The Astrometric Promise of Large A*  Dave Monet U.S. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station September 21, 2008.

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The Astrometric Promise of Large A*  Dave Monet U.S. Naval Observatory - Flagstaff Station September 21, 2008

Executive Summary

Is anything left to do? Gaia and SIM promise to do everything: Gaia and SIM promise to do everything: Microarcsecond astrometry down to 20 th. Microarcsecond astrometry down to 20 th. Sub-microarcsecond astrometry for planets. Sub-microarcsecond astrometry for planets. Francois Mignard is a tough act to follow. Francois Mignard is a tough act to follow.

Ground vs. Space Reasons to go to space: Reasons to go to space: Ultimate in astrometric accuracy. Ultimate in astrometric accuracy. Big teams of clever folks. Big teams of clever folks. Lots of money and glamour. Lots of money and glamour. Reasons to stay on the ground: Reasons to stay on the ground: Useful astrometric accuracy. Useful astrometric accuracy. Big apertures. Big apertures. High data rates. High data rates. Long duration missions. Long duration missions.

A*  Astrometry A*  is etendue (meter 2 degree 2) : A*  is etendue (meter 2 degree 2) : Metric for telescope efficiency - sort of. Metric for telescope efficiency - sort of. New optical designs deliver large useful fields. New optical designs deliver large useful fields. New CCD mosaics offer many 10 8 to 10 9 pixels. New CCD mosaics offer many 10 8 to 10 9 pixels. Parallel electronics to read in a few seconds. Parallel electronics to read in a few seconds. 4 projects are in construction or planning: 4 projects are in construction or planning: Pan-STARRS (U. Hawaii + USAF). Pan-STARRS (U. Hawaii + USAF). SkyMapper (Australian National University). SkyMapper (Australian National University). SST (DARPA + MIT/LL + USAF). SST (DARPA + MIT/LL + USAF). LSST (LSST Corporation). LSST (LSST Corporation). Astrometric utility of any/all of these systems? Astrometric utility of any/all of these systems? Several visits to all available sky - per lunation! Several visits to all available sky - per lunation! Astrometry for all 10**9 (or maybe 10**10) objects. Astrometry for all 10**9 (or maybe 10**10) objects. No selection effect other than photons. No selection effect other than photons. Photography enabled motion - A*  enables parallax. Photography enabled motion - A*  enables parallax.

Pan-STARRS - PS1 On Haleakala (Maui). On Haleakala (Maui). First light: Aug First light: Aug ORR: Dec ORR: Dec  survey: 15 visits in a total of 6 colors from  =-30 to  =  survey: 15 visits in a total of 6 colors from  =-30 to  = m aperture. 1.8-m aperture. 1.4 billion pixel camera. 1.4 billion pixel camera. PS-2, PS-4. PS-2, PS-4.

SkyMapper Siding Springs (Australia) Siding Springs (Australia) First Light: Sep 2008? First Light: Sep 2008? 6 visits in each of 6 colors from  =-90 to  =0. 6 visits in each of 6 colors from  =-90 to  = m aperture. 1.3-m aperture. 256 million pixel camera. 256 million pixel camera.

LSST Cerro Pachon (Chile). Cerro Pachon (Chile). First Light: 2014? First Light: 2014? $50M raised already. $50M raised already. 3 visits of entire visible sky every lunation. 3 visits of entire visible sky every lunation. 8.4-m aperture. 8.4-m aperture. 3.4 billion pixel camera. 3.4 billion pixel camera.

Astrometric Utility? Not much legacy for huge field, short exposure astrometry. Not much legacy for huge field, short exposure astrometry. Data from Subaru, Gemini, SOAR, others. Data from Subaru, Gemini, SOAR, others. My expectation: My expectation: 10 milliarcseconds per star per visit - differential. 10 milliarcseconds per star per visit - differential. Limited by photons or seeing. Limited by photons or seeing. Differential chromatic refraction is big issue. Differential chromatic refraction is big issue. Solve sky chunk at a time - messy. Solve sky chunk at a time - messy. Not sure about trying to solve for the sphere: Not sure about trying to solve for the sphere: Why bother when Gaia will do this for us, much better. Why bother when Gaia will do this for us, much better. Faint - correction from relative to absolute is small. Faint - correction from relative to absolute is small. Real data starting to appear right now! Real data starting to appear right now!

Summary Astrometry at 10 Tbytes/night is fun! Astrometry at 10 Tbytes/night is fun! Starting now! Starting now! Expect milliarcsecond results before Gaia. Expect milliarcsecond results before Gaia. LSST will go much fainter than Gaia. LSST will go much fainter than Gaia. Astrometry at r = 26? Astrometry at r = 26? Synergy between ground and space. Synergy between ground and space.

Kepler Astrometry - SNR  ∞