Magellan SAC April 7-8, 2006 Pasadena, CA

Personnel New hires: –None Open positions: –Programmer –Scientists (two, through AAO) Changes –Pasadena EE to part-time

Staffing Telescope technical support –Sufficient staffing –Improved progress on long-term projects Observer support –Insufficient, even for experienced observers –Some observations lost due to slow communications Instrumentation support –Sufficient for routine work –Insufficient for new instrument commissioning

Australia Sale of 30 nights over two years at $46K/night Cash ($690K) & personnel (two scientists) Personnel contribution: –Two AAO scientists (new hires) –Two years at LCO (Magellan support & research) –Third year in Australia (research) Hiring selection is AAO/Magellan collaboration Starts in 2007A

TSIP proposals (selections ~May) MMT and Magellan Infrared Spectrograph (MMIRS) Brian McLeod & collaborators, SAO. $917K, 9 Magellan nights in 1 year (and 9 at MMT). A Second, Higher-red-sensitivity Mosaic CCD Camera for IMACS (Mosaic2) Alan Dressler & collaborators, Carnegie Observatories. $648K, 15 Magellan nights in one year (community-wide). Development of a Magellan Adaptive Secondary Laird Close & collaborators, University of Arizona. $1,356K, 31 Magellan nights over three years

F/5 secondary news LBT secondary problems will delay Magellan F/5 Magellan secondary now expected early 2007 About 1 year to commission F/5 focal plane Ready in time for MMIRS arrival

WFC fit-test SAO team fit-checked F/5 Wide Field Corrector First test of instrument lift and WFC carts Minor modifications being applied WFC cells now being fitted with lenses

F/5 WFC fit-check

F/5 secondary cell Most parts are machined (cell body, supports) See it in the OCIW assembly area

Instrument News IMACS dispersers tested –150 l/mm grism (McCarthy, Dressler) –LDP “Low Dispersion Prism” (Burles) MMTF Maryland-Magellan Tunable Filter –Passed Director’s pre-ship review –Installation starts in a few months LDSS –New shutter controller installed –VPH-ALL grism fabricated

Computing and networking CTIO CISS now provides systems administration Major network upgrade –Firewall to the world –Managed routers added –New mail server to be installed CTIO network connection –45 Mbit/sec to Internet2 from El Pino –4 Mbit/sec to El Pino from LCO

Cleanroom MMIRS and FourStar are large vacuum systems Both have expensive detectors Large clean work area needed for: –Particle and volatile contaminant control –ESD control Alternatives: –Ship back to US (risky and lengthy) –Work in dirty environments (risky, difficult)

Cleanroom concept

Cleanroom location

Cleanroom view

Cleanroom Approximate cost: –$200K for building –$50K for cleanroom equipment Resolution from SAC requested