MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Cassegrain upgrades UIST Controller upgrade: EDICT replaced by ARC Improved performance in all modes; Full-array readout.

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MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Cassegrain upgrades UIST Controller upgrade: EDICT replaced by ARC Improved performance in all modes; Full-array readout in thermal bands 1kx 1k 4-point mosaic M’ (4.8 microns) Original readout method Saturated toward centre of array 1kx 1k 4-point mosaic M’ (4.8 microns) Row-reset readout No saturation More headroom, so Improved sensitivity BEFOREAFTER

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Cassegrain Upgrades Full commissioning of UIST coronagraphic imaging and imaging polarimetry Target behind the wider (1.3 arcsecond) occulting wire Slot 1 Slot 2 o o e e

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Cassegrain Science Highlights Radial Profile Null Profile (psf-psf) First Science Use of Coronagraphic Imaging Polarimetry - Wisniewski et al in prep - Herbig Ae proroplanetary disk: HD Variable outer structure in HST optical coronagraphy - UIST Coronagraphic Polarimetry: subarcsecond disk structure

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Cassegrain Science Highlights Cloud spectrum modelled with cloud layer at mbar Uranus + Moons + cloud Uranus + Moon – UIST imaging, CH 4 filter UIST Narrow-Band Imaging and Long-slit spectroscopy - Irwin et al in prep - First data taken with new ARC controller - Uranus cloud circulation spectroscopy and context imaging - Cloud feature discovered at mBar level

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 UKIDSS UKIDSS LAS passes z=6 for QSOs Gemini-S / GMOS Warren et al in prep UKIDSS + SDSS izYJ (initial candidate list) LT I (remove M dwarfs) UKIRT YJ (confirm high QSO probability) 8-m spectroscopy (final confirmation & z)

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 UKIDSS Zoomable mosaic of the GPS

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Campaigns U/CMP/1 - Coma Cluster of Galaxies (Mouhcine) - 12 nights U/CMP/2 - WFCAM Transit Survey (Hodgkin, Pinfield) nights U/CMP/3 - High-z Elliptical Galaxies (Best, Smail) – 45 nights U/CMP/4 – GRB monitoring (Tanvir) – 235 hours Total time allocations All but U/CMP/1 are under way.

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Campaigns Example: U/CMP/3 (HIZELS) – looking for H-alpha at z~2 Geach et al in prep.

MK Equinox Meeting March 2008 Campaigns Example: U/CMP/3 (HIZELS) – looking for H-alpha at z~2 Geach et al in prep.