AURA/NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 2010

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1 AURA/NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Submitted to the National Science Foundation December 3, 21 This image, aimed toward the southern celestial pole atop the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope, shows the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the Milky Way (Carinae Region) and the Coal Sack (dark area, close to the Southern Crux). The 33 written on the Schmidt Telescope dome using a green laser pointer during the two-minute exposure commemorates the rescue effort of 33 miners trapped for 69 days almost 7 m underground in the San Jose mine in northern Chile. The image was taken while the rescue was in progress on 13 October 21, at 3:3 am Chilean Daylight Saving time. Image Credit: Arturo Gomez/CTIO/NOAO/AURA/NSF

2 National Optical Astronomy Observatory Fiscal Year Annual Report for FY 21 (October 1, 29 September 3, 21) Submitted to the National Science Foundation Pursuant to Cooperative Support Agreement No. AST December 3, 21 Table of Contents MISSION SYNOPSIS... IV 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY NOAO ACCOMPLISHMENTS Achievements Status of Vision and Goals Challenges and Their Impacts SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Kitt Peak National Observatory Gemini Observatory Community Access Facilities GROUND-BASED O/IR OBSERVING SYSTEM OPERATIONS NOAO South CTIO NOAO South Facilities Operations NOAO South Computer Infrastructure Services NOAO North KPNO NOAO North Facilities Operations NOAO North Computer Infrastructure Services NOAO System Science Center System User Support Science Data Management System Community Development NOAO System Technology Center System Instrumentation ReSTAR Instrumentation Telescope System Instrumentation Program...41 i

3 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY LSST Technology Program GSMT/ELT Technology Program NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS Business Services Central Administrative Services NOAO South Administrative Services Office of Science Education and Public Outreach NOAO Director s Office ARRA Infrastructure Renewal...57 APPENDICES...6 A FY1 BUDGET BY PROGRAM...61 A.1 FY1 Expenditures...61 A.2 FY1 Revenue...66 B NOAO KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY...7 B.1 Key Management FY1...7 B.2 Scientific Personnel Changes FY1...7 B.3 Effort of Scientific Staff by Budgeted Program...71 B.4 Scientific Staff Accomplishments and Plans...75 C NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS...15 D PUBLICATIONS USING DATA FROM NOAO TELESCOPES D.1 Telescopes at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory D.2 Telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory...13 D.3 Gemini Telescopes (NOAO System Science Center) D.4 W. M. Keck Observatory: Keck I and II D.5 HET and MMT D.6 Magellan D.7 CHARA and Hale D.8 NOAO Science Archive E USAGE STATISTICS FOR ARCHIVED DATA F TELESCOPE PROPOSAL STATISTICS F.1 Standard Proposals for 21A F.2 Survey Proposals for 21A F.3 Standard Proposals for 21B...15 F.4 Survey Proposals for 21B ii

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS G OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B G.1 Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory G.2 Kitt Peak National Observatory G.3 Gemini Observatory G.4 Community Access to Private Telescopes H BROADENING PARTICIPATION I GRANTS OBTAINED IN Q J SAFETY REPORT FOR Q4...2 iii

5 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 MISSION SYNOPSIS The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) is the US national research and development center for ground-based nighttime astronomy. Its core mission is to provide access for all qualified professional researchers, via peer review, to state-of-the-art scientific capabilities. Through that access, the US research community is investigating a broad range of modern astrophysical challenges from small bodies within our own Solar System, to the most distant galaxies in the early universe, to indirect observations of dark energy and dark matter. To support that mission and help further US leadership in the international arena, NOAO is leading the development of the US Ground-Based Optical/Infrared (O/IR) System the ensemble of public and private observatories dedicated to international leadership in scientific research, technical innovation, education, and public outreach. NOAO is also leading programs that help enable a new generation of telescopes, instruments, and software tools to meet the research challenges of the next decade. In particular, NOAO is leveraging in-house scientific and technical expertise gained over 5 years to participate in the development of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a unique 8-m-class wide-field imaging telescope, as well as more narrow-field 2-m and larger telescopes with unprecedented spatial resolution and light grasp. Together, these new facilities will make possible revolutionary advances in the physical understanding of dark energy and dark matter, the first stars and galaxies in the early Universe, supermassive black holes at the centers of nearby galaxies (including our home galaxy), planets orbiting nearby stars, and icy bodies in the outer reaches of our Solar System. By pushing back the frontiers of our understanding, these facilities will also surely uncover cosmic phenomena unforeseen today. To communicate the excitement and opportunities of world-class scientific research and technology development, NOAO operates a nationally recognized Education and Public Outreach (EPO) program. The NOAO EPO program strives to promote scientific literacy and inspire young people to become explorers in science and research-based technology, especially within groups that have been historically underrepresented in the US physics and astronomy science enterprise. The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) operates NOAO under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF). iv

6 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the NOAO Fiscal Year Annual Report for fiscal year (FY) 21. This report fulfills requirements established in the Cooperative Agreement between NSF and AURA. The Astro21 decadal survey report New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH), released in August, re-affirmed the role of NOAO within the US Ground-Based Optical/Infrared (O/IR) System and envisions an exciting future for NOAO in the coming decade through involvement in the Gemini Observatory, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), and Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT). During this reporting period, NOAO continued to operate and improve the 2- to 4-m-class facilities at the Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO). Current science capabilities at these observatories continue to enable a broad range of forefront scientific research. Facilities infrastructure support was provided to an expanding range of tenant and partner facilities at both sites. Behind the scenes, NOAO completed several significant infrastructure renewal projects at its base and mountain facilities in Arizona and Chile. Construction began or continued on a new generation of world-class 4-m instrumentation including an upgrade for the wide-field optical imager Mosaic-1 at the Mayall telescope, new mediumresolution optical imaging multi object spectrometers for both the Mayall and Blanco telescopes, a ground-layer adaptive optics system for the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope, and the One Degree Imager at the WIYN telescope. Funding was received for a new medium-resolution cross-dispersed near-ir spectrometer for the Blanco. Community access to the Palomar Hale 2-in telescope was provided for optical and near-ir medium-resolution spectroscopy, and preparations at the Blanco continued for the arrival of the Dark Energy Camera in 211. In terms of nights, the Gemini Observatory provided the most US community access at the 6-m to 1-m aperture level, as NOAO continued to be the US gateway to Gemini. Additional largeaperture nights at the Keck, Magellan, and MMT observatories were provided to the community as a return for NSF investment in instrumentation projects at those observatories through the NOAOmanaged Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP). Community access was also provided to the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) optical interferometer. Scientific demand as measured by over-subscription rates remained strong for the facilities NOAO operated or to which NOAO provided access. There is a clear trend that modern, world-class instruments are more in demand. Scientific productivity measured by the number of papers published by the community-at-large and the NOAO scientific staff in particular also remained strong. Looking to the future, NOAO remained highly engaged in LSST as project leader for telescope system and site development. Scientific leadership by NOAO was provided in such areas as operations simulations, calibration planning, planning for transient detection follow-up observations, and LSST Science Collaboration mini-workshop hosting. Several NOAO scientists are leaders of or within LSST Science Collaboration groups. Conversely, NOAO involvement in US-led GSMT projects remained at a low level pending the development by NSF of a federal strategy for investment in such projects. The NOAO Education and Public Outreach program carried out a broad and varied program that touched on many aspects of the NSF goals of broadening the participation of under-represented individuals, groups, and institutions. Business and administrative services in La Serena were reorganized to provide tighter integration with similar services in Tucson. NOAO provides such services not only for itself (36 employees in multiple locations in Arizona and La Serena) but also for an increasing number of other AURAassociated projects (including Advanced Technology Solar Telescope, AURA Corporate, Gemini Observatory, and National Solar Observatory,) and partners (LSST, WIYN, and SOAR). 1

7 2 NOAO ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2.1 ACHIEVEMENTS The release of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH, the 21 decadal survey report) by the National Research Council culminated a multiyear effort by AURA and NOAO to engage the US community and build a shared vision of a strong national observatory within a larger US system of federal and non-federal optical/infrared (O/IR) observatories. Happily, NWNH endorsed many of the positions advocated by AURA/NOAO and pointed the way to a reorganized national observatory with strong linkage between the current assets of NOAO and Gemini and the core projects of the future: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and one or both of Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). At the same time, NWNH wisely pointed out that federal investment across these assets requires periodic review and rebalancing to ensure the strongest scientific suite of capabilities. Given fiscal reality, hard choices lie ahead but NOAO remains committed to working with NSF and the community-at-large to build consensus around the right evolutionary strategy. The joint NSF/NOAO/community initiative, Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research (ReSTAR), continued to bear fruit this year. Supported by supplementary funding from NSF, new community access was provided to optical and near-ir spectroscopy at the Palomar Hale 2-in telescope, the wide-field optical imager on the NOAO Mayall 4-m telescope was upgraded, and work began on new optical, medium-resolution, multiobject spectrographs for the NOAO Mayall and Blanco 4-m telescopes in partnership with The Ohio State University. Additional funding was received to upgrade the Blanco Hydra detector system (planned first light: FY12, first quarter) and construct a new, medium-resolution, near-ir spectrometer for the Blanco (planned first-light: FY14 second quarter) in partnership with Cornell University. In preparation for the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and its Dark Energy Camera (DECam), significant work was completed on the Blanco 4-m telescope including installation of redesigned lateral supports to reduce M1 movement and improve image quality as well as a new telescope control system to increase the speed and precision of telescope target acquisition and tracking. Although motivated by DES requirements, all Blanco users will benefit from these improvements in the years ahead. A common NOAO strategy during FY1 was to combine base-funded institutional expertise with supplementary funding to develop and/or deliver new science capabilities for the national research community-at-large. Examples include the ReSTAR instrumentation development projects described above, a new start for user support services for the Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO), participation in the WIYN One Degree Imager (ODI) project, and continued telescope and site design and development work for the LSST project. Federal supplementary funds also were used for completing deferred infrastructure maintenance work (through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 29, ARRA), for developing instruments on large-aperture, non-noao facilities in return for community access (through the Telescope System Instrumentation Program, TSIP), for access to the optical and near-ir spectroscopic capability at the Palomar Hale 2-in telescope (through ReSTAR) and for providing research experiences for young scientists (through Research Experiences for Undergraduates, REU). Supplementary funds from the State of Arizona were used in a number of K-12 educational outreach activities in locations across Arizona. For financial and programmatic efficiency reasons, several administration and facilities operations organization changes were made in FY1. In Tucson, the Administration and Facilities department was reorganized to clarify lines of authority and responsibility. In particular, Central Administrative Services (CAS) and Human Resources report directly to the NOAO director, while NOAO North Central Facilities Operations (CFO) report to the NOAO deputy director. AURA Observatory Support Services (AOSS) in La Serena was merged into NOAO, renamed NOAO South Administra- 2

8 NOAO ACCOMPLISHMENTS tion and Facilities Operations, and connected more tightly to CAS. Furthermore, an Office of Compliance was created to better manage various regulatory requirements placed on NOAO by federal and local authorities. As an ensemble, these changes not only satisfy recent recommendations from NSF in regard to AURA/NOAO business services but also prepare NOAO for new challenges ahead, especially LSST as it moves into the construction phase. Two other significant organizational changes occurred. First, various existing facility, instrumentation, and technology development groups were merged into a single administrative unit called NOAO Science Technology Center (NSTC). Second, several existing science and data management support and operations teams were merged into a single administrative unit named NOAO System Science Center (NSSC). Both changes were motivated by a desire for improved management efficiency and to prepare for new programmatic challenges ahead related to further development of the US O/IR System and major projects such as LSST. 2.2 STATUS OF VISION AND GOALS The NOAO core mission is summarized above in the Mission Synopsis section. Specific high-level goals and planned deliverables to fulfill that vision were established in the NOAO Annual Program Plan FY 21. High-level status information is provided in the Executive Summary and Achievements sections above, as well as in the individual sections throughout the rest of this report. The exact status of each FY1 milestone is provided in the NOAO Annual Program Plan FY 211. Planned versus actual spending and revenues are summarized in Table 1 below. Positive spending differences indicate more spending than planned; these were covered by budget transfers within Table 1: Summary of Spending and Revenue (Planned vs. Actual) Spending (M$) Non-Base Revenue (M$) Plan Actual Actual Plan Plan Actual Actual Plan Notes Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Note 1 Kitt Peak National Observatory Note 2 NOAO System Science Center (NSSC) System User Support Science Data Management System Community Dev ReSTAR Palomar NSSC Subtotal NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC) System Instrumentation Note 3 ReSTAR Instrumentation Note 4 LSST-Base LSST-Supplement Note 5 GSMTPO Note 6 NSTC Subtotal Administration & Facilities (A&F) Central Administrative Services Note 6 Central Facilities Operations Note 6 Computer Infrastructure Services Note 6 A&F Subtotal NOAO South (NS) Note 1 Office of Science (OS) Note 7 Education & Public Outreach (EPO) Note 8 NOAO Director's Office (NDO) Note 9 Reserve AURA F&A Note 1 NOAO Base Subtotal Other NSF Funding ARRA Stimulus North Note 5 ARRA Stimulus South Note 5 Telescope System Instrument. Program Note 5 Other Subtotal Total

