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NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORIES FY
1985 PROGRAM PLAN
SEPTEMBER 13, 1985 ADDENDUM B
IV.
PROPOSED NOAO INSTRUMENTATION PROJECTS FOR FY 1985
NOAO's projects fall into three basic categories:
(1) research and development projects, (2) improvement projects, and (3) new initiatives.
Balance between these groups is necessary, since
all three play essential roles within NOAO.
Our choice of projects for
FY 1985 has been guided by this need for balance.
The NNTT Project
continues to be our No. 1 priority and, as such, is detailed separately in Section V.
Initiatives for new projects arise mainly within the divisions and a corresponding breakdown is adopted here.
The total NOAO program in new
projects is, however, to be viewed as a first step towards a coordinated one aimed at using available resources in the most
effective manner.
While this goal has not been achieved yet, some
steps towards it are reflected here.
Future program plans will reflect
an evolution of NOAO to placing greater emphasis on coordination of programs of common interest.
A.
New Initiatives
Experimental Astrophysics
$
Global Oscillation Network
194.8K 265.2K
4m IR Optimized Southern Telescope*
0.0K $
460.OK
*No funding provided in FY 1985, however, a proposal has been submitted to the NSF.
Experimental Astrophysics Program.
A major thrust of this program
will be a beginning effort to accomplish wavefront correction in
the infrared (2-5 ym), using field stars in the visible spectrum
region to determine the wavefront distortions introduced by the atmosphere.
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This adaptive optics program holds the promise of diffraction limited performance of large astronomical telescopes in the near and far infrared regions of the spectrum, including the NNTT itself.
The NNTT resolution at 2, 5, and 10 \sa would equal 0.03,
0.07, and 0.1 arcseconds respectively, which is comparable with the angular resolution of Space Telescope in the ultraviolet and
optical regions of the spectrum.
A NNTT with adaptive optics will,
therefore, complement those ST and IR space observatories in a
major way and would provide an unique capability well beyond what exists now.
By going into the infrared, the requirements on an
adaptive optics system are simplified substantially, while at the same time increasing its utility.
When going to longer
wavelengths, the geometrical scale of the wavefront disturbances increases.
This allows larger subapertures of the telescope to be
used, decreasing the number of adaptive optics subelements needed. In addition a larger subaperture size and the longer time
constraints permit the use of fainter optical sensing stars.
Since
the size of the so-called isoplanatic patch increases in the
infrared, this allows one to correct for wavefront disturbances over the entire sky at 5 p
wavelength.
When going to shorter wavelengths adaptive optics become increasingly more difficult.
Therefore, our long-term strategy is
to start in the infrared, and then move towards the optical region
of the spectrum, using the experience gained to tackle the
increasingly complex technology.
In FY 1985, we plan to identify,
procure and/or construct the major components of such an adaptive optics system including a 7-19 element adaptive mirror, a Hartmann or shearing-interferometer optical wavefront sensor,
computer-controlled hardware to couple them.
and the
In FY 1986 initial
tests will be conducted both in the laboratory and on the KPNO 4m telescope.
Global Oscillation Network.
Although experiments from space can
(and may in time) provide superb data for the further development of the field, ground-based observations from a network of stations
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can play an essential role during the next decade.
A network of
six identical stations, properly instrumented and supported by adequate computing facilities, could acquire an excellent data base for a broad international community of investigators. natural focus for such a large-scale effort.
NOAO is the
With the advice and
participation of the community, NOAO proposes to construct and
operate such a network, beginning in FY 1985.
A proposal prepared
within NOAO for implementation of this project has been submitted with AURA approval to the NSF.
The desired data consist of a nearly continuous time series of
Doppler velocity maps of the Sun, extending over several years. The number of stations is determined by the minimum acceptable duty
cycle (about 80%), at which the gaps in the time series can be filled in with numerical techniques, and the spurious lines in the final oscillation spectrum can be largely suppressed.
Numerical modeling experiments have shown that the best available four-station network might approach an 80% duty cycle only under
exceptionally favorable conditions.
Under more realistic
conditions, the data it would acquire, while an order of magnitude better than any current set, would still be contaminated with spurious sidebands.
A six station net could virtually guarantee
the recovery of undistorted oscillation spectra, at a modest incremental
cost.
Each network station would consist of a telescope, a Doppler
analyzer, a solid state detector, a control computer and data recording equipment.
Once installed, it would operate
automatically, requiring a local operator only to change the recording medium once a day.
A six station network could be ready for operation in about four
years after the start of the project.
Data reduction at a central
site would keep pace with data acquisition throughout the operation.
The program would consist of three years1 operation
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followed by a year of analysis (e.g. extraction of oscillatory modes from the corrected data set).
As stations are completed and installed, they could be operated in
a partial network to provide experience in reducing and merging data.
Several essential steps toward a network will be taken in FY 1985.
These include numerical experiments on the performance of
alternative sites in a network, and partial installation of a network of sunshine monitors at ten potential sites.
Work will
also be initiated on algorithm development for data resolution and
analysis.
The choice of a suitable Doppler analyzer is crucial to
the success of the project. Several suitable instruments are under development, including a Fourier Tachometer system at NOAO.
In
FY 1985, NOAO will conduct a competition among the possible devices with the cooperation of all interested parties; select the approach that best meets project requirements; and initiate development of a prototype.
B.
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
LSI-11 Systems
$
201.9K
2-D Photon Counters
142.5K
Tektronix CCDs
100.OK
4m Fiber Optics Feed
2.8K
1.5m Offset Guider
4.IK
Infrared Arrays
104.OK
IR Spectrometer
70.6K
IR Speckle Dewar
0.2K
4m IR Photometer
10.3K
VAX-11/750 Installation
68.8K
$
30
705.2K
NOAO has undertaken a major program to upgrade CTIO's optical
detector systems.
While the currently-used Vidicons have produced
many useful results, their intrinsic complexity and vulnerability to magnetic flexure prevents them from being ideal detectors.
The
outstanding success of the KPNO CCD system at the prime focus of the CTIO 4m, combined with the success of the prototype systems which have been used on the 1.0m and 1.5m telescopes, demonstrates
the need for similar capabilities at CTIO's 0.9m, 1.5ra, and 4m
telescopes.
The proposal is to provide for direct imaging at the
0.9m, 1.5m, and 4m telescopes, and CCD spectroscopy on the 1.5m and 4m.
We fully expect usage equivalent to that at KPNO, where the
demand for the 0.9m CCD-equipped telescope equals that for the 4m telescope.
Additional gains will be an increase in the scientific
output of the smaller telescopes, plus increased 4m time for use at the limit of its light gathering power.
For economy, we have combined CTIO's CCD controllers (currently in existence or under construction) with the software already
developed for the KPNO system.
Three LSI-ll/73 computers and
associated peripheral equipment will be purchased to run the controllers.
These computers are central to a much broader plan
which calls for the conversion of all mountain data acquisition, as
well as control of the 4m telescope, to LSI-11 computers operating
under F0RTH-11.
This switch to DEC computers will bring CTIO and
KPNO into closer hardware and software compatibility than ever
before, allowing both sites to share in software improvements and collaborate in hardware additions such as
the mountain IRAF
workstations planned for FY 1986.
Until now, CCD detectors have been limited to relatively small formats.
However, Tektronix has announced a program to produce
large (55mm-square, 2048 x 2048 pixels), low-noise CCDs which will be particularly useful for astronomical applications.
CTIO
proposes to buy one of these devices in FY 1985, and another in FY 1986.
These will serve both as the primary detectors for Midas,
a revolutionary two-color imaging system for the 4m telescope, and
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for spectroscopy on the 4m RC and echelle spectrographs.
In
preparation for the arrival of the Tektronix CCDs (and as a first step in the Midas project), CTIO will build two new shutter and filter wheel assemblies especially designed for large-format imaging.
Two-dimensional photon counting systems are still superior to CCDs
when signal levels are low; in addition, they have much better UV
response.
Two such systems (the so-called "2D-Fruttis") are
proposed—one each at the 4m and lm telescopes.
Construction of
the first CTIO system was begun in FY 1984; in FY 1985 we plan to build a second.
A UV-transmitting camera and magnet will also be
constructed during FY 1985 for use with the 2-D photon counting device on the 4m RC and echelle spectrographs.
During FY 1985, a modest effort will be continued to construct a
prototype remote fiber-optic positioner as a feed for the 4m RC spectrograph.
