOLVEMENT

(those with asterisk* are LSSTC funded):

April 25 – 29

Future Sky Surveys and Big Data Workshop, Daejoen, Korea

May 16 - 19

Data Management Leadership Team, Tucson, AZ

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

August 16-18

LSST 2016 Project & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ

LSST Joint Status Review, Tucson, AZ


Noticias del Proyecto

La Oficina de Proyecto apoyo la reunión de Consejo de Gestión AURA para LSST (AMCL) la semana pasada en Washington, DC. Steve Kahn también dio un resumen del estado de LSST para la Junta de LSSTC; su presentación fue publicada en nuestra página web pública.

Un reunión de Directores de la Junta de AURA y la Reunión Anual de los Miembros Representantes tuvo lugar esta semana en Tucson. Como parte del programa, cada centro de AURA da una presentación informal de Casa Abierta. LSST aprovecho esta oportunidad para presentar nuestro video de “Un Día en la Vida de la Construcción de LSST” "Day in the Life of LSST Construction" , una recopilación de 170 imágenes presentadas por individuos que trabajan en LSST el 23 de marzo de 2016.    

Los miembros del equipo del Telescopio viajaron a la instalación de Ingeniería Moog/CSA en Mountain View, California, para conducir la Revision del Plan de Integracion y Prueba Integration and Test Plan Review para contrato del hexápodo y sistema rotador.  El equipo también tuvo la reunión inicial en Tucson en Industrias CAID, Inc. para revisar el contrato del diseño/construcción del carro M1M3 esta semana.

El equipo de cámara informa que el Laboratorio de Tecnología de imágenes (ITL) de la UA,  ha producido un primer artículo wavefront sensor CCD que cumple con todas las especificaciones; éste será enviado al proyecto para otras pruebas y aceptación.  El plano focal de LSST consta de cuatro sensores de frente de onda, cada una de los cuales requiere dos CCDs.

El Equipo de Simulación ha lanzado una nueva versión de PhoSim: el simulador de fotones, que genera imágenes representativas del cielo como el LSST observarían por raytracing fotones a través de un telescopio, la atmósfera y la cámara.

Notas del Personal

Ben Emmons se ha sumado LSST como nuestro Gerente de Proyecto para la educación y la difusión pública (EPO), proveerá liderazgo para la construcción del software EPO, herramientas e interfaces que involucrarán a los no especialistas en ciencia LSST y descubrimientos.  Ben viene de la Universidad de Arizona, donde tuvo el cargo de Gerente de Operaciones del Web UITS Web & Mobile Services Team; su experiencia en la gestión técnica también incluye 6 años como diseñador de aplicación profesional en el CSC/Raytheon.  

Rob Bovill se ha sumado al Equipo de software del Telescopio y Sitio de LSST como Ingeniero de Pruebas de Software. En este papel, Rob liderará el esfuerzo para probar el telescopio y los componentes de software del sitio creando y ejecutando casos de prueba, presentación de informes y el seguimiento de los resultados y problemas. Rob tiene experiencia con pruebas manuales y automáticas para las ciencias de la vida, la inteligencia, el sistema solar y las aplicaciones espaciales.

El Ingeniero de Sistemas Senior Andrew Loftus se ha unido al  grupo de Gestión de Datos en NCSA, para liderar la instalación y el mantenimiento de instalaciones informáticas de LSST allí.  Andrew fue un Ingeniero Senior en el grupo de Tecnologías de Almacenamiento del NCSA antes de su traslado a LSST.

PRÓXIMAS REUNIONES CON PARTICIPACIÓN LSST 2016

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

Abril 25 - 29

Future Sky Surveys and Big Data Workshop, Daejoen, Corea

Mayo 16 - 19

Equipo de Liderazgo de gestión de datos, Tucson, AZ

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 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 Reunión LSST*, en Oxford, Reino Unido

Agosto 15-19

Agosto 16-18

LSST 2016 & Science Workshop, Tucson, AZ

Revisión de estado mixto LSST, Tucson, AZ

 

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Members of the Telescope team traveled to the Moog/CSA Engineering facility in Mountain View, CA to conduct the Integration and Test Plan Review for the hexapod and rotator system contract. Major pieces of the hexapod actuator assembly are shown on the cart to the left, with sections of the curved linear guides for the camera rotator in their shipping crate from THK/Japan. CSA will begin to assemble and test the actuators this fall in CA, with integrated hexapod and rotator system testing to be performed in their CO office beginning in early 2017.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Main Image Caption: 
LSST-AstroPy Meeting at UW, March, 2016.
Image Credit: 
M. Juric, LSST/UW

Following the Python in Astronomy 2016 meeting held last week in Seattle, over the weekend of March 26th/27th members of LSST Data Management met with people from the AstroPy community to discuss areas of overlap and synergy between the two projects. Topics for the meeting included coordinates handling, packaging and distribution, table interoperability, sky regions and masking, world coordinate systems and representation of data objects. The meeting was very positive and we are working on a report proposing how LSST and AstroPy should improve interoperability and code sharing.

September

Chile: a worldwide hub for astronomy

The installed astronomical infrastructure in Northern Chile accounts for 50% of the world's light collection capacity.
April

A Day in the life of LSST Construction

This ten-minute slideshow includes 170 images from a single day that show the breadth of work being done and the individuals responsible for construction of the LSST.

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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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