9 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 NOAO (for NOAO work) or by increased fee-for-service recovery (for non-noao work). Positive revenue differences indicate more non-base revenue was collected than planned, often corresponding to cost recovery for unplanned work for non-noao programs. Many spending and revenue differences are small in magnitude and for the most part represent small planning uncertainties. The following notes correspond to specific activities listed in the table. Note 1: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), NOAO South these two commingled activities had a net spending overrun of $398K relative to planned spending (Excess Revenue = $362K $1K = $262K, Excess Spending = $374K + $286K = $66K, Difference = $262K $66K = $398K). More in-depth analysis reveals two key outcomes. First, CTIO experienced an $844K spending overrun caused by unexpected increases in expatriate staff costs ($78K), work done in FY1 but not reimbursed until FY11 ($178K), planned but unrealized overhead recovery due to less-than-planned work for external organizations (mostly Gemini and SOAR, $24K), science staff time charged to CTIO activities rather than other NOAO activities as planned ($331K), and an ensemble of small overruns ($17K). The CTIO spending overrun was (or will be) compensated by a favorable dollar/peso exchange rate ($193K), reimbursements in FY11 for FY1 activities ($178K), and net funding transfers within NOAO budget ($473K). The latter is not as onerous as it appears, given that it is dominated by scientist labor costs planned for other NOAO activities but reallocated to CTIO as cross-noao priorities shifted during FY1. Second, NOAO South Administration and Facilities, which operates on a fee-for-service basis, collected greater than planned revenue ($255K). Per standard practice, that overrun will be reinvested into common infrastructure during FY11. For clarity, please note that $844K (CTIO over-run) + $193K (favorable exchange rate) + $253K (A&F positive revenue) = $396K, as shown in the table above. Note 2: Kitt Peak National Observatory the apparent greater-than-planned revenue gain ($898K) is mostly driven by a one-time transfer from Yale to NOAO ($975K) to support work on the WIYN One Degree Imager. In addition, more visiting observers than projected produced greater fee-for-service recovery revenue than projected. Note 3: System Instrumentation the greater than planned spending reflects the execution of more activity than planned. Some of the greater-than-planned activity came from outside of the NOAO core program (e.g., work done for the National Solar Observatory, WIYN Observatory, and CHIRON project) and was reimbursed at cost plus approved NSF overheads rates. That fee-for-service recovery is reflected in the greater-than-planned revenue amount. Other greater-than-planned activity came from within the NOAO core program (e.g., SOAR Adaptive Optics Module and Imager, Mosaic 1.1 upgrade, and NOAO share of CHIRON project) and was funded by budget transfers from other parts of the NOAO program. Additional nonlabor revenue was generated by renting out NOAO facilities, again at NSF approved rates (e.g., high-bay area for Steward Observatory Large Binocular Telescope optical work). Note 4: ReSTAR Instrumentation it took longer than planned to ramp up the KOSMOS project. Thus, significant transfer of funding to The Ohio State University did not occur during FY1 and less work than planned was executed in-house by NOAO. Furthermore, to smooth out in-house workflow and assure higher priority projects were completed first, the Blanco Hydra upgrade project was deferred to FY11. These two general conditions are the main drivers for less-than-expected spending in this area. Note 5: LSST, ARRA, Telescope System Instrum. Program these are on-going activities. The apparent less-than-planned spending rates simply reflect funding in FY1 (or before) to be carried forward for activities planned in FY11 (or later). 4

10 NOAO ACCOMPLISHMENTS Note 6: GSMTPO, Central Administrative Services, Central Facilities Operations, Computer Infrastructure Services these activities all collected more revenue than planned as a result of more external contract work than planned. Note 7: Office of Science the NOAO science research staff used about 23% less internal research funding than planned ($288K), consistent with the lower-than-planned level of research activity. As shown in Table B-3, the total NOAO scientist full-time-equivalent (FTE) level (excluding postdocs) is 44.9 with a planned research effort of 14.1 FTE but an achieved FTE effort of 8.2 within a normal 4-hour work week. Many NOAO scientists spent significant hours outside of normal work hours on research activities. Note 8: Education and Public Outreach the actual scope of work was larger than planned due to adding a K-12 education activity funded by the State of Arizona. Note 9: NOAO Director s Office less-than-expected overhead recovery (-$17K) was balanced by greater-than-planned discretionary funding from AURA ($3K) and missed-inplanning library support revenue from National Solar Observatory ($63K). Note 1: AURA F&A (Facilities and Administration) the actual AURA F&A fee was less than the planned F&A fee. 2.3 CHALLENGES AND THEIR IMPACTS A general challenge that NOAO confronts every year is establishing and managing multiyear internal and external commitments in the face of year-to-year base funding uncertainty. If base funding is less than expected, purely internal commitments can be managed by rebalancing the internal NOAO program through project deferment or cancellation. Managing external commitments is much harder, because it is often difficult or impossible for NOAO to reduce quickly the level of such a commitment. Yet, over time, NOAO has become engaged in more external commitments (such as LSST) to enable new research capabilities for the community and to stay involved in forefront projects. Thus, unexpectedly large year-to-year fluctuations in base funding can cause havoc to the internal program while NOAO struggles to meet external obligations. Steady, predictable funding levels and a 2 3 year planning/funding cycle could make it significantly easier for NOAO to manage its base program in a financially and programmatically efficient fashion. Another general challenge is insufficient investment towards renewing the staff complement and physical infrastructure. In the former area, relatively flat funding as compared to inflation over the last 2 years has hindered efforts by NOAO to maintain expertise depth and breadth or plan actively for employee retirements. As a consequence, employees with long terms of service who are eligible for retirement embody significant amounts of NOAO expertise. A sudden wave of retirements would produce expertise gaps that could hinder project completion and/or raise costs in the shortterm. In parallel, aging infrastructure has created greater than desired annual facility operations expenses and/or increasingly unpleasant working environments. Recent ARRA ( stimulus ) funding allowed NOAO to address some of the most critical issues (e.g., water treatment facilities on Kitt Peak and Cerro Tololo) and NOAO has invested base funding on urgent issues related to either safety (e.g., asbestos containment) or energy costs, but a long and growing backlog remains. The WIYN One Degree Imager (ODI) project was the most significant specific challenge for NOAO in FY1. Managed by the WIYN Observatory, ODI is several years late and several million dollars over budget. To date, NOAO has paid for 4% of the ODI project, per standard WIYN partnership share. Although signs of trouble appeared in mid-28, it was not until mid-21 that the WIYN Board approached consensus on the technological and financial risks that still existed. As FY1 ended, the WIYN Board took measures to reduce ODI cash flow and establish a new project management team to develop a recovery and (if possible) completion plan with a revised budget and schedule. NOAO played a key role in developing the necessary consensus and is contributing techni- 5

11 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 cal expertise to the recovery effort. Nevertheless, the formal NOAO financial commitment to the ODI project has been fulfilled. Given other obligations and aspirations in the years ahead, it simply is not clear today if NOAO can participate in the completion of ODI. Thus, a key challenge for FY11 is to determine the fate of ODI and what role NOAO will play in that fate. Another significant specific challenge in FY1 involved merging the former AOSS unit into NOAO. Programmatically, the merger went smoothly, thanks in large part to the longstanding, professional working relationships of the employees involved. Clear lines of responsibility and authority have been established within La Serena operations and between La Serena and Tucson. Not uncommon with mergers of this nature, system and process integration has taken longer than planned due to unanticipated differences in systems between NOAO and AOSS (e.g., Microsoft Windows installation differences between the Spanish and US English versions, different business system workstation cyber-security approaches in Tucson and La Serena, etc.). Complete system and process integration will be completed in FY11. However, the clearer and more consistent view of all financial activity across NOAO gained from this merger has already had positive impacts on the ability to monitor current activities and plan future ones. 6

12 3 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS 3.1 CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY Distant Clusters in the Shadow of the Microwave Background Figure 1: A gri image of SZ-detected cluster at z =.72 from Menanteau et al. (21). (Image credit: Felipe Menanteau, Rutgers University. Image used by permission of F. Menanteau.) Clusters of galaxies are important laboratories for studies of galaxy evolution, but their abundance provides one of the most stringent constraints on the matter content of the Universe (the σ 8 parameter). Because this is orthogonal to the measurements provided by the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) and Type Ia supernovae, cluster abundances considerably reduce the uncertainties on the two main cosmological parameters Ω λ and Ω M. However, this requires an objective and unbiased method for cluster selection. The Sunyaev- Zeldovich effect (the inverse Compton scattering of CMBR photons off the hot intracluster gas) has long been invoked as the best selection method, as it is independent of redshift and would in principle yield a direct measure of the cluster mass. Detecting the shadow left by clusters on the CMBR has been difficult until recently when high-resolution radiometers have become available with the required degree of temperature precision to detect the effect. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope and South Pole Telescope (both NSF-funded projects in the Southern Hemisphere) have already detected numerous candidates, but these need to be verified both optically and spectroscopically, in order to understand the biases of the method and its limitations. Several groups have used the CTIO Blanco telescope to obtain deep imaging of Sunyaev-Zel dovich clusters (e.g., Menanteau et al. 21, arxiv: v1; Vanderlinde et al. 21) and confirm the presence of clusters via detection of the red sequence and spectroscopy for the brightest galaxies. Figure 1 shows an example of a z =.72 cluster identified by this method using imaging from the Blanco Mosaic-2 imager. The Milky Way Has No Bulge At the conclusion of a 1,-star radial velocity survey of M giants in the Southern Bulge of the Milky Way, Shen et al. 21, (arxiv:15.385v2) report the unexpected result (Figure 2) that the Milky Way has no classical bulge in excess of ~8% of its disk mass, and that the entirety of the bulge appears instead to consist of a cylindrical bar in solid-body rotation, formed by the buckling of a massive disk at early epochs. This result is based on the Bulge Radial Velocity Assay (BRAVA, Rich et al. 27, Howard et al. 28), a large-scale radial velocity survey of the Galactic bulge that uses M giant stars selected from the Two Micron All Sky Survey catalog as targets for the Hydra multiobject spectrograph on the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 4 m telescope. This result has important implications for the formation of our Galaxy. Firstly, it poses an interesting conundrum as the metal abundances of bulge stars and the possible presence of a metal abun- 7