Construction of an offset guider for the 1.5m
telescope begun in FY 1984 will also be completed.
Larger IR arrays are now becoming commercially available and this fact has resulted in some shifts in priorities at NOAO.
CTIO and
KPNO are purchasing, from Santa Barbara Research Corporation
(SBRC), two 62x58 element InSb arrays for each site.
will be delivered in early FY 1986.
The arrays
We are currently involved in
joint planning of instruments for these detectors.
The first
instrument will be a direct camera, with filters, for imaging in
the 1 to 5 micron range.
We are beginning discussions of how to
implement the arrays in spectroscopic instruments.
During FY 1985, work continued on a joint KPNO and CTIO project to build an imaging system based on a 32 element InSb array
manufactured by Cincinnati Electronics.
The work resulted in a
publication on the development effort, which was well advanced, but the project is being shelved so as not to delay the implementation of the larger and lower noise SBRC arrays.
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The CTIO IR Spectrometer is nearing completion and will receive its first scientific use in early FY 1986.
We are currently awaiting
new detectors to replace the faulty ones originally received.
A
new computer program for IR observing is nearing completion which will control the (9 channel) spectrometer and the single channel
photometers and make possible improved telescope control.
Because of delays in completing the IR Spectrometer, further work will not be possible in FY 1985 on the planned Infrared Speckle
Dewar.
Facing a reduction in budget and the need for manpower to
implement the IR Arrays, we have decided not to build the Speckle instrument in the immediate future.
Work continues on a low priority basis on the 4m Photometer.
The
definition of that project was reduced to providing a dedicated
photometer body for the 4m telescope to permit simultaneous IR observations on the two large telescopes during bright time.
This
will be important with the advent of more IR instruments.
The installation of the VAX-11/750, dedicated to image processing,
is planned during FY 1985.
This computer, which is virtually
identical to the VAX computers already in use in Tucson, will run the KPNO-developed IRAF software package.
C.
Kitt Peak National Observatory Kitt Peak Photon Counting
Array (KPCA)
$
248.2K
IR Instrument Study
51.7K
IR Array Camera
22.3K
Tektronix CCD
145.7K
4m Prime Focus CCD
105.OK
2.1m Chopping Secondary
163.7K
4m Seeing Monitor
42.6K
4m Thermal Environment
15.4K
Cryogenic Camera Modifications
10.9K
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Instrument & Computer Power
55.4K
Mountain Computers
171.3K
UV Fast Camera
45.OK
2.1m CCD Direct Camera
8.5K
2.1m CCD Controller
35.OK
IRS @ #2-0.9m Telescope
25.OK
PDS Improvements
4.OK
R-C Grating
16.6K
Echelle Grating
15.6K
Echelle Improvements
7.6K
Universal Dewar Mark II
8.8K $1,198.3K
During FY 1983 fabrication was begun on a CCD-based imaging photon
counting system following a design developed at the Carnegie Institute of Washington in Pasadena.
The image-intensifier chain
plus CCD, as well as most of the necessary electronic hardware,
were fabricated in FY 1984.
During FY 1985 this system, the Kitt
Peak Photon Counting Array (KPCA), was tested and implemented on the KPNO 4m R-C spectrograph.
Ultimately this sytem will also be
available on the KPNO 4m Echelle spectrograph.
A two-dimensional photon camera project, which could prove to be one of the next generation of photon counting systems,
is the
Mertz-Papaliolios optically-encoded high-speed image tube photomultiplier system. been carried out
Concept design and hardware testing have
in FY 1984.
Lack of
funds has
forced us
to
discontinue this project for FY 1985.
A major thrust in instrument development at the NOAO during FY 1985 involves the acquisition of IR array detectors and the design of
dewars that will allow both imaging and spectroscopy.
During FY
1985 we will implement the regular shared-risk use of the prototype IR Array Camera at the KPNO 1.3m telescope.
In addition we will
carry out an IR Instrument Study jointly with CTIO for the
conceptual design of an imager and a spectrometer.
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The acquisition
of the arrays, which are described in the section on the ETS Detector R&D Program, will occur early in FY 1986.
Tektronix has announced that they expect to offer large-format CCDs
by the end of CY 1985.
The NOAO plans to acquire a number of these
devices during FY 1985 for delivery and implementation during FY 1986.
During FY 1985 a smaller Tektronix CCD was tested and a
dewar was fabricated to accept the large CCD.
During FY 1985 the construction of a replacement for the 4m Prime
Focus CCD system which was transferred to CTIO in 1981 was completed.
This new system includes enhancements such as a Newall
focus mask and a drift-scan mechanism which will allow precise
photometry of faint objects.
A project to implement a two-axis Chopping Secondary at the KPNO 2.1m telescope was completed in FY 1985.
During FY 1985 efforts were continued toward understanding and improving the seeing at the KPNO 4m telescope.
The Seeing Monitor
is designed to make simultaneous measurements of image size and
motion (with a high frame rate video camera).
These data will be
compared with absolute and microthermal temperature measurements made in and around the dome and telescope.
At the same time, we
plan to take several steps to improve the Thermal Environment at the 4m telescope.
During FY 1985 we plan to enclose the cassegrain
cage and exhaust the hot air generated by electronics in the cage.
Minor modifications are planned for the Cryogenic Camera including the implementation of a higher dispersion grisra.
Work continues on the improvement of the Instrument & Computer
Power on Kitt Peak.
During FY 1985 a rotary uninterruptible power
supply (RUPS) was installed at the 2.1m complex.
This will permit
the implementation of the IRAF workstations at that facility as well as the simultaneous operation of CCDs at the 2.1m and Coude" Feed.
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Several improvements in Mountain Computers were carried out. additional computer for the 4m telescope was acquired.
An
This was
necessary to permit simultaneous daytime observing with the FTS and setup and calibration of instruments for nighttime observing.
A
computer was also procured for the #1-0.9m facility.
Efficient utilization of detectors such as
the KPCA and
unintensified CCDs required the availability of fast, high-
throughput UV-transmitting cameras.
The current KPNO 4m R-C
spectrograph and echelle cameras do not meet these requirements. design effort was begun in FY 1984 and completed in FY 1985.
A
The
construction of the camera will begin in FY 1985 and will be
completed in FY 1986.
The difficulties of designing and
fabricating such a camera for a 6" beam should give insight into the problems to be encountered with NNTT spectrograph systems.
During FY 1985, we completed a mechanical adaptor to allow direct CCD imaging at the 2.1m telescope.
We have begun a project to
construct an additional CCD Controller so that it will be possible
to operate CCDs simultaneously at the Coude" Feed and at the Cassegrain focus of the 2.1m telescope.
Pending completion of this
project, the Coude1 Feed cannot be scheduled when the 2.1m is used for direct imaging.
During FY 1984 the Kitt Peak //2-0.9m telescope was converted to an
f/7.5 Cassegrain system from the current f/15.
Since the bulk of
our instruments are designed for f/7.5 use, this substantially increases the versatility of the operation of this telescope.
In
particular, it allows the use of the IRS spectroscopic system at
the #2-0.9m telescope simultaneously with the CCD imaging system at the #1-0.9m telescope.
Unfortunately, fiscal constraints rule out
the automation of the IRS or replacement of the Varian computer at
the #2-0.9m telescope at this time. planned for FY 1985.
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Both projects were originally
Minor improvements to the PDS microdensitometer were carried out
during FY 1985.
These included an upgrade of the optical system
and modification of
the interface to the VAX.
We continue to improve the throughput of the KPNO spectrographs via
the implementation of new diffraction gratings.
During FY 1985 a
replica of a new R-C Grating, a 790 line/mm 8500A ruling, and a replica of a new Echelle, a 23 line/mm 77u ruling, were obtained.
A minor improvement to the 4m Echelle spectrograph was the addition of a Bowen-Walraven image slicer.
The KPNO Universal CCD Dewars
were modified by the installation of larger aperture entrance windows and shutters.
D.
National Solar Observatory
Thin Window Project
$
Multiple Diode Array
18 .7K 101 .8K
Sacramento Peak Tower Computer
62 ,0K
Correlation Tracker
47 .5K
McMath (stellar) Improvements
26 .OK
Fourier Tachometer
34 .5K
McMath Computer
45 .OK
McMath Stellar CCD System
7 .OK
$ 342 .5K
The Multiple-diode array, completed in FY 1984, enables a user to
select, under programmable control, portions of up to six RCA 512 x 320 CCD chips for simultaneous data read-out.
