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Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee Inaugural Meeting September 13, 2007

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Lick Strategic Planning Group Background: Burt Jones

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Operate, maintain, and advance the optical/infrared astronomy facilities of the Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton. Provide a scientific and administrative interface to the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Operate facilities to design and construct advanced instrumentation for the Lick and Keck Telescopes, including major optics, instruments, detectors, and software systems Conduct forefront research in astronomy. Provide an organization which can unite and coordinate astronomy groups throughout the UC system in support of the Lick and Keck Observatories. Support through its facilities graduate and undergraduate student teaching and the training of astronomy Ph.D.s throughout the UC system. UCO UCO MISSION STATEMENT

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Research Telescopes * Shane * Nickel * Crossley * CAT * KAIT * 36-inch * APF

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Shane Kast (1993-Cassegrain spectrograph) Hamilton (1986-Coude high-resolution spectrograph) PFCam (1997-Prime focus imager) AO-IRCAL (1995-Cassegrain Adaptive Optics Gemini (1995, facility instrument 1997-Cassegrain near to mid-IR imager/spectrograph) User (e.g., Flitecam, Puetter IR)

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Nickel CCD Cassegrain Imager Cassegrain Spectrograph User (OSETI, Welsh camera, Bloom/Butler camera) CAT Hamilton (High-resolution spectrograph) Crossley User (Marchis, Doyle)

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 KAIT CCD Cassegrain imager APF (Automatic Planet Finder) (Naysmith High Resolution Spectrograph) 36-Inch Refractor (?)

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Mountain Scientific Support Staff Reporting to the Director *3 Support Scientists (Misch, E. Gates, Grigsby) Reporting to UCO Computer and Programming Head (Deich) * 1 Programmer (J. Gates) Reporting to Telescope Operations Supervisor (Severinsen) * 4 Telescope Operators/Technicians (Baker, Earthman, Walp, Miller) *2 Laser Techs/Technicians (Chloros, Morey) *1 Telescope Maintenance (Owens)

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Campus support: *40% time Jones *40% V. Wallace *McLean, as needed *Business staff *Software Group *Labs

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Shane Instrument Usage by Request 05A 05B 06A 06B 07A 07B Kast Ham PFCam AO Gemini Own _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Shane Campus Usage by Request 05A 05B 06A 06B 07A 07B UCB UCSC UCD UCSD UCLA SFSU Other LLBL _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Shane Position Usage by Request 05A 05B 06A 06B 07A 07B Faculty Grad St Post-Doc Research _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Shane Science Areas by Request 05A 05B 06A 06B 07A 07B Solar Sys Plan. Det Galactic X Galactic Eng _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Trends? In last semester, 4 proposals accounted for 88 of requested 220 nights.

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Nickel - Cat Usage Quarter _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nickel CAT Quarter _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nickel CAT

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Public Outreach Main Building, 36-inch tours, Gift Shop, Exhibits (open 363 days a year, around 25,000 visitors a year) Shane Visitor’s Gallery Summer Visitor’s Program 6 nights of public viewing, with lectures (~1,300 per year) Music of the Spheres 6 concerts in the main building, followed by lectures and viewing (~900 per year) Tours college classes, professional groups (~24 per year) HamCam Funding Events

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September Lick Observatory in the Keck ERA * Continued forefront, competitive research, change in emphasis *Continued and expanded Keck support *Test bed for instrumental development *Synoptic, long term, and specialized programs *Continued and increased graduate student training *Continued and increased public education and outreach

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September Action Plan *Technical support New support astronomer position, programmer, laser tech *New instrumentation Near IR spectrograph did not happen, still have Gemini New Coude feed telescope, have instead APF coming online *Better communication On line documentation, web site Mt Hamilton Instrument Group

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September Action Plan *Improved seeing minor actions *Remote observing only now taking place *Telescope upgrades Pointing, tracking, guiding, only now taking place

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Current Projects * Kast Upgrade (underway) - New control boards - New red CCD - New dichroics (?) - New coatings - Overhaul

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Current Projects *Kast Upgrade (underway) - New control boards - New red CCD - New dichroics (?) - New coatings - Overhaul

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Current Projects *Nickel Focus Mechanism *Replace Dome Axles *Pointing Improvements

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Future Projects *Seeing Improvements (vent air through light tunnel) (costed, not yet approved) *Cooling guide cameras (being costed)

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Future Projects *Hamilton Upgrade (will start when KAST is done) -New control boards -remote iodine cell operation -remote image rotator operation -New guide TV filter wheel

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Upcoming Challenges San Jose Lighting 1980 San Jose switched from Mercury vapor to low pressure sodium for most of its street lighting (helped by input from Lick Observatory) for energy savings Today, 50,700 LPS lights 7,130 HPS lights

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Asteroid San Jose San Jose has: *Mandated LPS for nearly all street lighting *Mandated LPS for all private development *Fully shielded lights for all sources more than 4,050 lumens *Partial shielding for all light sources *Outdoor lighting turned off within one hour of close of business

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 But: The future is bright (literally), but not good

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 But not entirely black

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 San Jose Lighting Task Force *UCO involved *Looking at replacing current LPS-HPS street lights. * Most likely candidate: LED -Energy efficient -Long lasting (50,000 hours) -White Light UCO/Lick is working with San Jose to mitigate going to a white light source

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Possible mitigations Go to amber (6 nm fwhm) late at night White by 3 color LED Current ways of producing white light from LED

Lick Observatory Strategic Planning Committee September 2007 Personal Feelings: 1) Lick can continue to be a significant contributor to front line research. 2) Our future research will need to move more to high resolution spectroscopy, AO, and near and mid IR spectroscopy and imaging, and we need new instrumentation in these areas. 3) We need to shift our emphasis to long term programs and graduate research.