13 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 dance gradient suggest a rapid formation process, rather than slow secular evolution. Secondly, the lack of a classical bulge implies that the Milky Way has not experienced a major merger (sufficient to form a bulge component) since its disk was formed (at z ~ 3). This is unexpected within the context of Lambda-Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) models of galaxy formation, although there are indications that the Galaxy has had an unusually quiet merging history and lies in unusual positions in the Tully- Fisher and Black Hole Mass-Bulge Mass relations. Figure 2: Upper three panels: Face-on and side-on views of the surface density of the best-fitting model as seen from far away. The Sun's position 8.5 kpc from the Galactic center is marked along the +x axis. The Galaxy rotates clockwise as seen in the face-on projection. Bottom panel: model surface brightness map in Galactic coordinates as seen from the Sun's location. Our perspective makes the box-shaped, edgeon bar look taller on its nearer side. The Galactic boxy bulge is observed to be similarly distorted. (Shen et al. 21, arxiv:15.385v2) A Multitelescope Campaign on U Scorpii U Scorpii is a recurrent nova and has been the subject of an extensive observing campaign during its last eruption, involving three different X-ray telescopes and a variety of ground-based telescopes to obtain both imaging and spectroscopy. The CTIO 1.5-m telescope took part in this observing campaign. As reported by Bradley Schaefer in the recent meeting in Kyoto on the Physics of Accreting Compact Binaries, the coordinated multi-site observations allowed the discovery of several unexpected phenomena: early flares before the nova outburst, ones that cannot be explained by flickering in the accretion disk; deep aperiodic dips in the light curve due to the occultation of the light-emitting region in the outbursting nova from the accretion disk and other surrounding material; very high expansion velocities in excess of what was observed in other novae, and triple peaked line profiles, due to the bipolar shells and the accretion disk. The 29 Spectroscopic Event of h Carinae The massive binary pair h Carinae contains a supermassive star, in excess of 1 solar masses, and a companion star of the O subtype with mass of around 4 solar masses. The pair is heavily obscured and tight enough that the secondary has not been observed directly to date. However, it is possible to 8

14 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS see the effects of the companion on the main star and its surrounding nebula, and it is believed that a massive star with powerful winds is orbiting the main star in a very eccentric orbit. Observations by Richardson et al. (21, AJ, 139, 1534) using the CTIO 1.5-m with the echelle spectrograph have allowed the authors to obtain stricter constraints on the colliding wind model and to reconstruct the gross evolution of the spectrum as the massive companion approaches periastron. Figure 3 shows a theoretical model for the collision of winds in the binary system, as constrained by the recent observations. Figure 3: Isothermal models of the colliding winds in the binary system from the simulations by Okazaki et al. (28). Each panel shows a density map in the orbital plane (in spatial units of the semimajor axis). The left panel shows the primary (surrounded by its wind; left side) and the secondary (dot on right side) at maximal orbital separation. We expect the Hα flux to form mainly in the densest regions of the wind. Our assumed line of sight is indicated by the black line in the left panel (inclined by 45 from below the plane of the figure). The time in days relative to periastron is given in the upper right of each panel, and the diagrams show how the colliding winds change the density distribution from the usual situation near apastron (left panel) to that at times just before (middle panel) and after (right panel) periastron. (Richardson et al. 21) 3.2 KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY Interaction of Molecular Clouds and Outflows from Young Stars In October of 29, Hartigan et al. reported (ApJ, 75, 173) how they have used laboratory simulations combined with NEWFIRM and HST observations of jets of material being ejected from newly formed stars to learn more about the physical properties of how this ejected material interacts with its environment, including nearby molecular clouds. The jets and their surrounding nebulosities, called Herbig-Haro (HH) objects, cover large angular extents on the sky and require imaging in both broadband and narrowband in order to be understood. Such observations are well-suited to the capabilities of NEWFIRM. The paper by Hartigan et al., Laboratory Experiments, Numerical Simulations, and Astronomical Observations of Deflected Supersonic Jets: Application to HH 11, has been highlighted by various public media outlets, including space.com and MSNBC. Figure 4 shows NEWFIRM and HST images used by Hartigan et al. to identify the relative spatial distribution of molecular and atomic gas being dragged from a molecular cloud when impacted by the material in the outflow, or jet, from the new star. See figure 2 of their paper for a complete description. 9

15 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Figure 4: Image of HH 11 from KPNO 4-m telescope and HST archive used to identify relative spatial distribution of molecular and atomic gas dragged from a molecular cloud when impacted by the material in the jet from the new star. (Image credit: Patrick Hartigan (Rice University)/NOAO/AURA. Reproduced by permission of the AAS.) Confirming the Detection of a Binary Quasar in a Pair of Merging Galaxies Images obtained with the Mayall 4-m telescope confirmed the detection of a binary quasar. Figure 5 shows an image (in the SDSS i band) taken at the Mayall in the right panel, with a Chandra X-ray image on the left. Contours made from the X-ray image are over-plotted on the i-band image, where the interaction of merging galaxies is clearly seen. Figure 5: The NOAO Mayall 4-m SDSS i-band image of the binary quasar on the right, with the Chandra X-ray image on the left. 1

16 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS It is expected that most galaxies contain a super massive black hole (SMBH). Merging galaxies, which are also quite common, are expected to trigger accretion in such SMBH, when it may be detected as a quasar. This luminous, spatially-resolved binary quasar inhabiting an interacting/merging galaxy pair is the first to be reported. ( SDSS J : A Binary Quasar Caught in the Act of Merging, Green et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 1578). The unique properties of this system allow detailed numerical simulations to create plausible scenarios for the histories of both the host galaxies and the SMBH that inhabit them. The first spectrum confirming this binary quasar was taken by A. Myers at the KPNO Mayall 4-m telescope using the R-C Spectrograph in February 28. Subsequent imaging with Mosaic on the Mayall 4-m revealed the structure seen in the figure that signals an interacting pair of galaxies. Galaxy Evolution Redshifts Greater than One A team led by Yale astronomer Pieter van Dokkum has been conducting an NOAO Survey program with NEWFIRM at the Mayall 4-m telescope called the NEWFIRM Medium Band Survey (NMBS). Using five custom medium-band near-infrared filters, the survey obtained well-sampled spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of galaxies from 1. to 1.8 microns, enabling improved photometric redshifts for galaxies with redshifts greater than one, for which the Balmer and 4-Angstrom breaks lie beyond the wavelength range of optical imagers. The data also provide accurate rest frame colors of galaxies and their environment. The team infers a bi-modality in star formation rates in massive galaxies that persists to redshifts z = 2. Using the accurate redshifts and photometry from the NEWFIRM images, van Dokkum and his team determined that massive galaxies grow in mass by a factor of ~2 since z = 2. They are able to attribute this to the rapid buildup of the outer envelopes of these galaxies, possibly from merging activity. Clearly, NEWFIRM has opened an exciting window towards understanding galaxy evolution at these high redshifts. 3.3 GEMINI OBSERVATORY Massive Star Formation and Feedback in the Massive Star-forming Complex W49A Protostars more massive than about 8 solar masses begin burning H while still accreting and while still buried in their natal cloud cores. The luminosity produced by H-burning leads to radiation pressure on surrounding dust and, in spherical symmetry, would limit the amount of accretion that can take place such that stars would not reach masses greater than about 2 solar masses. Nonspherical geometries, such as an optically thick disc and an optically thin bipolar outflow could result in the disc shadowing infalling material while radiative luminosity could escape out of the polar cavities without halting the accretion, thus allowing for the formation of very massive stars. Using thermalinfrared imaging (at 8.8, 9.7, 11.6, and 18.5 μm) with Michelle on Gemini North, N. Smith and collaborators (29, MNRAS, 399, 952) exploited the superior image quality delivered by the Gemini telescope to map the environment within the massive star-forming complex W49A. Smith et al. combine the Michelle images with previously published VLA 3.6-cm maps, as well as the positions of H 2 O masers, to model a number of the sources within W49A, which are accreting massive stars. They are able to derive source geometries, such as the one illustrated below in Figure 6. Indeed, this particular accreting massive star is modeled with large polar cavities and a thick equatorial disk, allowing for accretion to continue even as the luminosity of the central star increases due to the onset of nuclear hydrogen burning. 11

17 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Figure 6: Michelle images with superimposed 3.6-cm radio continuum maps in the left panels: panel a shows the 11.6-μm Michelle map, while panel b is at 18.5 μm. The source geometry is illustrated in the right cartoon, with the large polar cavities and an optically thick equatorial ring. The Lowest-Mass Brown Dwarf Known Member of the β Pictoris Moving Group The substellar-mass members of clusters or moving groups provide insight into the formation and evolution of objects across all masses: be they stars, brown dwarfs, or planets. The nearby young (age ~12 Myr) β Pictoris Moving Group provides a good population in which to search for brown dwarfs, because young brown dwarfs are hotter and have larger radii (and are thus more luminous) than older objects of the same mass. Rice, Faherty, & Cruz (21, ApJ, 715, L165) used high-resolution, nearinfrared (IR) spectra obtained with the Phoenix spectrograph on Gemini South (at λ = 1.55 μm), as well as lower-resolution spectra throughout the J, H, and K bands taken with the Blanco 4-m telescope, NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, and Keck II telescope, to identify the lowest-mass object yet found to be a member of the β Pic Moving Group. The object is 2MASS and Rice et al. were able to use the near-ir spectra to derive the radial velocity (consistent with being a β Pic member), effective temperature, surface gravity, age (~1 Myr consistent with the age of the β Pic Moving Group), and a mass of Jovian masses. This object is thus a free-floating brown dwarf member of this nearby moving group and is an important late-type benchmark object within this association. Using Laser Guide-Star Adaptive Optics to Probe the Nucleus of the S Galaxy NGC44 The centers of galaxies can contain massive black holes, as well as nuclear star clusters, which are compact (~5 pc), massive (~17 solar masses), and consist of multiple stellar populations having a wide range of ages. The masses of central black holes have been found to correlate with the bulge mass of the galaxy and, most recently, evidence has been presented that finds a correlation of the nuclear star cluster mass with the bulge mass. The formation and evolution of these central black holes and nuclear star clusters are related to galactic formation, but the link between the formation of these 12

18 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS very different types of objects remains unknown. To find the connections between central black holes, nuclear star clusters, and their host galaxies requires studies of the dynamics of the central regions of many galaxies, and such observations require high spatial resolution. Seth et al. (21, ApJ, 714, 713) have mapped the detailed kinematics of the S galaxy NGC 44 using the Laser Guide Star (LGS) adaptive optics (AO) system ALTAIR on Gemini North with the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS). This group examined the nuclear morphology, kinematics, and stellar populations in NGC 44 using near-ir integral-field spectroscopy from NIFS and combining it with Hubble Space Telescope imaging. The best-fit modeling for this S galaxy reveals a probable intermediate-mass black hole, with a mass of ~2 6x1 5 solar masses, as well as a nuclear star cluster having a mass of ~1 7 solar masses. The combination of delivered telescope image quality and the LGS AO system coupled to NIFS provides the requisite spatial and kinematic resolution from the ground (Figure 7). Figure 7: The top left panel shows the NIFS velocity field, with the middle panel being the best-fitting dynamical model (having a central black hole mass of 4.5x1 5 solar masses and disk inclination of 37 o ), while the top right panel shows the velocity residuals between observations and model. The bottom panels show the velocity curves extracted along the line of nodes, with the observed velocities shown as crosses (left), the models as diamonds (middle and left), and the right panel illustrating the velocity residuals. A γ ray Burst at a Redshift of 8.3: A Glimpse to Near the End of the Dark Ages Gamma-ray Bursts (GRB) are powerful probes of the early universe, due to their extremely large luminosities. Known to be the result of massive star evolution, GRBs can serve as indicators of star formation out to large redshifts, or viewed another way, star formation in the early universe. An international team of investigators (Tanvir et al. 29, Nature, 461, 1254) used a suite of ground-based telescopes to observe GRB 9423, which turned out to have the largest red-shift yet measured for a single object. Gemini North was the first 8-m-class telescope to observe GRB 9423 some 75 minutes after the γ ray burst, where it was imaged using the Near-Infrared Imager (NIRI) in the filter bands of Y, J, and H; these rapid-response images are shown in Figure 8. The lack of a detection in Y (to quite deep limits), but strong signals in J and H (as well as the K-band image from UKIRT) gave the first crucial indication of a very high redshift for GRB The Gemini images suggested that Figure 8: Near-IR Gemini North/NIRI Y, J, and H images of the afterglow of GRB 9423 (with the K image taken at UKIRT; Tanvir et al. 29). The presence of substantial flux in the J, H, and K bands but lack of a detection in the Y band suggested a large redshift for GRB 9423 (z > 7.8 from the images themselves). 13