A processor for the
MDA has been designed to carry out gain and dark-current
calibration of the pixels in real time, and to compress the data
stream to those parameters ultimately desired (e.g. velocity, magnetic field). FY 1984.
Fabrication of the system was finished in
During FY 1985 the system was tested, user-friendly
software is being developed, and additional processors will be purchased.
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The obsolete Sigma 3 computer which controls the operation of the NOAO Sacramento Peak Tower needs to be replaced.
A system based on
the Motorola 68000 chip was designed and prepared for
implementation in FY 1984.
Testing, minor modifications, as well
as a concentration on telescope control software development, are being carried out in FY 1985.
A prototype correlation tracker to guide the NOAO Sacramento Peak Tower Telescope on photospheric structures with sub-arcsecond
accuracy will be completed in FY 1985.
This device is based on the
AMD 29500 bit-slice processor set of chips, which carry out a fast Fourier transform on two sequential 16 x 16 data arrays at a kilohertz rate and apply an algorithm to derive an error signal for
guiding a telescope.
A Motorola 68000 is used as the host
computer; construction of a prototype were largely completed in FY 1984.
Software development, minor modifications, and testing
will continue into FY 1985, including experimentation with this
prototype instrument for different ranges of seeing and telescope configuration.
The Vacuum Tower telescope at Sacramento Peak achieves a spatial resolution of
year.
less
than an arcsecond for a
few dozen hours a
Visiting scientists have attempted to measure vector
magnetic fields and velocity fields at such small spatial scales. However, the four-inch-thick entrance window of the telescope acts as a radially symmetric depolarizer, because of thermal and pressure stresses within it.
As a result, observations of magnetic
fields are distorted and uncertain.
Dunn has determined
that a
thin window (perhaps 0.5 inches thick) would have appreciably less
effect (approximately a factor of 20) on solar polarized light, and might therefore permit reliable observations of the vector magnetic field.
Since a vacuum in the Tower would bend a thin window an
unacceptable amount, the tower would have to be filled with helium gas at atmospheric pressure.
Tests carried out by NOAO staff at
the Vacuum Tower telescope at Kitt Peak in FY 1983 suggest that the
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high thermal conductivity and low refractive index of helium could
suppress internal seeing within a telescope nearly as well as a vacuum.
Tests on the performance of the Tower at Sacramento Peak
were carried out in FY 1984 and showed that the vacuum still seemed
necessary for the Tower.
The upper part of the telescope is
convectively upset even with helium, but the lower part is stable, even with air.
A window 5-cm thick should support the vacuum and if it were strain-free would be a considerable improvement.
However, we are
concerned that a quartz window 5-cm thick will still show stress from annealing and be unusable for polarization.
We have borrowed
two 90-cm diameter, 4-cm thick quartz windows from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
These will be tested for strain.
Calculations will be made to see if a cell can be devised that will
let this window support the vacuum. constructed during FY 1985.
If so then a new cell will be
If the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory windows are unusable then we must consider ordering a thicker window in FY 1986.
Additional tests will be made in
FY 1985 to study the convective equilibrium of the Sacramento Peak Tower.
The Kitt Peak Vacuum telescope does not work with helium and would not need to be evacuated.
and highly stressed.
The present quartz window is 10-cm thick
We have the option, therefore, of installing
one of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory windows in that
telescope if they are strain free.
A number of improvements to the McMath stellar facility are needed
to support synoptic stellar spectroscopy.
These include:
a.
A set of 100 A interference filters that cover 3000 - 9000 A.
b.
An aperture plate, fiber-optic coupled to the stellar spectrograph, to scramble the stellar image.
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c.
An encoder for the stellar spectrograph grating table.
d.
Modems to permit data display to a remote observer.
In collaboration with the High Altitude Observatory, NSO scientists
have developed the Mark II Fourier Tachometer.
This device
utilizes a solid Michelson interferometer to measure the shift of
spectral lines with a sensitivity below 1 m/s and with stability of at least 1 ra/s over many days.
With this instrument NOAO staff and
visiting scientists are able to measure oscillatory and systematic velocities with unprecedented stability and sensitivity.
During
FY 1985 programming efforts will be carried out to complete the
Fourier Tachometer project and it will then be moved to Tucson.
A
new computer will be purchased and modifications will be made to the heliostat.
The Varian computer at the McMath is obsolete and unreliable.
To
support visiting scientists at the McMath, and to provide a uniformity in the computers on Kitt Peak, NOAO proposes to replace
the McMath Computer in FY 1985.
The hardware includes a PDP 11/73,
Q-bus +, 160 Mbyte CDC disk, and Cipher microstreamer tape.
NOAO
ETS will install this equipment (which is compatible with other installations on Kitt Peak).
Work has begun on an FY 1986 project to implement the CCD system at the McMath Telescope to supplement the existing RETICON system. The lower read noise of the CCD will allow the present observing
program to be extended to fainter objects.
The RETICON will
continue in service for those observations which require its
greater dynamic range. FY
This project will be completed during
1986.
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E. Central Computer Services
NOAO Tucson Computer Implementation
$726.7K
In FY 1985 NOAO will replace the Tucson Cyber with a VAX 8600.
This computer will serve as NOAO's central computing facility for both "number crunching" and data analysis—including serving as
IRAF host processor.
8600.
We will extend the ethernet to include the
Several printers/plotters/etc. will be added to the 8600 by
purchase or transfer from the Cyber.
Several small enhancements
may be possible, such as low performance displays.
A second VAX 11/750 will be provided for CTIO.
Combined with
existing hardware, this will support a second image analysis station.
A small scale experiment with the use of a co-processor for
operation of IRAF at the telescopes may be possible.
In FY 1985, NOAO will purchase an image processing workstation.
The generic term "workstation" refers to a single user image
processing computer capable of running IRAF, with a fast cpu and central memory, several hundred Mbytes of disk storage, an array
processor, and an image display system.
Initially, we will connect
such workstations to data acquisition computers to enable astronomers to do on-line data reduction.
In the future,
workstations will be used as stand-alone image processing systems.
The first workstation to be purchased will be used as a development
and engineering system.
If funds are available, two production
workstations will be purchased for installation at the 4m telescopes.
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F.
Engineering and Technical Services
Ruling Engine Upgrade
$ 58.5K
R&D Detector Characterization
427.3K $485.8K
During FY 1985 ETS will continue efforts to improve the NOAO ruling
engine.
Through this upgrading, finer and/or larger rulings will
be possible—the NNTT, in particular will require extraordinarily large rulings.
The Detector R&D Program is responsible for the acquisition,
testing and evaluation of infrared and optical detectors to determine their utility for ground-based astronomical
applications.
The selection of specific detectors to be tested is
made by the NOAO R&D Advisory Committee.
Since 1984 the major
emphasis has been on detector arrays which are sensitive in the infrared.
During FY 1984 the following arrays were obtained:
Aerojet General Corporation 2x64 Si:Bi accumulation mode CID (AMCID)
Cincinatti Electronics Corporation
32x1 InSb array
Hughes Aircraft Corporation 58x62 PtSi Schottky barrier array
These devices were tested during FY 1985.
The AMCID device was
determined to be unsuitable due to insufficient full well capacity
relative to the thermal background radiation level of the sky.
The
Cincinatti Electronics linear array was planned to be implemented in a direct camera to be utilized at CTIO.
Limited on-telescope
testing was performed at the KPNO 1.3m telescope.
Reduced funding
and staffing levels delayed progress on this project and the
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eventual availability of better two-dimensional devices resulted in the cancellation of this project.
The Hughes array performed satisfactorily, albeit with low quantum efficiency, and was put into "shared-risk" service on Kitt Peak in the spring of 1985.
During FY 1983 the NOAO initiated a request for proposal (RFP) to obtain special infrared arrays optimized for astronomical use.
The
contract was awarded to the Santa Barbara Research Center, a Hughes
Aircraft Corporation subsidiary, in the spring of 1985.
Four
scientific grade 58x62 InSb arrays will be delivered during the first half of FY 1986.
Hughes array.
These are based on the architecture of
the
These will be implemented in existing spectrometers
and new imagers and will be put into service at KPNO and CTIO in late FY 1986 or early FY 1987.
The major activity of the Detector
R&D Program during FY 1985 is the development of hardware and software for the testing and evaluation of these arrays.
Duplicates of these electronics and of the prototype imager are
being fabricated by other departments for KPNO and CTIO.
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VI.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
Operations and maintenance consists of support of operations, of administration, and Associate Directors or Managers offices as set out in more detail in the text below. as
Costs for each unit are summarized
follows:
$
ADP
150K
CTIO
3.588K
KPNO
3.972K
NSO
2,088K
Director's Office
211K
Reserve
144K
Public Information Office
130K
Office of University Relations
40K
Program Management Office
47K
Central Facilities Operations
1.369K
Central Administrative Services
1.078K
Central Computer Services
848K
Engineering & Technical Services AURA Management
1019K 378K
$15,062K
A.
Advanced Development Program
The Advanced Development Program became a functioning division of
NOAO on March 1, 1984.
Initial efforts were towards establishing
the new division and beginning to develop the programs within the division.
Responsibility for managing the NNTT project was
transferred to the ADP.
A second major program, which the ADP will
initially begin work on falls under the heading of Experimental Astrophysics.
The ADP Director's office includes the staffing
necessary to support the administrative functions of the ADP, including manuscript typing services for the ADP staff.
Travel
funds for the ADP Director, for the ADP Advisory Committee, and for
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the Experimental Astrophysics Program staff are administered by this Office.
B.
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
The CTIO Director and his staff are responsible for the operation
and planning of NOAO activities at CTIO, as delegated by the NOAO Director.
Facilities are maintained in three Chilean locations:
Cerro Tololo, Santiago, and La Serena. maintained in La Serena.
The Director's office is
The administrative assistant, secretary,
and radio operator handle the recordkeeping associated with the
telescope usage, the processing of applications for telescope time, and communications with the Tucson Business Office, in addition to
providing support to the scientific staff.
The CTIO librarian is responsible for the operation of the libraries both in La Serena and on Cerro Tololo.
The funds for the
library cover the cost of subscriptions to scientific journals, the acquisition of new books, and all charges associated with NOAO staff and visitor publications.
La Serena facilities include a business office and an operations
division, both of which are supervised by the CTIO Administrative Services Office.
The business office works in coordination with
CAS in administering and auditing the CTIO portion of the NOAO budget.
The operations division is responsible for the operation and/or maintenance of the offices, shops, laboratories, houses, dormitory,
recreational facility, San Joaquin well and water system, and all surrounding roads and grounds of the La Serena Compound.
The Santiago business office is responsible for the purchase of supplies and equipment, more economically obtained in that metropolitan center than in the United States or in La Serena.
It
processes both incoming and outgoing shipments through the Chilean
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customs in Santiago, Valparaiso, and other ports of entry or
departure.
It also serves as the Observatory's liaison with a
variety of ministries and agencies of the Chilean Government, and provides assistance to CTIO's visitors in passing through Customs, and procuring transportation to La Serena.
The operation of the
guest quarters adjacent to the business office are supervised by this office.
Cerro Tololo operations maintains all facilities on the mountain. The Telescope Operations Department provides assistance to NOAO staff and visiting observers and carries out the day-to-day
operation, routine maintenance, and small improvement projects on the telescopes and research instruments.
This group assists
visiting astronomers in preparing the telescopes for their
observing programs, setting up instrumentation packages, and operating the telescopes and data-acquisition systems for both NOAO staff and visitors.
Photographic, or other data processing
materials, along with information on how to use and process plates are provided by the photographic laboratory.
Routine maintenance of telescopes and auxiliary equipment,
including computers, peripherals, and electronic components rests
with the Telescope Operations Department.
A small machine shop on
Tololo provides emergency repairs and modifications.
Operations/Cerro Tololo maintains the 23-mile-long, unpaved access road to the mountain, telescope housings, houses and dormitories—
including associated kitchen facilities for visiting observers and mountain staff members.
They must maintain a water system drawing
from the San Carlos well which is over 4,000 meters distant from,
and over 1,000 meters lower than the water treatment plant on the mountain.
The electrical power system for the mountain is
maintained by Operations/Cerro Tololo.
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C.
Kitt Peak National Observatory
The KPNO Director's Office budget provides for the KPNO Director
and immediate staff, including the secretarial support to the NOAO Tucson-based scientific staff.
Travel funds for the KPNO Director,
KPNO staff traveling on AURA/NSF-related business, the KPNO User's Committee, and the KPNO Telescope Allocation Committee are administered by this office.
The KPNO Director's Office is also responsible for the activities
of the Photographic Laboratory and the Library.
The Photographic
Laboratory provides complete custom photographic service in the form of publication quality prints, finding charts, dicomed
reprints and transparencies, and other materials associated with data reduction to NOAO and visiting scientists.
The drafting
technician provides technical illustrating services for both NOAO staff and visitors.
The NOAO Tucson library acquires catalogues and maintains books,
journals, reprints and other publications for both the Kitt Peak mountain and NOAO Tucson Offices library.
The funds for the
library cover the cost of subscriptions to scientific journals, the
acquisition of new books, and all charges associated with NOAO staff and visitor publications.
The Operations Support Division is responsible for providing direct user support to NOAO staff astronomers and visitors, graduate students, and other qualified users of Observatory telescopes.
The
Division staff are also responsible for the upkeep and maintenance
of all physical plant resources of the Observatory, the NOAO Tucson Offices, and the NOAO Director's Office.
OSD staff provide
assistance with preparation, acquiring scientific data, and dining and lodging, for all observers and support personnel.
responsible for the Kitt Peak Visitor's Center.
OSD is also
The salary costs
of KPNO-based support scientists are now budgeted under Scientific Staff and Programs.
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In addition to ensuring that all telescopes are "astronomer-ready", OSD staff instruct and assist all observers in the proper use of
the telescopes and instruments.
Preventative maintenance and
mechanical repair of instruments, coordination and direct assistance to visiting astronomers in observation and reduction of scientific data, preparation and revision of Observatory instrument
manuals, support in preparation and revision of the telescope
observing schedule during the year, and support in defining and developing new scientific instruments are provided by OSD staff. These personnel are supported by Tucson-based ETS staff as necessary.
On Kitt Peak, the Operations Support Department is responsible for all basic utility systems and services involved in operating the
equivalent of a small town in an isolated area.
These services
consist of such things as preparation of meals, lodging, fire
protection, first aid, snow removal, maintenance of a water reservoir, water processing, and a sewer distribution system.
The
Department also provides limited services, on a cost reimbursement basis, to facilities located on the mountain and operated by the
University of Arizona, Case Western Reserve University, McGraw-Hill Observatory, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
D.
National Solar Observatory
In addition to administering operations of the NSO Director's
office, travel funds for the Director, the Users' Committee, Priorities Committee, Policy Committee, Personnel Advisory
Committee, and Telescope Allocation Committee are administered by the NSO Director's office. Tucson.
In FY 1985 this office will move to
A small staff will remain at Sacramento Peak,
providing
general administrative support to NSO and to the USAF group located there. NSO maintains a library and photographic laboratory at Sacramento Peak.
Tucson-based staff use the NOAO Tucson library
and photographic facilities.
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The Facilities Maintenance staff at Sacramento Peak provides
building and grounds maintenance; road maintenance—including snow
removal, water, sewer, propane, and electrical distribution systems maintenance, heating and air conditioning maintenance, vehicle
maintenance, custodial and visitor housing support, food service, and visitor transportation.
Utilities and communications costs are
also budgeted in this cost area.
Operation of the solar telescopes and allied instrumentation at Sacramento Peak and Kitt Peak are provided by NSO Operations
Support.
At Sacramento Peak, programmers provide general
scientific programming for NOAO staff and visitors, as well as
programming required for realtime data acquisition and telescope control.
expertise.
E.
They also work on Scientific Projects which require their
At Tucson, computing support is provided by NOAO CCS.
Central Offices
1.
Director's Office.
The Director and his staff are responsible
for the overall operation of the NOAO.
The Director is responsible
for providing scientific leadership for NOAO, determining priorities, allocating resources, budgeting, and planning.
The
Director represents the four divisions of the NOAO—ADP, CTIO,
KPNO, and NSO—to AURA, the National Science Foundation, and to the scientific community.
The Director's Office staff provide support
in carrying out these functions.
The Assistant to the Director
assists in the preparation of the plans and reports required by contract, and in managing the operational and administrative functions of the office.