19 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 the redshift of this object must be greater than 7.8, with later follow-up spectroscopy yielding z = 8.3. This is the largest redshift measured for any GRB, quasar, or distant galaxy and is a signal of massive stars existing and driving chemical evolution some 625 million years after the Big Bang. Such highredshift objects provide a window into star formation and chemical evolution reaching back close to the end of the so-called dark ages. 3.4 COMMUNITY ACCESS FACILITIES Chemical Evolution across Space and through Time in M33 Figure 9: The radial O/H abundance across M33 from the MMT HII region sample (red filled circles) compared to literature determinations. The straight line is defined by a gradient of -.44 dex/kpc. Chemical evolution within galaxies is an important topic because the change in heavy-element abundances over time and across space is driven largely by the star formation history within a galaxy. Determinations of chemical abundances can thus be used to reconstruct a picture of galactic-wide star formation. The nearby star-forming small spiral galaxy M33 is an ideal target within which to probe chemical evolution. An international team of researchers has carried out a detailed abundance analysis of He, N, O, Ne, S, and Ar in a sample of 33 H II regions and 12 planetary nebulae across more than 8 kpc of the disk of M33 (Magrini et al. 21, A&A, 512, A63). Spectra were obtained with the MMT Hectospec fiber-fed spectrograph. By using both H II regions and planetary nebula, Magrini et al. not only measure heavy-element abundances across the spatial disc of M33, but also have two samples of objects with different ages. The H II regions provide a current snapshot of metallicities within M33, while the typical ages of the planetary nebulae are ~4 5 Gyr. M33 exhibits a well-defined decrease in metallicity with increasing galactocentric distance, as shown in Figure 9, for oxygen in the H II regions from the sample. A linear fit to this decrease results in an abundance gradient for O of -.44 ±.17 dex/kpc, which is similar to the oxygen gradient that is characteristic of the Milky Way disk. Magrini et al. also find that the oxygen abundances from the planetary nebulae are lower than the H II regions, by about.15 dex on average. This difference points to the gradual increase in heavy-elements over the last 4-5 Gyr. In addition, this study does not find significantly different radial abundance gradients between the various elements as mapped by the H II regions compared to the planetary nebulae. The combination of both spatial and temporal chemical abundance determinations provides fairly strong constraints on chemical evolution models for M33. The Magrini et al. results favor a model in which the scalelength of the disk remains constant over time, while star formation and chemical evolution in the outer disk of M33 are influenced by an approximately continuous accretion of primordial gas. 14

20 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS A Super-Earth and Two Neptunes in a Planetary System around the G5V Star 61 Virginis The study of exoplanets continues to be a fast-moving area within astronomy, with radial-velocity programs constituting a major part of the planet-hunting field. Some nights available through the Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP) on Keck I with the High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES) have been used as parts of larger observational surveys for exoplanets, and recently S. Vogt and a team of collaborators (21, ApJ, 78, 1366) reported on a particularly interesting planetary system around the solar-like star 61 Virginis (61 Vir). The spectral type of 61 Vir is G5V, and this paper reports on the discovery of three planets in this exoplanetary system. The radial-velocity signature, isolated for each planet, is shown in Figure 1. The set of radial velocities consists of data taken both with HIRES on Keck I and the University College London Echelle Spectrograph (UCLES) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). One planet (61 Vir b) has a minimum mass of 5.1 Earth masses, which falls in the category of a Super-Earth; 61 Vir becomes the first G-type star known to host a Super-Earth, all previous stellar hosts of Super-Earths are of lower mass, having spectral types of K or M. The other two planets in this system have somewhat larger masses of 18.2 and 24. Earth masses (61 Vir c and 61 Vir d, respectively), placing them in the realm of Neptune-size planets. Planet b orbits at.5 AU with a period of 4.2 days, Planet c orbits at.22 AU with a period of 38. days, and Planet d at.48 AU with a period of 124. days. Analysis of the orbits suggests that this system is dynamically stable. The star 61 Vir is part of a growing number of exoplanetary systems that consist of multiple planets with significant masses orbiting with periods less than an Earth-year. Figure 1: The phased radial-velocity curves due to each individual planet, with Planet b in the top panel, Planet c in the middle panel, and Planet d at the bottom. The radial-velocity amplitudes for each planet are, respectively 2.1 m/s (b), 3.6 m/s (c), and 3.2 m/s (d). The Keck I/HIRES points are blue and the AAT/UCLES points are red. 15

21 4 GROUND-BASED O/IR OBSERVING SYSTEM OPERATIONS 4.1 NOAO SOUTH CTIO At the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, the highlight of FY1 was the arrival of the NEWFIRM wide-field infrared imager on the Blanco 4-m telescope (Figure 11, left) and the rapid installation and initiation of observations. The instrument was unpacked, partially pulled apart to be checked out in the new cleanroom funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 29 (ARRA), and then reassembled a process that took approximately six weeks. Science observations began in May 29 with first-light images of NGC 6334, the Cat s Paw Nebula. Raw images were processed using the automated NEWFIRM data-processing pipeline. The resultant single-band images were combined into the color composite J, H, and K s image shown in Figure 11. Figure 11: From the March arrival (left) to the first science in May (right), NEWFIRM and its installation team exceeded expectations. CTIO staff also were busy hosting meetings related to new instrument projects and outreach events with the community. The Dark Energy Survey (DES) project Systems Integration Working Group (DES SIWG) met in La Serena to bring all the plans for the major components of the DES project together and to make sure the integrated schedule is consistent with these plans. A particular focus of the meeting organized by NOAO and Fermilab was to examine the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) software system and its interfaces. Another such meeting is planned for the second quarter of FY11, as the DECam components begin to arrive and the installation process begins. On Saturday, 27 February 21, at 3:34 am Chilean time, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded occurred in southern Chile. This magnitude 8.8 earthquake had an epicenter near Concepción and, together with the following tsunami, caused major destruction and significant loss of life in that region. At the CTIO facilities in northern Chile, the earthquake was about a magnitude 4. None of 16

22 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS the CTIO telescope facilities suffered damage. The telescope buildings were evacuated during the earthquake, but observations continued about 15 minutes after the event. All of the facilities and infrastructure (e.g., buildings, roads, water lines, gas lines) were inspected later that morning, and no damage was detected other than a few minor rock slides that were cleared by 7 am. An intensive effort to confirm that all of our staff were safe, including those on vacation in southern Chile, was conducted. By Monday afternoon, all staff had been accounted for as safe and unharmed. While the facilities and staff at the observatory were not directly impacted, the earthquake damaged some of the critical Chilean infrastructure, such as sea ports and the airport in Santiago, and thus impacted observatory operations significantly in a variety of ways, especially in air travel (for staff and visiting astronomers) and shipping. CTIO staff worked to minimize the problems, and most operations were fully back to normal by the end of the second quarter of FY1. Blanco 4-m Telescope In addition to NEWFIRM s arrival, other systems at the Blanco 4-m telescope received attention, including the Telescope Control System (TCS) and general infrastructure to support both NEWFIRM and the Dark Energy Camera (DECam). The needed infrastructure for NEWFIRM, in the form of a new instrument maintenance facility in the Coudé room of the Blanco 4-m and on the telescope, was installed, tested, and put into use. This included completion of the new cleanroom structure and installation of the new cooling system components (compressors, He lines). Much of this infrastructure is the same as that which is needed for DECam. Additional work on the cleanroom and cooling systems is planned for early FY11 in order to better support DECam. The Blanco TCS Upgrade project, an effort to upgrade the TCS to modern software and hardware standards, moved forward after resolution of some hardware issues; and in November the telescope was driven with closed-loop control in both axes, an important milestone. Development of all of the core hardware and software components for the Blanco TCS project was completed, and testing of the integrated system was begun. There are still auxiliary software components to be developed and extensive testing to be done before the system is complete and can enter its commissioning phase in the first half of FY11. Blanco Instrumentation Mosaic-2: The Mosaic-2 imager, the widest field optical imager currently offered at CTIO, continued to be the most popular instrument on the Blanco, although NEWFIRM rose to take that spot in the latter half of FY1. The Mosaic-2 camera continued to be operated with one bad amplifier, providing full coverage with eight amplifiers and slow readout or fast readout with only 15 of the 16 amplifiers and a resulting gap in the images. The systematic program of testing and repairing spare parts resulted in somewhat lower downtime, improving the reliability until the replacement by DECam (see below) in mid 211. NEWFIRM: After an extremely successful installation and commissioning run, NEWFIRM was scheduled for scientific use starting with May 21 and was in extremely high demand, resulting in scheduling for 43% of the available science time after its installation. It will return to Kitt Peak in late

23 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 ISPI: The Infrared Side Port Imager (ISPI) was, until the operation of the European Southern Observatory s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy began, the widest-field large-telescope IR imager in the Southern Hemisphere, covering 1.25 arcmin square with a sampling rate of.33 arcsec/pixel over a wavelength range of microns. While NEWFIRM has replaced ISPI for IR imaging applications for the near term, ISPI will remain in Blanco s instrument complement and return to regular use when NEWFIRM returns to the Kitt Peak. Hydra-CTIO: Hydra is the third component of the Blanco wide-field instrument complement, with 138 fibers that can cover a field of view (FOV) of 4 arcmin in diameter. It can be installed on the telescope concurrently with Mosaic-2 and ISPI. Although Hydra continued to require careful maintenance and upkeep, it performed reliably during FY1. A plan was developed to upgrade this instrument with new detectors and controllers with funding from the ReSTAR program, but this work is scheduled to begin after the arrival of DECam due to the load on available technical staff. RC Spectrograph: The Ritchey-Chrétien (RC) Spectrograph, a medium-dispersion long-slit spectrograph, continued to be offered in FY1 in parallel with the Goodman spectrograph on SOAR. The limited amount of time available on SOAR to the US community (3%) has not allowed for the Goodman to meet the community s demand for the work horse capability of long-slit spectroscopy on 4-m-class facilities in the Southern Hemisphere. As a result, plans were developed to build its replacement, a copy of the Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (OSMOS) that is also being copied for the Mayall telescope using ReSTAR funding. The CTIO version of this spectrograph is called Cerro Tololo Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (COSMOS). Other Blanco Instruments: Scientists continued to bring visitor instruments to test innovative technologies and observing modes (e.g., visiting Speckle Camera scheduled for six nights during FY1). In addition to the ReSTAR initiatives previously mentioned (COSMOS and the Hydra upgrade), NOAO also received ReSTAR funding for a near-infrared spectrograph for the Blanco, a copy of the TripleSpec instrument already in use at several other facilities in the Northern Hemisphere. DECam: On a much shorter timescale, the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) is expected to arrive in mid 211. The DECam project includes the construction of a 52-megapixal camera and a community pipeline to process data taken by visiting astronomers. This instrument system is being delivered to enable the Dark Energy Survey (DES), which will pursue an ambitious survey of 5 square degrees of the southern sky using 525 nights over five years on the Blanco telescope. These data will feed a four-pronged investigation of dark energy to improve understanding of this enigmatic component of the Universe. Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope FY1 was an active period at the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope. The SOAR Optical Imager (SOI) was upgraded with a 4K 4K CCD that has improved sensitivity over the older mosaic CCDs. The SOAR Integral Field Spectrograph (SIFS) was delivered to SOAR in December 29 by the National Laboratory of Astrophysics of Brazil and installed and commissioned with the help of CTIO staff. This instrument obtained its first spectrum of an astronomical object on the night of 28 April 21. Commissioning was initiated, but problems with the fiber bundle were identified, leading to the return of the bundle to Brazil and a pause in the commissioning of this instrument until repairs can be made. After being installed on the telescope in early August 29 for natural guide star (NGS) tests, the SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM) was in the La Serena instrument shops and laboratories for most of FY1. The laser optics arrived and were successfully tested; all other components of the Laser 18