The Administrative Assistant and the
Secretary provide the clerical support and recordkeeping services for the Director, the Assistant to the Director, the Office of University Relations, and the Minority Students program.
Secretarial support for the Director of Program Management will also be provided by this staff.
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Funds for travel for the Director's Office staff, the Minority Program,
the Observatories Visiting Committee, and NOAO ad hoc
committees are managed by this office.
Also, the Foreign Telescope
Travel Funds, a special account to help defray travel expenses for U.S. observers who have been assigned observing time on certain
large foreign telescopes, is managed by the Director's Office.
A Light Pollution Advocacy Program (also in the Director's Office) is managed by D. Crawford.
Activities for FY 1985 include
followups, particularly in the Tucson and Pima County areas. Ordinances will be encouraged in the few remaining incorporated
communities in the southern part of Arizona that do not yet have such controls.
We will continue our efforts both in working with
the Papago Tribal Utility Commission on their lighting retrofit program that began in FY 1984, and on a number of the lighting "hotspots" in southern Arizona.
Contacts with the local and national lighting professionals will
continue, particularly on the awareness aspects, and insuring that recommendations for outdoor lighting include our special needs.
A summer program aimed at attracting promising minority graduate students is conducted by B. T. Lynds.
2.
Public Information Office.
As well as heading up the public
information unit and supervising the office staff, the Public Information Officer will be responsible for interacting with the
news media, including the preparation of news releases at popular or semi-scientific levels, on the status of major programs within
the NOAO, and of significant new discoveries made at the national observatories.
In addition, the Public Information Office will be
the primary contact office for teachers, science writers, film makers, and publishers, as well as the general public regarding
photography, slides, films, and other astronomy-related items.
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3.
Office of University Relations.
D. Crawford is serving (in a
half-time capacity) as Manager of the Office of University Relations.
This office is responsible for providing interaction
between NOAO and the University astronomical community in order to obtain assessments from University scientists on the degree to
which NOAO programs meet their needs and to solicit ideas on how things could be improved.
Regular visits are made to University
observatories and departments, both to establish a two-way interaction with the user community, and to draw the attention of
graduate students, new graduates, and established scientists to the possibilities open to them for professional work at the national observatories as visitors or staff.
4.
Office of Resource and Program Management.
The Program
Management Office has the responsibility for establishing and directing the program management function in NOAO.
This office
provides management support and assistance to scientific staff in the planning and efficient conduct of projects for which they have responsibility.
The Director of Program Management is responsible
for providing management advice and information to the Director and to project personnel on the budget and schedule status of projects underway in NOAO.
Additional line responsibilities of this office are the functions
of the NOAO Central Facilities Operations group (formerly Tucson Operations), and the Central Administrative Services activity which
provides business, personnel and administrative services to all NOAO operational components.
5.
Central Facilities Operations.
What was formerly Tucson
Operations, now more accurately described as Central Facilities Operations, provides direct or indirect administrative and operational support services to all NOAO activities.
Central
Facilities Operations support personnel provide a broad range of services including maintenance of all physical plant resources of the NOAO Tucson offices; maintenance of rental apartments;
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management of utilities usage and cost; transportation service
functions; and provides for minor alterations to physical plant facilities and construction.
6.
Central Administrative Services.
The CAS Manager/Controller
heads CAS and is responsible for establishment and implementation of financial and administrative standards and procedures throughout NOAO.
A major activity of this office, performed by the Budget
Manager, involves coordination with the Associate Directors and
Unit Heads in the development of budgets and plans.
The Budget
Manager also monitors performance against the approved budget and
advises the Director of potential problems.
The Contracts Manager
and Property Office also reside in this office.
The Accounting Department provides full bookkeeping, data processing, disbursement, payroll and financial reporting services
for all NOAO units except for those transactions occurring in Chile.
The latter are performed by CTIO's La Serena and Santiago
business offices and reported monthly to Accounting for inclusion in consolidated records and reports.
The Accounting Department
budget includes the cost of liability and fidelity insurance for all NOAO.
The Personnel Department develops, implements and coordinates
personnel policies and programs for NOAO.
It is responsible for
recruitment, relocation assistance, wage and salary administration,
equal opportunity employment and affirmative action, and employee benefits for all NOAO personnel other than local hires in Chile.
The Procurement Department provides purchasing, expediting and
shipping/receiving services for all NOAO units except for local purchases by CTIO in Chile.
It also arranges for the export of
supplies and equipment purchased within the U.S. for delivery to CTIO and coordinates shipments through a number of freight forwarders.
In addition, it serves as CTIO's main communications
link to the U.S., providing voice radio, teletype and electronic mail
services.
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7.
Central Computer Services.
The Central Computer Services (CCS)
division will be responsible for policy development with respect to
computer languages and hardware acquisition, for planning for the application of new and developing technology within the NOAO, for maintaining a general awareness of the state of the art in computer
applications to astronomy, and for the development of major software systems for application to data reduction and analysis. Dr. S. Ridgway became the Manager of CCS effective with the
implementation of this unit on October 1, 1984.
Prior to this date
the CCS functions were housed and budgeted in the KPNO Operations
Support Division.
CCS staff includes scientific and systems programmers, support
scientists, secretarial support, and supervisory personnel. Responsibility for the Interactive Reduction and Analysis Facility
(IRAF) software development rests with this group.
In addition,
CCS personnel provide support for data reduction and analysis, operate and maintain the NOAO Tucson offices computers and their
operating systems, and provide general purpose programming support.
Engineering and technical support for the Tucson-based
NOAO computer systems is provided by the NOAO ETS Telescope Systems Program—including trouble-shooting, computer hardware repair, and maintenance
contract
administration.
The CCS division is responsible for the transition to NOAO's modern computer system based around a network of DEC VAXes.
Coupled with
this hardware change is, of course, the need for VAX compatible software.
Currently CCS personnel are working on development of
IRAF software and conversion of Cyber software—the data reduction and analysis functions currently being performed on the Cyber under
the Interactive Picture Processing System (IPPS) are being redesigned and rewritten for the IRAF.
With the expected delivery
of a large DEC VAX 11/790 ("SuperVax") computer in early 1985, our efforts have been focused on preparing for a quick transition from the Cyber to the SuperVax.
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In FY 1985 we will continue our efforts
to ensure
that we are
meeting the data reduction and analysis needs of the users of
NOAO's facilities.
NOAO will be increasing its service to the
astronomical community by beginning a release of IRAF, a highly transportable system, to universities and research facilities during FY 1985.
8.
Engineering and Technical Services.
Engineering and Technical
Services (ETS) consists of three functional areas—the Office of
the Manager of ETS, the Telescope Systems Program, and the
Instrument Systems Program—plus responsibility for the Detector
R&D Program, NOAO-ETS Special Shops (the Coating and Gratings Laboratories) and the ETS facilities at CTIO and Sacramento Peak.
In addition, members of the ETS staff may be assigned on long term basis to a specific NOAO division—ADP, CTIO, KPNO, NSO.
The
centralized portion of ETS is responsible for providing general technical support to all the Tucson-based portions of the NOAO.
Prior to May 1, 1984 the ETS operations were housed and budgeted in each of
the divisions.
The Office of the Manager of ETS provides general management, as well as secretarial support, for the ETS programs for all NOAO 0 & M, Scientific Project, and Scientific Program activities.
The Telescope System Program's (TSP) 0 & M responsibilities include the maintenance of equipment on Kitt Peak as well as at the Tucson Facility. CCS.
The former is budgeted under KPNO and the latter, under
The TSP operates coating facilities on Kitt Peak which
provide vacuum-deposited coatings for all large optics. service is
available to other astronomical
reimbursement basis.
institutions
This on a
cost-
Data acquisition and process control software
is provided to all Tucson-based NOAO units.
The TSP also operates
the Tucson drafting room and electronic supply room facilities.
Lastly, the Facilities Engineering Department is operated by the TSP.
This department is responsible for providing civil
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engineering and architectural plans for construction projects and modifications to
facilities in Tucson and on Kitt Peak.
In the area of scientific projects, the TSP is responsible for all
telescope-related projects and for the engineering aspects of the
implementation of the new mountain and IRAF computer systems. During FY 1984 this group provided support to CTIO for the construction of a new IR chopping secondary for the CTIO 4m telescope.
The Instrument Systems Program (ISP) is responsible for the engineering maintenance and modification of all instrumentation on Kitt Peak.
This activity is budgeted under KPNO.
The primary
function of the ISP is the design and construction of new instrumentation for the various NOAO scientific divisions.
This
program also operates a mechanical fabrication and welding facility, as well as the Staff Shop which provides direct support for the personal research of the Tucson-based NOAO scientific staff.
Design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of optical
systems and elements is also provided by this program.
Lastly,
the
Gratings and Coatings Laboratories are administered by the ISP.
NOAO has two Special Shops—the Gratings Laboratory and the Coatings Laboratory.
The Gratings Laboratory provides large ruled
diffraction gratings to the NOAO Observatories and to the general astronomical community.
The Harrison C Ruling Engine, obtained
from MIT in 1973, has a maximum capacity of 400 mm ruled length and 600 mm ruled width, making it the largest of its type in the United States.
The engine is operated as a national facility in that
rulings are performed for other institutions on a costreimbursement
basis.
successful ruling.
An archival
submaster is made
from each
Replicas made from these submasters are
available to the astronomical community on a cost-reimbursement basis.
The Coatings Laboratory has the capability of performing high uniformity, multi-layer, vacuum coatings on substrates up to 2 meters in diameter.
Four coating chambers are operated in support
of NOAO 0 & M and project activities.
In addition, coating
services are provided to other institutions on a cost-reimbursement
basis.
One of the major activities of the Coatings Laboratory is
associated with providing master blank copies for the Gratings Laboratory.
During FY 1984 the evaluation of visible CCD arrays also continued with testing of the Texas Instruments virtual phase 800 x 800 array
plus devices obtained from GEC (England).
ETS will maintain staff at Sacramento Peak and Cerro Tololo, in addition to Tucson.
Although the staff at these remote locations
will be under the supervision of the respective NOAO Associate
Director, they will function as a part of the NOAO-ETS.
At CTIO the ETS staff is responsible for systems-level programming
of the Tololo Network (TOLNET) and the La Serena Computer Center, the telescope control computer system, and for user-oriented data acquisition and data reduction programs.
They are also responsible
for the mechanical design and drafting involved in all instrument, telescope, and facilities projects—including electrical
engineering expertise.
Non-routine visitor and NOAO staff support,
and non-routine telescope and instrument maintenance are provided by ETS staff.
ETS personnel at Sacramento Peak provide maintenance support for the telescopes and instrumentation, as well as working on scientific projects.
9.
AURA Management.
NSF provides a fee to AURA, Inc. for the
management of NOAO.
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VII.
NON-NSF PROGRAMS
Advanced Development Program
NASA:SOT/Magnetohydrodynamics of Sunspots
$ 27K
$ 27K
jvK
6K
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
NASA:Comet Halley Observations
Kitt Peak National Observatory
NASA:Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) NASA:IUE/UV Studies of HD 44179 and HD 97048
118K 4K
NASA:Multifrequency Observations of Two Variable
X-Ray Emitting QSOs
4K
NASA:Project Galileo
57K
NASA:Wide Field Camera Project
4K
NASA-.MIT Rapidly Moving Telescope (RMT) and
Explosive Transient Camera (ETC) Suppor NASA:Space Telescope Grating
53K 4K
USAF:High Reflectivity Coatings
15K
National Solar Observatory
DOE:Battelle-Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Terrestrial Monitoring Project NASA:Vacuum Telescope Operations
and Support of On-Site Personnel
27K 55K
21K
NASA:SOT/Small Scale Structure and Dynamics
of Solar Magnetic Fields
24K
NASA:SOT/Facility Definition Team
3K
NASA:Laboratory Fourier Spectroscopy of the
Planetary Molecules
3K
NASA:Solar Maximum Mission (SMM)
13K
NASA:SMM Film and Supplies
2IK
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259K
NASA:Differential Rotation Study NASA:IUE/Flare Stars
13K 5K
NASA:IUE/The Transition Regions of X-Ray
Emitting Main Sequence A Stars USAF:VAX-750 (DEC) Computer System USAF-.Solar Optical Observing Network (SOON)
14K 147K 85K
USAF:Summer Research Assistants
8K
NASA:NSO/Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) Workshop
_7_K
Total Non-NSF Programs
NASA:
446K
$738K
SOT/Magnetohydrodynamics of Sunspots
Dr. J. M. Beckers is participating as a Facility Scientist for the
Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) and is the principal investigator of the
project entitled "Observational Research into the Magnetohydrodynamics of Sunspots".
The funds provided are for partial support of Dr.
Beckers' payroll costs and travel to Science Working Group meetings.
NASA:
Comet Halley Observations
NASA is providing funding to support William Liller who, in collaboration with CTIO staff, will be using the Curtis Schmidt
Telescope for observations of Comet Halley.
The funds provided this
fiscal year will be used for planning and preparation for the observations, including minor improvements of the telescope guiding system.
NASA:
Infrared Astronomy Satellite (IRAS)
Dr. F. C. Gillett's participation on the Science Team of the IRAS will continue.
His tasks for FY 1985 are twofold:
(1) participation in the
processing of data obtained by the satellite; and (2) analyzing the data in collaboration with a number of other scientists and preparing the results for publication.
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NASA:
IUE/UV Studies of HD 44179 and HD 97048
NASA:
Multifrequency Observations of Two Variable X-Ray Emitting QSOs
Michael Sitko has been selected as guest observer for these projects. Funding will be used for travel and publication costs.
NASA:
Project Galileo
Dr. M. J. S. Belton is participating in Project Galileo as the team leader for the Solid State Imaging System.
Funding is primarily used
to support Dr. Belton's travel to team and project meetings, the cost of an assistant, and consultants to the team.
The instrument has been
delivered for integration with the spacecraft and launch is scheduled for May 1986.
The primary team activities at this time are development
of the distributed data analysis and flight mission operation system.
NASA:
Wide Field Camera Project
Telescope Wide Field Camera Project.
Effective January 1, 1984 the
method of funding for his participation in the project was changed from
an interagency agreement between NSF and NASA to a cost reimbursable
purchase agreement between AURA and the California Institute of Technology.
We have requested action on the disposition of the funds
remaining from the interagency agreement.
NASA:
IT Rapidly Moving Telescope (RMT) and Explosive Transient Camera
(ETC) Support
NASA, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is installing the RMT and the ETC in facilities located on Kitt Peak in
preparation for a long terra program to detect "realtime" optical flashes from gamma ray bursts.
NASA is providing funds for the
erection of a building to replace a KPNO storage facility which is to
be used in support of the RMT/ETC program, preliminary site development for the installation of NASA/MIT equipment, and miscellaneous support
required by NASA/MIT personnel.
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NASA:
Space Telescope Grating
USAF:
High Reflectivity Coatings
These projects have been completed and action taken to return the unused funds.
DOE:
Battelle-Pacific Northwest Laboratories Terrestrial Monitoring
Project
NSO has been providing, on a monthly basis, spectra of the sun using the lm at the McMath telescope as part of the U. S. Department of
Energy's (DOE) effort to evaluate solar absorption spectroscopy as a
tool that can be used in the study of atmospheric CO2 abundance. NASA:
Vacuum Telescope Operations and Support of On-Site NASA
Personnel
NSO has provided the solar physics community with full-disk, highresolution magnetograms and He 10830 spectroheliograms for a number of
years using the Vacuum Telescope for synoptic observations.
Since 1979
NASA, a primary user of this data, has been providing funds to assist in the operational support and improvement of the telescope. Additional funds are provided for the secretarial, computer and miscellaneous support of Goddard Space Flight Center personnel stationed on Kitt Peak using the Vacuum Telescope.
NASA:
SOT/Small Scale Structure and Dynamics of Solar Magnetic Fields
Dr. J. W. Harvey has been participating in this project as principal investigator.
The final proposal has been submitted to NASA and they
have notified Dr. Harvey that the project will be approved.
Primary
activities this year will be his participation in three SOT Science Working Group meetings.
NASA:
SOT/Facility Definition Team
Funds were provided by NASA to support travel for the Space Optical Telescope Facility Definition Team and for an Actuator Study.
These
funds now support the travel of Dr. R. B. Dunn to attend Space Optical Telescope meetings.
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NASA:
Laboratory Fourier Spectroscopy of the Planetary Molecules
Dr. James Brault is responsible for a two-year program to provide
laboratory spectra of molecular gases which are needed for analyzing observed spectra of planetary atmospheres.