24 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS Guide Star system have been fabricated. Integration proceeded smoothly in the labs, and the system will be shipped to the SOAR telescope in the first months of FY11 with more NGS tests planned in November and laser first light planned in late November or early December. SOAR Telescope Instrumentation SOI: The SOAR Optical Imager, built at CTIO, has been regularly used on SOAR since the telescope commissioning. The instrument performed reliably during the whole of FY1. While the imager is currently a mosaic of two 2K 4K detectors, the upgraded dewar with a single 4K 4K detector was delivered and is awaiting regular scheduling (in the mean time it was used in SIFS commissioning). OSIRIS: The Ohio State Infrared Imager and Spectrometer, which is fitted with a CTIO 1K 1K Rockwell HgCdTe array, was moved to SOAR after several years of use on the Blanco 4-m telescope and was successfully commissioned in FY5. Although the instrument is getting rather old, it continues to reliably provide both an imaging and a modest-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy capability (up to R = 3) for the NOAO and SOAR communities. Goodman Spectrograph: The Goodman Spectrograph transitioned into a stable and regularly used instrument on SOAR. It currently is operated in only two of its planned three modes: optical imaging and single-slit spectroscopy. During FY1, significant work went into improving the performance and efficiency of the single-slit mode. SOAR continues to develop plans for the implementation of multi-slit spectroscopy with this instrument. The laser-cutting machine, which allows cutting of masks for the Goodman Spectrograph multiobject mode and also for the Gemini Multi Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South, was purchased in FY8 and has been in full operation since FY9 for GMOS. Software to operate the multi-slit mode of Goodman is under development, and it is anticipated that commissioning of the multi-slit mode will take place during FY11 Spartan Infrared Imager: Commissioning of the Spartan 4K 4K IR imager was accomplished in the first half of FY1, complete with a replacement science-grade detector and other minor improvements to the system. This instrument is now in regular use by visiting astronomers, providing two different scales: a f/21 channel with a FOV of arcmin and a scale of.43 arcsec/pixel chosen to resolve the diffraction-limited core of Tip-Tiltcorrected images in the H and K bands, and a f/12 channel with a FOV of arcmin at.73 arcsec/pixel. SAM: The SOAR Adaptive Module, being built at CTIO as part of the NOAO System Instrumentation program, saw first light in the Natural Guide Star mode in August 29, and has been under continued development in the instrument labs in La Serena to prepare its laser guide star capabilities. The instrument and its status are described in section System Instrumentation. Other SOAR Instruments: The Brazilian-built SOAR Integral Field Unit Spectrograph (SIFS) was delivered to SOAR in December 29 and achieved its first spectrum on 29 April 21. However, problems with the fiber bundle developed soon after this first light (apparently due to issues during shipping), and the bundle was returned to Brazil for repair. Commissioning of SIFS is expected to resume in mid 211. Brazil also delivered the Brazilian Tunable Filter Imager (BTFI), although currently this is considered to be a facility instrument for SOAR. The high-resolution SOAR Telescope Echelle Spectrograph (STELES) is expected to arrive from Brazil in late

25 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 CTIO Small Telescopes and SMARTS The Small and Moderate Aperture Telescope Research System (SMARTS) Consortium continued to operate four small telescopes at CTIO in FY1. The Consortium is sound financially, although the membership regularly changes as specific projects (and funding) are finished and new projects enter the group. The instrumentation and operational modes remain an attractive complement of imagers and spectrographs with classical, service, and queue operational modes available. SMARTS Telescopes Instrumentation CTIO1.5-m: The CTIO 1.5-m telescope has been designated as the SMARTS spectroscopic facility, hosting two complementary spectrographs. The fiber-fed Echelle spectrograph provides high-resolution spectroscopy for bright targets. FY1 activities included delivery of an upgraded detector system, moving the current detector to a new MONSOON-based system, the first such system to go into regular use at CTIO. This upgrade is being followed by a more ambitious project, called the CTIO High-Resolution Spectrometer (CHIRON), to upgrade both the spectrograph optics and detector system to provide a ten-fold improvement in throughput. The CHIRON project is led by Deborah Fischer with NSF grant funding in collaboration with Andrei Tokovinin and technical staff at CTIO. The 1.5-m Cassegrain spectrograph continues to be available, and it is possible to switch between the two spectrographs in less than 3 minutes. Both instruments are available only in service mode observing. CTIO 1.3-m: The A Novel Double-Imaging Camera (ANDICAM) instrument on the CTIO 1.3-m provides simultaneous optical and near-ir imaging in full service, limited queue mode. The optical imager relies upon a 2K 2K CCD, and the IR capability is based upon a 1K 1K detector. The maximum time per night per project is set at three hours in order to support the wide range of astronomical monitoring projects that are supported by this unique combination of telescope, instrument, and observing mode. CTIO.9-m: The CTIO.9-m telescope continues to support a fixed 2K 2K optical imager, with observations scheduled alternately in one week of classical mode and one week of service. This facility is the cornerstone of a major astrometric project, led by Todd Henry of Georgia State University, which relies upon the long-term stability of the instrument and telescope. Yale1.-m: The 1.-m telescope at CTIO belongs to Yale University and is operated by the SMARTS Consortium. This telescope supports a 4K 4K optical imager used only in classical mode. It is a popular platform for student training and observing runs. Tenant Observatories and Projects CTIO continues to offer a unique platform providing US scientists and institutions access to the skies of the Southern Hemisphere. CTIO hosts a total of 15 telescopes and several additional projects studying a wide range of phenomena, from the Earth s own atmosphere to distant gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). In FY1, one new project began operations and construction continued on another, LCOGTN (described in section 4.1.2). Following its refurbishment by Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA), the Lowell.6-m telescope began remote observation operations on Cerro Tololo in May 21. Astronomers from the SARA consortium now use the facility remotely on a nightly basis. The Wisconsin H-alpha Mapper (WHAM) project (lead institution University of Wisconsin) successfully completed re-commissioning its instrument after the move from Kitt Peak in FY9. The University of North Carolina Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes (PROMPT) project consists of six small telescopes that rapidly follow up GRBs discovered by the Swift satellite and subsequently trigger a target-of-opportunity interrupt at SOAR. At 2

26 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS other times, the telescopes will make observations as part of an extensive education and outreach program in North Carolina. Full science operations for four of the telescopes began at the start of FY6, and the facility has successfully made GRB follow-up observations since then. In addition, the University of Michigan operates the.6/.9-m Curtis Schmidt telescope, which is used part-time in a NASA-funded project to catalog space debris in geosynchronous orbits. During FY1, the Dark Energy Survey consortium reached an agreement with Michigan to use the telescope for pre-survey calibration observations with a prototype camera using the same detectors as those in the DECam. Observations began in August 21 and will continue in early 211. CTIO also continues to host a Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG) station; the Portable Ionospheric Camera and Small-Scale Observatory (PICASSO) imager project, operated by the University of Illinois to study the Earth s upper atmosphere and ionosphere; and a lunar scintillometer and transient camera belonging to the Advanced Liquid-mirror Probe for Astrophysics, Cosmology and Asteroids (ALPACA) project (lead institution Columbia University) NOAO South Facilities Operations At the start of FY1, the AURA Observatory Support Services (AOSS) unit was officially merged within the NOAO South organizational structure and renamed NOAO South Administration and Facilities (A&F). The integration was handled without disruption of the services provided by the former AOSS unit. Throughout FY1, the facilities support group focused their efforts on activities related to the integration into NOAO as well as support for new facilities on Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón and ongoing stimulus projects. On Cerro Tololo, construction was begun for the first deployed system of the LCOGTN, and in May final grounding and other detailed work was completed for the foundations of the three 1.-m telescopes, six.4-m telescopes, and other structures for the LCOGTN system. This site was chosen for the first deployed system because of the site s extensive infrastructure and available expertise. The domes for the 1.-m telescopes arrived and were assembled, and planning for the arrival of the buildings and the telescopes themselves is well underway. In addition, support was provided for the design of a new telescope structure to house a.8-m telescope addition to the Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes (PROMPT) cluster. Design plans were completed and are pending approval from PROMPT to start bids for construction. NOAO South staff also provided fundamental information to prospective new tenants who are investigating bringing three more 1-m-class telescopes to Cerro Pachón, Cerro Tololo, or Cerro Morado. On Cerro Pachón, construction of the second phase of the Pachón dormitory, fully funded from AURA Corporate finances, was completed by the contractor. With funding from ARRA, progress toward a new extension to the Cerro Pachón dormitory was significant, with the second iteration on the floor plan for the third phase completed by the end of FY1. This phase will provide a permanent kitchen and dining facility for Cerro Pachón to replace the current, temporary building. The solicitation for construction proposals was issued in the last days of FY1, and construction is planned to begin early in the first quarter of FY11. Plans for repairs and renovation of the dormitories and dining facility on Cerro Tololo are also progressing, with work extending into FY11. Several pending facility issues were resolved in FY1. Emergency generator systems for both Cerro Pachón and Cerro Tololo were purchased, and the Pachón generator was installed in the fourth quarter of FY1. These will provide an important element of safety, powering not only sensitive equipment but also heating systems in the dorms during extremely cold winter nights in the not-sorare cases of power outages. All of the paved roads on Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón were repaired and repainted. The required documentation was completed and official certification of the medical emergency facilities on both mountains was received as issued by the Health Secretary of the regional government. NOAO South hosted the AURA Board in early February. The highlight of the meeting was the groundbreaking for the Vista Sidney Wolff, which is on the road to CTIO and has a beautiful view of the SOAR and Gemini telescopes and the site for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). 21

27 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 NOAO South staff supported the development and signature of the LSST contract for architectural and engineering services to provide the final design and blueprints for the LSST observing facilities on Cerro Pachón. This contract will allow the design to be completed so that the moment funding is received, construction can begin on the telescope and support buildings, which will allow the project to maintain its rapid schedule from construction through commissioning NOAO South Computer Infrastructure Services The NOAO South Computer Infrastructure Services (CIS) group manages not only the computing and network systems for NOAO South, but also the shared network systems for all of the AURA units in Chile. It also provides support (on a cost-recovered basis) for the Las Campanas Observatory and Carnegie s Magellan telescopes. During FY1, NOAO South support activities included completion of the transition to Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems. All units of NOAO South, including the newly integrated NOAO South Administration & Facilities group, are now served by VoIP systems, providing significant international long-distance savings as well as better communications (less hesitation to make calls) between NOAO North and South. The planned voic system was put on hold due to higher priority network infrastructure needs. The downtown facilities network was restructured to provide improved service and security to NOAO South and other AURA programs. The NOAO South computer support team installed and integrated an advanced intrusion detection system into the AURA site-wide (NOAO-managed) logging, monitoring, and reporting system as an important addition to the outer perimeter of a layered cybersecurity strategy. The integration of the Administration & Facilities group included integration of this formerly separate group into the NOAO South network structure. Requirements for this integration included not only the necessary security measures to protect the critical accounting and payroll information (as required by auditors), but also measures to support secure connections (a dedicated virtual private network, VPN) from the administrative subnet in La Serena to the similar subnet in Tucson. This secure connection was configured and is now in use. The CIS group also supported the installation and operations of the networking for the Andes LIDAR Observatory (ALO) on Cerro Pachón. Network appliances were deployed to the site, and support was provided for the creation of an ALO subnet. This work included support for the successful connection of the Chilean Dirección General de Aeronautica Civil s civil aviation tracking display system needed for the safe operation of the ALO laser device. The network at the AURA gatehouse was improved to better support a remote ALO sensor that was installed there. 4.2 NOAO NORTH KPNO Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) operates the Mayall 4-m and 2.1-m telescopes. Additionally, KPNO operates the WIYN 3.5-m telescope in partnership with the University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, and Yale University. The Kitt Peak telescopes of the National Solar Observatory and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (the Very Long Baseline Array) receive direct operational support or maintenance services from KPNO in addition to the shared mountain facilities provided for all of the tenant observatories on the mountain. In 28, KPNO began a five-year program to modernize and improve its facilities. The process of addressing issues of deferred maintenance for the entire site also was begun. During FY1, KPNO continued to prepare the WIYN 3.5-m telescope and dome to receive the One Degree Imager (ODI), a new wide-field optical imager. FY1 saw continuing effort to keep KPNO telescopes equipped with forefront instruments, to broaden the involvement of young astronomers in the use and development of new instruments, and to support exciting and world-class research activities. Most notable among these was the upgrade to the Mosaic-1 imager, which has been given new CCD detectors and is operated using MONSOON controllers developed at 22