The infrared spectra to be
provided will be used in creating line lists for heterodyne and FTS searches, modelling of vibration-rotation bands which occur in
planetary spectra and derivation of molecular parameters.
NASA:
Solar Maximum Mission (SMM)
Funds have been provided to enable NSO staff to participate in investigations and workshops related to the Solar Maximum Mission.
NASA:
SMM Film and Supplies
Since FY 1984 NSO has been obtaining patrol images of the sun in
support of SMM.
These images are obtained at a rate three times that
normally made by NSO.
Because of this special need by SMM, NASA has
been providing funds for the incremental costs to NSO for film and photographic chemicals.
NASA:
Differential Rotation Study
NASA has funded a three year grant for the study of the solar differential rotation under the direction of B. Durney.
The remaining
funds will be utilized primarily for publication costs and a workshop.
NASA:
IUE/Flare Stars
NASA:
IUE/The Transition Regions of X-Ray Emitting Main Sequence A
Stars
Dr. M. Giampapa has submitted two successful proposals to NASA for
observing time on the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite.
As a result, NASA has provided support for travel, data
reduction and publications costs for these projects.
USAF:
VAX-750 (DEC) Computer System
The Air Force has provided funds to purchase a VAX-750 (DEC) computer system and related peripheral equipment for the development of an image
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processing system for use at NSO/Sunspot.
This equipment will be used
to improve the data analysis and image processing capabilities required to support the resident Air Force staff.
USAF:
Solar Optical Observing Network (SOON)
The USAF has now selected a site for the final telescope which NSO has
in storage and it is anticipated that installation will take place in CY 1986.
Prior to installation NSO will assemble, operate and prepare
the telescope for shipping.
NSO will also fabricate certain spare
parts for the SOON system.
USAF:
Summer Research Assistants
The Air Force has provided funding for two summer research assistants
to provide data analysis support for work in solar energy transport and solar variability.
NASA:
NSO/Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) Workshop
NASA was co-host of a Solar Maximum Mission Workshop during August of
1985.
Funding was provided by NASA for the participants' travel to the
meeting and publication of the conference proceedings.
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NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORIES FY-1985 BY
PROGRAM PLAN
SOURCE OP
FUNDING
(Amounts In Thousands)
National New
Scientific
Projects
NSF
Technology Telescope
Operations
Scientific
Staff &
Support
Managem
&
Construct Ion
Maintenance
Fee
FUNDING
Advanced Development Program Cerro Tololo
$
$2,806
195
$
$
134
150
Inter-American
Observatory Kitt Peak National Observatory
National Solar Observatory
3,588
705
896
1,198
1,277
3,972
608
879
2,088
89
Central Offices Director's Office
381
Reserve
144
Resource & Program Management
47
Central Facilities Operations
1,369
Central Administrative Services
1,078
Central Computer Services
727
848
120
Central Engineering & Technical Services
\
Management Fee
Total NSF Funding
$3,895
NON-NSF FUNDING
1 Includes $1,9 I3K carryover from FY-1984. 2 Includes $262K carryover from KY-1984. Includes $435K USAF funding.
1,019
462
378
$2,806
$3,306
$
89
$14,684
$ 378
NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORIES FY-1985 PROGRAM PLAN SUMMARY OF NSF FUNDING BY COST CATEGORY
(Amounts In Thousands)
-FY-1985-
Scientific
Sci. Staff
Projects Personnel
Costs
Supplies & Materials
$1,711 834
$
NNTT
& Support
663
$3,056
157
43
Operations &
Construction $
4 40
Maintenance
Management
Fee
$ 9 ,043 2
Tota
$14,4
,239
3,
Management Fee
385
463
$21,776
$23,198
CARRYOVER
NEW FUNDS
TOTAL
1ST QTR.
2ND QTR.
3RD
ACTUAL
ACTUAL
A
$
$
$
925
833
CTl
^*
Total
$1
,913
$
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
(Amounts in Thousands)
FY--1985TOTAL
CENTRAL
Personnel
Costs
$
Supplies & Materials
1
$
250 263
3
$
Real
150
191
357
$1,711
$1,595
262
132
174
834
414
19
6
42
87
11
2
13
6
4
1
30
19
149
649
1,265
377
25
Equipment
$
$ 293
Domestic Travel
Foreign Travel
FY-1984
810
17
Purchased Services
TOTAL
OFFICES
NSO
KPNO
CTIO
ADP
126
13
Estate
Total
$
195
$
705
$1,198
STAFFING
$ 608
$lt189
$3,895
$2,511
SCHEDULE
(In Full Time Equivalents)
1.00
Scientists
Engineers & Scientific Programmers
Administrators & Supervisors Clerical Workers Technicians
3.55
9.80
1.50
.50
4.70
3.45
21.50
17.40
1.00
3.00
3.00
.50
.50
24.23
30.10
.50
5.58
9.60
3.30
5.75
.50
Maintenance & Service Workers Total
11.13
19.90
8.00
10.20
49.23
52.50
NATIONAL NEW TECHNOLOGY TELESCOPE
(Amounts in Thousands)
-FY-1985CENTRAL ADP
Personnel
$
Costs
Supplies & Materials Purchased
Domestic
Services
Travel
Foreign Travel 00
Equipment Total
CTIO
NSO
KPNO
TOTA
OFFICES
TOTAL
$
663
663
FY-19
$
5
157
157
1
1,789
1,789
1,3
73
73
19
19
105
105
$2,806
$2,806
$2,0
STAFFING
SCHEDULE
(In Full Time Equivalents)
Scientific
2.00
2.00
2.
Technical Professional
8.00
8.00
5.
Professional Administrative
& Supervisory Administrative & Technical
Total
&
Other
1.
Clerical
1.00
1.00
6.00
6.00
5.
17.00
17.00
13.
SCIENTIFIC STAFF AND SUPPORT
(Amounts in Thousands)
FY--1985-
CENTRAL ADP
Personnel
Costs
Supplies & Materials
$ 115
CTIO
$
4
KPNO
NSO
825
$1 ,168
$ 828
4
20
15
TOTAL
OFFICES
TOTAL
FY-1984
$ 120
$3 ,056
$2,922
43
43
Utilities & Communlca tlons Purchased
Services
1
5
3
16
13
37
136
Domestic Travel
7
2
27
18
54
66
Foreign Travel
3
62
31
5
101
78
15
28
$ 120
i i,306
$3,274
3.50
64.75
64.00
1.00
1.00
5.00
5.00
1.50
1.00
72.25
71.00
Equipment Total
15
$ 134
$
896
AL,277
$ 879
STAFFING SCHEDULE
(In Full Time Equivalents)
Scientists
2.50
16.00
Engineers & Scientific Programmers
1.00
Clerical Workers
1.00
Technicians
1.50
Total
.2.50
19.50
27.75
3.00
30.75
15.00
1.00
16.00
3.50
CONSTRUCTION
(Amounts in Thousands)
-FY-1985-
CENTRAL
ADP
Personnel
-J
Services
CTIO
$
4
KPNO
NSO
OFFICES
TOTAL
TOTAL
$
4
FY-1984
$
2
Supplies & Materials
40
40
no
Purchased Services
45
45
<162> 5
Equipment
O
Total
$ 89
$ 89
$ <45>
OPERATIONS &
MAINTENANCE
(Amounts in Thousands)
FY-•1985
TOTAL
CENTRAL
TOTAL
FY-1984
$3 ,003
$ 9,043
$ 8,964
174
423
2,239
2,535
319
287
608
1,480
1,410
<63>
133
576
932
847
46
88
37
107
290
294
10
189
3
8
63
273
325
7
125
122
67
106
427
532
$ 150
$3,588
$3 ,972
$4 ,886
$14,684
$14,907
OFFICES
NSO
ADP
CTIO
KPNO
$ 105
$1,676
$2 ,877
$1 ,382
7
1,009
626
266
9
277
Domestic Travel
12
Foreign Travel
Personnel Costs
Supplies & Materials Utilities & Purchased
Communications
Services
Equipment Real
Estate
Total
$2 ,088
STAFFING SCHEDULE
(In Full Time Equivalents)
1.00
2.00
1.00
2.25
7.25
6.50
7.50
4.45
1.35
13.70
27.00
37.10
14.50
10.50
4.00
16.00
45.00
54.00
19.00
7.50
5.10
30.30
62.90
62.50
Technicians
26.50
28.35
19.70
11.02
85.57
97.40
Maintenance & Service Workers
34.00
30.25
9.00
15.00
88.25
99.50
102.50
83.05
40.15
88.27
315.97
357.00
Scientists
1.00
Engineers & Scientific Programmers
Administrators & Supervisors Clerical Workers
Total
1.00
2.00
OPERATIONS &
MAINTENANCE
(Amounts In Thousands)
FY-1985 CENTRAL CTIO
ADP
KPNO
NSO
TOT
OFFICES
TOTAL
798
$1 ,947
192
472
77
144
9
21
FY-1
Engineering & Technical Services 252 194
71
$
48
19
Domestic Travel
2
6
Foreign Travel
7
Purchased Services
Equipment Sub-total
^1
660
Personnel Services
Supplies & Materials
$
$
237
15 4
$
$1
8
15
49
151
$1,133
$2,750
$2,
$1
90
12
593
768
$
256
652
$
57 5
$1,631
46
303
86
86
1
5
6
40
66
106
Telescope Operations Personnel Services
404
Supplies & Materials
149
Utilities & Communications Purchased
$
108 2
5
Services
Domestic Travel
Foreign Travel Equipment
2
<5>
558
798
$
778
$2,134
$2,
Personnel Services
365
$1 ,075
$
304
$1,744
$1
Supplies & Materials
367
314
101
782
280
Sub-total
$
Mountain Operations
Utilities & Communications
142
317
Purchased Services
<23>
<88> 1
Domestic Travel
Foreign Travel Equipment Sub-total
42
739 <69> 2
1
2
2
$
26
54
879
$1,673
80
$
728
$3,280
Includes $114K of Engineering & Technical Services support provided to Central Computer Services.