28 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS NOAO. The refurbished instrument, designated Mosaic-1.1 has better efficiency at all wavelengths, a significantly larger dynamic range, and nearly an order of magnitude faster read-out time. During FY1, NEWFIRM, the wide-field near- IR imager on the Mayall 4-m telescope, was temporarily reassigned for use in the Southern Hemisphere on the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope. It is expected to return in the summer (northern) of 211 and will be recommissioned on the Mayall. Work began on the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (KOSMOS), which is based on the design of OSMOS, a spectrograph built by The Ohio State University that uses Volume-Phase Holographic grisms and is operated at the MDM telescope on Kitt Peak. Deployment of this Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research (ReSTAR) funded instrument is expected in late FY11. In December 29, a call for proposals was issued for a Large Science Program with the Mayall telescope. The concept is for a research group to bring a capability to the Mayall that would enable their own high-impact science project, as well as enable science by others using this new capability. To the latter end, the project is expected to provide data processing software for community use. The capability would be expected to address needs of the US Optical/Infrared System. One such proposal was received and will be given a non-advocate review in early FY11. The combined down time due to technical problems for the Mayall 4-m, WIYN 3.5-m, and 2.1-m telescopes (including instruments) was 2%, which is favorable compared to the less than 3% of FY8 and certainly a rectification from the abnormally high 6% loss of time incurred in FY9. Time lost due to poor weather was 3%, close to the historical average. Mayall 4-m Telescope During a late summer shutdown of the Mayall, major repair of the cracked dome rails (that support the dome) was almost completed. Work on the dome shutter brakes will continue into FY11. The console room was upgraded, including modernization of the computers used by the observers and replacement of the flooring with a non-static material. Mayall Instrumentation Mosaic-1: The Mosaic-1 imager, which is the widest field optical imager currently offered at KPNO, was used at the prime focus of the Mayall until June 21 when it was decommissioned for its upgrade to Mosaic-1.1 using funding from ReSTAR. Mosaic-1 continued to be in high demand at both the Mayall 4-m and the WIYN.9-m telescopes, and the refurbished Mosaic-1.1 will be offered at both locations pending commissioning. NEWFIRM: NEWFIRM was offered at the Mayall to heavy demand until its transfer to the Blanco 4-m telescope at CTIO in early 21. NEWFIRM will return to KPNO in late 211. Simultaneous Quad IR Imaging Device (SQIID): This near-ir imager allows simultaneous J, H, and K-pass band imaging and is a favorite of proposers who need multiband data over a modest field of view. This instrument is available at both the Mayall and 2.1-m telescopes. FLAMINGOS IR Imaging Spectrometer: The first cryogenic multi-slit near-ir imaging spectrograph in the world, FLAMINGOS, was built by Richard Elston and his colleagues at the University of Florida with modest assistance with the detector and initial funding from NOAO/KPNO. The instrument, showing its age and in need of refurbishment, is still breaking new ground with the aid of a new integral field unit provided by Steve Eikenberry and the University of Florida. InfraRed Multi-Object Spectrograph (IRMOS): John Mackenty and his colleagues at Goddard Space Flight Center built this groundbreaking near-ir spectrograph to test micromirror technology for future space missions as an alternative to multiple cold slit masks for cryogenic near-ir spectroscopy. IRMOS now provides KPNO observers with a flexible near-ir multi-object spectrograph. 23

29 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Multi-Aperture Red Spectrometer (MARS) and RC Spectrograph: These two low to moderate optical spectrographs continue in service, although upgrades to the guiders, detectors, and controllers are desirable. The MARS nod-and-shuffle observing mode, which allows improved sky-background subtraction, continues to be offered. Echelle: The Echelle Spectrograph continues to be offered. Over the past years, several of the highest ranked proposals by the NOAO Time Allocation Committees (TAC) have requested this instrument. Visitor Instruments: Scientists continue to bring visitor instruments to test innovative technologies and observing modes (e.g., visiting Speckle Camera, EXP). 2.1-m Telescope In addition to supporting general observing programs, the 2.1-m telescope continues to be a test-bed for new instruments. There is a rich history of this: IRMOS and FLAMINGOS were extensively commissioned and tested at the 2.1-m. These two near-ir spectrographs were used to pioneer technologies now being used in new instruments for 8-m telescopes and space observatories. D. Figer (Rochester Institute of Technology) used the 2.1-m to test the on-sky performance of silicon pindiode detectors, devices being considered for the LSST. A. Szymkowiak and his colleagues at Yale used the 2.1-m to commission a new high-throughput optical spectrograph. While developing new technologies for astronomy, these groups have been able to use the 2.1-m to undertake astronomical research and involve students in the process of developing the next generation of astronomical instrumentation. In the same vein, J. Ge and his University of Florida colleagues have used the 2.1-m as a testbed for the development of new instruments. They had multiple, successful science runs with their innovative, high-precision, radial velocity, fiber-fed, bench spectrograph called the Exoplanet Tracker (ET), which produces a fringe pattern from a Michelson interferometer at nearly right angles to the absorption features on the widened stellar spectrum. The recorded phase of the interference fringes is then extremely sensitive to small velocity shifts. They are currently working with the successor to ET, called EXPERT, which has now achieved velocity stability of 1 to 2 m/sec, and is making measurements of stars at the 8 th or 9 th magnitude. Work on ET and EXPERT has also been the core of three PhD dissertations to date. 2.1-m Instrumentation CCD Imager Simultaneous Quad IR Imaging Device (SQIID): See description under Mayall Instrumentation FLAMINGOS IR Imaging Spectrometer: See description under Mayall Instrumentation GoldCam CCD Spectrograph: An aging optical spectrograph that is still in demand by KPNO users. EXPERT: Built by J. Ge and his colleagues at the University of Florida, this instrument, funded in part by NSF grants to the University of Florida, has been available to the community through proposals to the NOAO TAC under an agreement with J. Ge and the University of Florida. 24

30 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS WIYN 3.5-m Telescope The WIYN Observatory consists of the WIYN 3.5-m and.9-m telescopes. KPNO and NOAO are partners in the consortium (including University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, and Yale University) that operates the WIYN 3.5-m, the most modern of the telescopes operated on Kitt Peak. Work continued in FY1 on the One Degree Imager (ODI). However, problems with the manufacture of OTAs (orthogonal charge transfer CCDs) have delayed delivery of the focal plane indefinitely, with adverse impact on project cost. A project review slated for early FY11 has been set up to seek guidance with risk mitigation and strategy. A conceptual plan for a data pipeline, portal, and storage that proposes to use legacy algorithms developed at NOAO on a TeraGrid platform was reviewed in late FY1. A more detailed design is to follow. WIYN 3.5-m Instrumentation Hydra + Bench Spectrograph: This multi-fiber spectroscopic capability remains very popular with the university partners of the WIYN Observatory and also is sought by members of the NOAO community. SparsePak3 + Bench Spectrograph: This is an integral field fiber feed alternative to the Hydra multi-object spectrograph. MiniMosaic Imager (MIMO): This aging facility instrument remains the main optical imager available at WIYN. U. Hawai i OPTIC Camera (OPTIC): This optical imager (built by John Tonry, University of Hawai i, and colleagues) has been a regular visitor to WIYN, and has been offered as a user instrument. It uses innovative orthogonal transfer CCDs to enable improved delivered image quality and rapid read-out observing modes. However, the instrument has likely seen its last use at WIYN in FY1, and there are no plans to bring it back. WIYN High Resolution Infrared Camera (WHIRC): Built by Margaret Meixner of Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Ed Churchwell (University of Wisconsin) and colleagues at Johns Hopkins University, STScI, WIYN Observatory, and NOAO/KPNO, this near-ir imager provides very high spatial resolution, near-ir imaging over a field of view. During FY9, instrument scientist R. Joyce (NOAO) and colleagues successfully commissioned the use of the WIYN Tip-Tilt Module (WTTM) with this instrument. When used together, WTTM and WHIRC have yielded.3 FWHM images. Infrastructure Modernization Design of an Instrument Handling Facility capable of servicing all KPNO and WIYN instruments on site was mostly completed. This ARRA-funded project, when finished, will make it unnecessary to transport large instruments (such as NEWFIRM and ODI) to the Tucson facility, thus removing the risk of damage during transport. Another major ARRA-funded project is to replace the water plant infrastructure on Kitt Peak; assessment and preliminary design for this project has been underway during FY1. A suite of site monitoring instruments was completed, including an All Sky Camera, Weather Station, and a differential image motion monitor (DIMM) telescope (being tested at the end of FY1). 25

31 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Kitt Peak Visitor Center Usage The Kitt Peak Visitor Center (KPVC) is administered as part of Kitt Peak National Observatory. In addition to the operations of the mountaintop visitor center and gift store, KPVC runs the Nightly Observing Program (NOP) and Advanced Observing Program (AOP). These internationally known programs allow public visitors to the mountain to experience observing the wonders of the Universe with modern, small telescopes at one of the world s best sites, surrounded by working research observatories. This is a unique experience for those who participate, and it communicates the excitement of astronomy to the general public. The table at the right provides usage statistics for the KPVC for FY1. The numbers are similar to those from FY9 and FY8, except for school groups, which has dropped (FY9 had a much higher number whereas FY8 had a similar number) and for special tours, which have increased by fifty percent over FY9 and tripled since FY8. An elevator for handicapped access to the Visitor Center s 2-in telescope was completed in FY1 using ARRA funding. Celebrating 5 Years of Kitt Peak Observatory The year-long set of activities celebrating 5 years of KPNO were concluded in FY1. The culminating events in March 21 (corresponding to 5 years since the dedication of the site of Kitt Peak Observatory) included two science meetings: From First Light to Newborn Stars and The Eventful Universe. These drew good representation from the science community with engaging talks and discussions on topics that are currently at the scientific forefront. Another day of science review talks highlighted pioneering achievements resulting from observations made at Kitt Peak on various themes ranging from star formation to dark matter and dark energy. Site Protection Kitt Peak Visitor Center Summary of Visitors (October 29 through September 21) Group/Program # of Visitors General public tours 8,188 School groups K Special tours 665 Nightly Obs. Program 7,26 Advanced Obs. Program 84 Total Visitors for All Paid Programs 16,868 K. Neugent and P. Massey (Lowell Observatory) obtained spectroscopic measurements of the night sky brightness at Kitt Peak on several nights in 29 and 21 and compared them to measurements obtained in 1988 and 1999 ( Their results, published in the October 21 issue of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, indicate that despite Tucson s rapid growth, the sky brightness of Kitt Peak has stayed remarkably constant over the past 2 years. Compared to 1988, the sky is ~.1 mag brighter at zenith and ~.3 mag brighter toward Tucson. The sky is comparable to what it was 1 years ago at zenith and ~.1 mag darker toward Tucson. Ongoing efforts to minimize the light contributing to sky glow while enabling necessary growth and development appear to have been effective. The KPNO Director s Office continues to raise awareness regarding community actions that protect the quality of our skies for astronomical research. The KPNO director served on the Pima County and City of Tucson outdoor lighting code committee and as chair of the subcommittee revising and updating the code to address the new generation of lighting, most notably blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The towns of Oro Valley and Sahuarita have consulted with astronomy representatives as they update their sign codes to help businesses. Representatives of Arizona s astronomy community (including active representation from Kitt Peak) worked with city planners and government staffers from the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) to develop a pattern outdoor lighting code that can be used by all the MAG communities. KPNO collaborated with the Education 26

32 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS and Public Outreach (EPO) group in related community outreach, including enabling a brief, local exhibit of photographs from the International Year of Astronomy s The World at Night program. The assistant to the KPNO director represented KPNO and NOAO at numerous general, public, governmental, and professional meetings (local, national, and international) promoting the protection of dark skies for astronomical research and education. Relations with the Tohono O odham Nation Maintaining good communication between the Tohono O odham Nation and the observatory remains a priority of the KPNO Director s Office with support from the EPO program. KPNO continues to support tours and nighttime observing sessions of school children and adults from the Nation; this year s efforts included special overnight programs combined with O odham led cultural awareness activities for their youth. KPNO had a booth at Schuk Toak District Days; hosted and supported the 21 summer Horse Camp, which operated under the auspices of the Tohono O odham Community College; hosted the Tohono O odham Community Action Young O odham United through Health program s camp; and supported numerous educational programs by NOAO s EPO. Relationships continue to develop as various groups (e.g., Planning & Economic Development Department) within the Tohono O odham Nation contact KPNO to improve networking and learn about the observatory. The KPNO Director s Office was contacted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) about upgrading their radio transmission tower, which was installed in the 196s, to assist the Indian Health Services. Requests to install new radio transmitters on observatory grounds have been received from the Department of Homeland Security and the Pima County Wireless Integrated Network (PCWIN). A meeting on Kitt Peak in July 21 was held to help answer questions. When the Nation requests it, KPNO works with the Nation, BIA, the Tohono O odham Utility Authority, and others to enable improved capability to the Nation without adversely impacting the observatories. Having obtained permissions from the Schuk Toak District Council and the Nation s Legislative Council and relevant committees, KPNO is preparing to fly the District s and Nation s flags on observatory grounds and to improve the signage to recognize that the observatory is located on the land of the Tohono O odham Nation. KPNO is working to build strong relationships with many segments of the Nation to further mutual interests NOAO North Facilities Operations The efforts of the Central Facilities Operations (CFO) staff for NOAO North were focused on several areas over the past year. A new engineer was employed to help existing staff to develop subcontracted engineering design efforts and prepare documentation in support of the new stimulus projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 29 (ARRA) as well as several Kitt Peak and Tucson building infrastructure refurbishment projects budgeted for with NSF base funding. CFO staff activities throughout the year involved the targeted renovation of the NOAO North buildings in several areas, with the required remediation of asbestoscontaining floor tiles, to accommodate increased office space demands by various programs. Leaking irrigation systems, deteriorated exterior glass exit doors, and several roofmounted HVAC units were replaced during the year, and a new recycling program was put in place. With NSF authorization, the deteriorated duplex building was demolished, and the area was cleared to accommodate external storage and future parking needs (see Figure 12). Figure 12: Demolition of the deteriorated duplex at North Warren Avenue and East First Street. 27

33 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Project design documentation was completed to allow for several projects to be bid and started in the final quarter of the fiscal year. These included the initial phases of a multi-year effort to upgrade the video conferencing systems, the beginning of the phase two effort to install an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant accessible entrance to the La Quinta meeting room, and the replacement of non-operational fire sprinkler system valves in the main building and 45-year-old sprinkler heads. CFO staff also provided documentation, expertise, and on-site support to expand the access control systems at the Gemini North Hilo facility. In conjunction with the NOAO Director s Office, an engineering firm was brought in to review the existing east wing office structure of the main Tucson building and evaluate the feasibility and estimated costs for a possible expansion of the facility NOAO North Computer Infrastructure Services During FY1, the NOAO North Computer Infrastructure Services (CIS-N) group accomplished large portions of two major, multi-year projects: upgrade and improve the environment (power, cooling fire-suppression) in the NOAO-Tucson computer lab and upgrade and improve the NOAO-Tucson campus network. Furthermore, core systems were upgraded based on a 3- to 5-year replacement cycle. Core computer systems that were replaced and upgraded in FY1 following this replacement cycle included .noao.edu and dhcp-kp.kpno.noao.edu. Building upon the new Computer Room Air Conditioner (CRAC) units installed in FY9, plans were made for a third CRAC unit to be installed in early FY11 and for the removal and replacement in early FY11 of the building s cooling system devoted to the computer lab. These changes should result in a very flexible cooling system that can support increased use of the lab, adapt to summer and winter conditions, and be easily maintained. During FY1, many of the racks in the computer lab were relocated to create hot-cold aisles to improve cooling efficiency. Legacy computers were taken out of service and removed from the lab to make room for several racks containing systems moved from elsewhere in the building to take advantage of the climate-controlled conditions in the computer lab. Further in the future, power issues such as increased capacity and generator backup and the fire-suppression system will be addressed. The NOAO-Tucson campus network infrastructure was continually and incrementally improved in FY1. Several backbone links were upgraded to 1 Gbit/sec circuits, and some fiber runs had to be replaced due to rodent chew-through. Several Ethernet switches were upgraded to improve performance and capacity or to provide a quieter environment nearby. Wireless access points were upgraded where needed. The processor module in the Cisco 726 router that connects NOAO-Tucson to Kitt Peak and to the Internet was upgraded. The Kitt Peak mountain network was upgraded to support 1 Gbit/sec links to the domes in anticipation of future increases in bandwidth from Kitt Peak to Tucson. 4.3 NOAO SYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER The existing and planned facilities of the US Ground- Based Optical/Infrared System (System) constitute an extended and powerful system of observational capabilities. A key mission for NOAO is to deliver community access within the System to a broad range of world-class instruments on telescopes of all apertures. NSSC forms NOAO s interface with the System with the primary aims to strengthen the contributions of NOAO s directly managed facilities to the System, to provide user support for System facilities not directly managed by NOAO, and to anticipate and advocate for the future development of the System. The NSSC mission thus incorporates a wide range of responsi- NOAO System Science Center System User Support Science Data Management System Community Development 28

34 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS bilities, many of which focus on present-day facilities, while others deal with the evolution toward a future system, such as organizing community input for the LSST and Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT) projects. NSSC consists of three major programs: System User Support (SUS), Science Data Management (SDM), and System Community Development (SCD). SUS provides help to users of the currently available open-access time to facilities that are not managed by NOAO, which covers the entire process of proposal preparation, submission, observing, and post-observing data questions. SDM support revolves around the archiving of all raw data from NOAO facilities and pipeline processing for selected instruments, as well as the data needs and support for future projects that involve NOAO. SCD maintains a broad view of the current state of the System and how community desires and needs are best mapped into the future evolution of this system System User Support System User Support (SUS) aims to help users make excellent use of the System capabilities to which NOAO provides access. In FY1, these facilities include the Gemini Observatory s twin 8.1-m telescopes, the 1-m Keck I and II telescopes, the two Magellan 6.5-m telescopes, the 6.5-m MMT, the 2-inch Hale at Palomar Observatory, and the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) optical interferometer. While none of these facilities are directly operated by NOAO, SUS staff do critical work to ensure that the US community is well-served by them. In particular, SUS staff advertise the System capabilities available to the US community, maintain a regular presence at the winter and summer AAS meetings, field technical questions and provide proposal technical reviews for the large majority of System capabilities, help users of all System facilities prepare for their observing runs, provide support to users seeking help with their data reduction and analysis, and represent the US community s interests to the partner observatories. The largest share of US public-access time to large telescopes is on Gemini. SUS staff are integrally involved in support of this access. For instance, the Gemini observing process requires the submission of a Phase II file once an observing program is approved. SUS staff guide US users through the process of creating the Phase II files, helping users optimally design their programs and checking them for errors. Phase II files are used directly to operate the telescope and instruments, such that errors in Phase II files translate to lost telescope time. SUS staff often iterate several times with the PIs and with Gemini support staff, who provide backup checking, to ensure that the Phase IIs are well designed. SUS staff are also on hand to help users through the data reduction process for Gemini instruments. To this end, SUS organized the Gemini Data Reduction Workshop during July in Tucson, AZ ( The workshop, which featured presentations and interactive sessions led by Gemini and SUS staff as well as local experts, was aimed at teaching those basics of data reduction relevant to the bulk of Gemini s capabilities, as well as detailed techniques particular to the most popular Gemini instruments. The workshop was very productive, with many attendants, in particular graduate students and young researchers, working with instrument experts on their data up until the very last moment. SUS recognizes that maintaining or improving the demand for Gemini depends on continuing to develop a strong base of users who see Gemini as critical to their research, as well as providing excellent support for all users. Thus, SUS actively encourages classical observing on Gemini as evidenced by 15 2% of US programs, which is amounted to 2 3% of US time, being scheduled as classical observing runs funded by NOAO in semesters 21A and 21B. SUS staff also conducted six visits to the Gemini sites during the October 29 to July 21 time period, with two of these being monthlong visits to Gemini South to allow participation in Flamingos-2 testing and commissioning. These staff visits, coupled with the support of classical observing, point to the dedication of NSSC-SUS towards building and maintaining relationships with both the US community and the Gemini Observatory. 29

35 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 The Gemini Observatory is currently preparing itself for the UK withdrawal from the Gemini partnership. SUS is actively involved in trying to make the transition as smooth as possible for the US user community, through advocating for its needs. In early FY1, NSSC-SUS performed a survey of the users instrumentation needs, the results of which were presented at a US Gemini Town Hall at the January 21 AAS meeting. SUS staff were involved in responding to the request for white papers with ideas for a new high-resolution optical spectrograph for Gemini. SUS staff also represented the US Gemini interests through membership on the Gemini International Time Allocation Committee (ITAC), Operations Working Group, and other committees, and met regularly with Gemini and other partner staff in bi-weekly video meetings. For the System facilities other than Gemini, SUS ramped up its support in FY1. One or two SUS staff members were assigned to serve as the NOAO contacts for each of the Keck, Magellan, MMT, Palomar, and CHARA facilities. These contacts will make sure that the experience for NOAO users of the facilities meets their needs. During this fiscal year, SUS staff made site visits to Keck, Palomar, and CHARA, interacting with staff at the observatories, learning the details of their operations, and participating in observations. Reports from these visits provided helpful knowledge that SUS will use to improve its support of System users. SUS staff also participated in the Keck Science Meeting, allowing them to observe how the Keck Observatory connects with its users. During preparations for the 21A/B observing semesters, SUS performed technical reviews of proposals for Keck HIRES, Magellan MIKE, Hale DoubleSpec and TripleSpec, and CHARA Science Data Management The efforts in FY1 of the Science Data Management (SDM) program were directed primarily toward meeting the immediate data management needs of NOAO and its user community. SDM continued to operate an End-to-End (E2E) system to archive all raw data from NOAO facilities, to pipeline process and archive data from the Mosaic and NEWFIRM instruments, and to serve those data to the astronomical community through the Portal, the interface to the NOAO Science Archive. Emphasis was placed on streamlining and improving the entire system and, in particular, the user s interface to the Science Archive. SDM greatly improved its notification process to observers regarding their data. All primary investigator (PI) observers for a given observing semester on NOAO facilities were sent an at the beginning of the semester and another one week before their observing runs. Unregistered users were invited to register with the Archive (using the National Virtual Observatory, NVO, Single Sign- On) if they had not done so already. Mosaic and NEWFIRM observers received an additional when their pipeline-reduced data had been archived and were ready for retrieval. These efforts saw a substantial increase in the amount of data downloaded from January through September 21 (1.6 TB, FITS Tile-compressed) over the same period in 29 (.95 TB, gzipped). SDM also provided support for near future instrumentation. SDM supported the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) instrument by developing the Data Transport System (DTS) for transferring Dark Energy Survey (DES) data to NCSA and Tucson and DECam community data to Tucson and by writing several documents for the delivery, installation, and support of the DECam community pipeline by SDM Operations. SDM collaborated in the development of a Pipeline, Portal, and Archive proposal for the WIYN One Degree Imager (ODI) instrument and developed a prototype pipeline to operate within the Open Grid Computing Environment (OGCE) on the TeraGrid as a proof of concept. Data Management Systems Operations The SDM Operations Group (SDM-O) continued to provide the day-to-day services for managing the software tools and services that they deploy for use by astronomers. SDM-O responsibilities also included moving thousands of images each day from all of NOAO s instruments and telescopes into safe storage, the continuous ingestion of image metadata into the NOAO Archives, operating science pipelines, serving NOAO raw and reduced data to PIs, managing the NOAO Help Desk and interact- 3