$3,
Operations & Maintenance, continued
FY-1985
TOT
CENTRAL
KPNO
CTIO
ADP
OFFICES
NSO
TOTAL
FY-19
Central Facilities/
Tucson/La Serena Operations Personnel
Services
$
$
Supplies & Materials
183
Utilities & Communications
69
Purchased
16
Domestic
$
Services
$
$
1
9
Travel
8
3
Equipment Sub-total
152
118
252
$
$
$
$
532
$
279
459
$
794
140
510
584
653
155
172
2
11
29
40
$
$1 ,369
$
$
$ 2
$
,180
$
521
$
2
,
Central Computer Services Personnel
Services
$
Supplies & Materials
521
$
47
47
148
148
Domestic Travel
9
9
Foreign Travel
2
2
Equipment
7
7
Purchased Services -J
Sub-total
$
$
$
$
$
734 1
$
7 34
$
Administration
Personnel Services
Supplies & Materials
$
105
266
$1 ,225
$ 2 ,406
15
12
44
125
7
24
86
231
10
5
196
451
472
47
9
$
338
$
55
Utilities & Communications Purchased Services
$
7
Domestic Travel
12
35
80
27
87
241
Foreign Travel Equipment
10
180
3
8
53
254
7
6
8
1
21
43
Sub-total
$ 150
$1 ,026
$
TOTAL
$ 150
$3 ,588
$3 ,972
Real
$ 2,
Estate
454
326
$1 ,650
$ 3 ,606
$ 3,
$2 ,088
$4 ,886
$14 ,684
$14 ,
$
Excludes $114K of Engineering & Technical Services support provided to Central Computer Services.
OPERATIONS 6
MAINTENANCE
STAFFING SCHEDULE
(In Full Time Equivalents)
CEN ADP
CTIO
KPNO
3.50
4.45
1.50
.50
NSO
OFF
Engineering & Technical Services Engineers & Scientific Programmers Administrators & Supervisors Clerical Workers Technicians
.75
.50
5.50
10.35
6.20
11.00
15.30
6.95
Maintenance & Service Workers Sub-total
Telescope Operations
^J *»
Engineers & Scientific Programmers
4.00
Administrators & Supervisors
1.00
4.00
1.00
16.00
14.00
13.50
22.00
18.00
15.10
Administrators & Supervisors
3.00
3.00
1.00
Clerical Workers
3.00
3.50
Technicians
Maintenance &
Service Workers
Sub-total
.60
1.00
Mountain Operations
4.00
Technicians
Maintenance & Sub-total
Service Workers
22.00
30.25
9.00
32.00
36.75
10.00
17
Operations & Maintenance Staffing Schedule, con't
CENTR ADP
CTIO
KPNO
NSO
OFFIC
Central Facilities/
Tucson/La Serena Operations Administrators & Supervisors
1.00
1.00
2.0
Clerical Workers
3.00
1.00
4.0
1.00
4.00
Technicians
Maintenance &
11.00
Service Workers
16.00
Sub-total
14.0 6.00
20.0
Central Computer Services
.7
Scientists
Engineers & Scientific Programmers Administrators & Supervisors
8.2
Technicians
4.1
Sub-total
13.0
-J
Administration Scientists
1.00
Engineers & Scientific Programmers Administrators & Supervisors Clerical Workers
1.00
2.00
1..00
1.5
8.00
2.00
2..00
12.0
12.50
3.00
5,.10
22.3
.5 1.00
1.0
Technicians
Sub-total
Total
2.00
21.50
7.00
8..10
37.3
2.00
102.50
83.05
40..15
88.2
MANAGEMENT
FEE
(Amounts in Thousands)
-FY-1985 CENTRAL ADP
Purchased
Services
$
CTIO
KPNO
$
$
NSO
$
TOTAL
TO
OFFICES
TOTAL
FY-1984
FY-
$ 378
$ 378
$ 463
$
NON-NSF PROJECTS
(Amounts In Thousands)
-FY-1985CENTRAL ADP
Personnel
Costs
CTIO
NSO
$101
$100
62
86
151
7
56
70
134
10
34
36
80
$ 10
Supplies & Materials Purchased
Services
Domestic Travel
Foreign Travel
4
Equipment
2_
Total
TOT
KPNO
$ 27
$
6
$259
OFFICES
TOTAL
$211 (1)
FY-1
$1
6
154
156
$446
$738
$3
STAFFING SCHEDULE
(In Full Time Equivalents)
Scientists
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.
.88
.88
2.
2.88
2.88
3.
Engineers & Scientific Programmers Technicians
Total
*• '
Includes payroll for NOAO staff partially funded from non-NSF sources.
CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY
ESTIMATED DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENDITURES, UNITED STATES & CHILE (Amounts In Thousands)
To he spent in U. S.: Dollars 7. Obs. Total OPERATIONS &
Total U. S. Dollars %
MAINTENANCE
Engineering & Technical Services
-J
To be spent in Chile: $ Equlv. % Obs. Total
433.3
8.2
159.9
3.0
Administration
760.6
14.4
265.4
5.0
1,026.0
Telescope Operations
198.7
3.8
359.4
6.8
558.1
Mountain Operations
171.7
3.3
707.4
13.4
879.1
La Serena Operations
188.8
3.6
342.6
6.5
531.4
$1,753.1
33.3
$1,834.7
34.7
$3,587.8
SCIENTIFIC STAFF & SUPPORT
876.2
16.6
19.4
.4
895.6
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
582.2
11.0
123.0
2.3
705.2
69.0
1.3
89.1
38.7
$5,277.7
O&M Sub-total
$
$
$
593.2
CO
CONSTRUCTION TOTAL
20.1
.k_
$3,231.6
61.3
$2,046.1
STAFFING SCHEDULE
(In Full Tiae Equivalents)
BY BUDGET CLASSIFICATION
FY-1985
FY-1984
FY-1983
Scientific Projects
49.23
52.50
51.50
National New Technology Telecope
17.00
13.00
13.00
Scientific Staff & Support
72.25
71.00
66.00
315.97
357.00
341.50
454.45
493.50
472.00
2.88
3.50
10.00
457.33
497.00
482.00
Operations & Maintenance Total NSF
Non-NSF Projects Total
BY FUNCTION
FY-1985
FY-1984
FY-1983
75.00
73.50
64.00
58.50
61.50
60.00
Administrators & Supervisors
48.00
58.00
56.00
Clerical Workers
69.40
68.00
64.50
118.18
136.00
138.50
88.25
100.00
99.00
457.33
497.00
482.00
Scientists
Engineers & Scientific Programmers
Technicians
Maintenance & Service Workers Total
79