36 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS ing with users and instrument teams, and defining and deploying the hardware needed to support all of these tasks. Archive SDM continued operation of the NOAO Survey Archive. This archive supports long-term access to data from NOAO Survey programs and contains high-level, reduced data products from over 15 different surveys. The NOAO Survey Archive received steady community use with more than 1 unique visits per month during FY1. Also during FY1, two major releases of the E2E system were deployed by SDM. In the first release, February 21, the file compression method used in the Internet Save-the-Bits (istb) program was changed from gzip to FITS Tile compression using the Rice algorithm. This saved SDM both time (tile compression is up to ten times faster than gzip) and storage (files are typically 2 8% smaller than the equivalent gzipped file.) The second release, deployed in August, replaced the outdated Source Resource Broker (SRB) file management system used by the E2E system with its nextgeneration replacement, the Integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (IRODS). Portal In the past year, SDM put special emphasis on making NOAO data more easily accessible to users, particularly for PIs retrieving raw or pipeline-reduced data products from the NOAO Science Archive. The biggest and most visible changes were made to the Portal, the user interface to the NOAO Archive. The front page and navigation were simplified (see Figure 13), and the query interface used to search for NOAO data was completely redesigned. It is now a simple, form-based system that should be immediately familiar to anyone who has used other major astronomical archives, without requiring careful study of instructions and documentation. The Portal and Archive documentation Figure 13: Revised user interface to NOAO Science Archive. 31

37 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 were extensively rewritten to provide illustrated how to guides aimed at making it as easy as possible for users to find and retrieve their NOAO data. The NVO single sign-on procedure, which allows PIs to gain access to their proprietary data products, also was simplified and made more robust. Further improvements and enhancements will be made to the Portal in FY11. Current Pipelines There were two major releases of the NEWFIRM science pipeline this fiscal year. Version 1.1 was delivered in October 29 and contained improvements to the photometry and cosmic-ray removal. Version 1.2 of the NEWFIRM science pipeline, released in May 21, included improved photometry based on aperture sizes that are coupled to the seeing. The photometric accuracy was verified against an independent analysis of the same data. This pipeline release also included an option to remove ring- and stripe-like patterns in the NEWFIRM data and several changes to improve the performance and stability of the pipeline. In May 21, the NEWFIRM instrument was deployed on the Blanco 4-m telescope at CTIO for the first time. The NEWFIRM science pipeline was updated to correctly process the CTIO data with an update to the fixed calibration data (e.g., bad pixels and world coordinate solution). Recent work on the NEWFIRM science pipeline focused on continued stability improvements and improvements to the operation of the pipeline (see Figure 14). Members of SDM assisted in the successful relocation of the NEWFIRM instrument by also supporting the deployment of the Data Handling System (DHS) and the NEWFIRM Quick Reduce Pipeline (QRP) including any needed updates for the instrument s new location. Figure 14: A field in the SMC, 192s, Ks by R. Probst (NOAO), September 21. (Image credit: Rob Swaters/NOAO/AURA/NSF.) Data Management Systems Development SDM continued to prepare for pipeline and archive support for DECam. Several SDM staff participated in the DECam Community Pipeline external review held at NCSA in August 21. SDM staff wrote jointly with DECam community pipeline developers several documents in preparation for the delivery of the community pipeline from NCSA. These include DECam Community Pipeline Operations and Maintenance Support, DECam E2E Interface Control Document, DECam Raw 32

38 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS and Reduced Header Content Spreadsheet, DECam/E2E System Integration and Commissioning Plan, NOAO DECam Community Pipeline Acceptance Plan, and DECam DES/SISPI DTS Interface Control Document. Several members of SDM participated in the DECam community pipeline bi-weekly telecons hosted by NCSA, the monthly DECam Systems Interfaces Working Group (SIWG) meetings, Survey Image System Process Integration (SISPI) Working Group meetings, and the DES Collaboration Meeting that occurred in FY1. A significant milestone for the DTS developed by SDM for DECam was reached in late September 21. The DTS was demonstrated to efficiently transfer DECam data between the specified DES computer systems. Its efficiency and ease of use generated interest among other large projects such as LSST Data Management. Staff of SDM worked with the Pervasive Technologies Institute (PTI) at Indiana University (IU) as part of two ODI Pipeline, Portal, and Archive Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs). An SDM staff member hosted a week-long meeting in Tucson and remotely attended a workshop at IU to discuss software technologies developed at NOAO and PTI. Changes were made to the NOAO pipeline system to allow the installation of a portion of the NOAO Mosaic Camera pipeline at IU for a proof of concept. An SDM member worked with PTI to install their software at NOAO for evaluation and development. Further modifications to the NOAO and PTI software followed to enable NOAO pipelines to work with PTI software running on the TeraGrid. Two TeraGrid workflows based on the NOAO pipeline system were created to demonstrate the system being proposed for ODI. Members of SDM devoted significant time, above and beyond the technology demonstrations, in support of the NOAO/PTI/WIYN effort to produce a pipeline, portal, and archive (PPA) proposal for ODI. This culminated in the participation in a successful external review of the proposal in the first week of FY11. Science Data Processing (IRAF) The IRAF FITSUTIL external package was updated to include the utility tasks fpack and funpack for compressing FITS images using Tile compression (fpack) and uncompressing Tile-compressed FITS files (funpack). These FITS utilities were layered on the cfitsio package found at Documents were also made available from the SDM Web site to assist anyone wishing to use the fpack and funpack utilities directly. A 64-bit implementation of IRAF was developed and an alpha release was made in May 21 to interested developers. Feedback was received and bugs in the software were identified and fixed. A final release of 64-bit IRAF (version 2.15) is expected in November 21. Science User Support Members of SDM created a searchable keyword dictionary that consists of keywords found in headers of NOAO data including the instrument configuration, the world coordinate system, time stamps, and detector array characteristics. This definitive repository of keyword definitions for the most heavily subscribed NOAO instruments was made publically available in mid-21 at: ( The dictionary will be extremely useful tool for NOAO users to understand the data they are given and to NOAO staff building new instruments. Community Efforts (VAO) SDM received its first Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) grant funds in July 21 to aid efforts in the areas of User Support, Product Development, Operations, and Standards and Protocols. The majority of the effort is allocated to User Support and the SDM manager is the User Support task lead as well as the NOAO institutional lead. A great deal of effort was contributed to the development of the VAO Product Execution Plan delivered to NSF in August. 33

39 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Work continued in the development of standards for the VOEvent version 2. (of great interest to LSST Data Management), a testing plan for all VAO services and applications, preparation for the first VAO exhibit at the AAS in Seattle, and portal development in the form of extensions to the VO- Client interfaces and VO-CLI tools, which will provide improved desktop tool integration. Members of SDM served on several committees during FY1 including the International Astronomical Union (IAU) FITS Working Group, the North American FITS Group, the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems Conference (ADASS) Program Executive Council, and the chairmanship of two IVOA Working Groups (VOEvent and Data Access Layer). Members of SDM supported the IVOA Interop meetings in November 29 and May System Community Development NOAO System Community Development (SCD) staff prepared a plan outlining the process for the development of a roadmap for the US Ground-Based O/IR System, as a logical succession to the Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research (ReSTAR) and Access to Large Telescopes for Astronomical Instruction and Research (ALTAIR) studies. The roadmap activity would include a biannual report on the status of the US System and a standing committee to provide strategic advice. Although NSF/AST was receptive to the idea of a plan, they were reluctant to endorse the formation of a new committee for this purpose. Thus, this activity remains on hold. The second three-year phase of NOAO s implementation plan to address the recommendations of the ReSTAR study will begin in FY12, and so NOAO reconvened the ReSTAR committee to update their report and provide advice on a proposed process for soliciting partners for this next phase. A draft solicitation was issued and publicized, and an open meeting will take place in November 21 to discuss the process and ideas for community participation. As part of an effort to keep the community informed about NOAO s program and invite feedback, an invitation was issued through Currents, the NOAO electronic newsletter, to have NOAO staff visit departments and regional meetings. In July 21, two NOAO astronomers attended the annual meeting of the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium to present an overview of the NOAO program and plans. An operational review of the NOAO Survey Program was held in July 21 to provide advice on how policies and processes might be modified to make this program more effective. The key recommendation of this review was to formalize the agreement between NOAO and survey teams into a signed Memorandum of Understanding. The goal of this change would be to better define the survey deliverables and their schedule and to hold the survey teams accountable for their delivery. GSMT/ELT Science NOAO s program to prepare and engage the community in GSMT science and to connect them to the two US GSMT projects, Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), remained on hold for much of FY1, awaiting the outcome of the Astro21 report. A strong recommendation for immediate federal investment would have triggered a renewed effort to involve community members in scientific planning for the GSMT era. However, following the publication of the report in September 21, NSF/AST removed NOAO/AURA s oversight role and instructed that further scientific and technical interactions would be at the discretion of the TMT and GMT projects. Consequently, the GSMT science effort remains inactive, as NSF/AST develops a process for determining a possible future federal investment. LSST Science NOAO again organized the selection process for adding new members to existing LSST Science Collaborations. This was the first year in which proposals for new Science Collaborations were accepted. A panel of experts evaluated the proposals and the LSST director approved the panel s recommendations. Of the three proposals to create new Science Collaborations, one was approved. There were 34

40 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS forty proposals to join existing Collaborations. Nineteen of these were approved, adding twenty-three new individuals. Members of the NOAO LSST Science Working Group (SWG) organized and participated in a series of meetings resulting in a draft report on the LSST scheduling requirements. They also worked with the Operations Simulator group of the LSST project to make improvements in the Simulator post-processing (SSTAR) reports. As a step towards science evaluations of operations strategies, the chairs of the Science Collaborations were contacted and correspondence begun on scheduling requirements and performance metrics for their specific science cases. NSSC staff helped to organize The Eventful Universe meeting (part of the 5 th anniversary celebration of Kitt Peak and the National Observatory) as members of the Scientific Organizing Committee. Many other NSSC staff members participated in the meeting itself. Discussions held at this meeting were aimed at ascertaining the community s expectations and aspirations for how timedomain research will be carried out over the next decade, including into the LSST era. The NOAO LSST SWG began discussion of an end-to-end LSST simulation experiment in which high-cadence wide-field imaging observations would be obtained and processed, alerts would be generated, and follow-up observations would be carried out. The community would be engaged to participate in this experiment. The focus was on the software infrastructure necessary to characterize and distribute events discovered by time-domain surveys. This led to a proposal submitted to the NSF Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation program that would enable the development of a software tool to process time-domain alerts. The goal is for this tool to act as a broker for timedomain events that will aggregate information from time-domain surveys and existing databases, characterize the distinguishing elements of the events, provide an interface for humans and machines to select interesting events, and generate an objective estimate of the follow-up capacity necessary for time-domain surveys. Many members of the NOAO staff participated in the LSST All-Hands meeting held near Tucson in August. They made several presentations, mainly in the area of data management, but also in the area of operations models. In addition, the NOAO LSST SWG began a project to characterize the transient sky. Current estimates for the rate of transients that may be detected on a nightly basis by LSST vary widely. The goal of the project is to provide realistic estimates of the numbers of transients that may be detected, including type, magnitude distribution, and rates. With this information, one could predict the number of transients expected in each LSST image. The SWG will create a framework for organizing information about transients and populate the structure for objects for which there is expertise among the members of the SWG. The SWG would then engage the community, especially the LSST Science Collaborations, to contribute their specialized knowledge to complete the description of the transient sky. By creating this framework, the SWG will facilitate a simple path for community involvement. Optical Interferometry Science An NSSC goal is to offer increasingly access to private array facilities through the System. The Keck Interferometer has been accessible through the Telescope Instrumentation Program (TSIP) for several years. During FY1, NOAO collaborated with Georgia State University to open the CHARA Array to NOAO TAC competition, first in 21, and subsequently extended to 211. The September 29 Observing Proposal solicitation attracted 1 proposals for 17 nights of use of the CHARA Array, representing an oversubscription factor of 3.5. Four proposals were recommended for approval in 21. Three of these projects have been completed, and PIs are in possession of reduced data one project remains to be carried out in December 21. A lessons learned white paper has been prepared for internal NSSC use, describing the challenges of offering community access to interferometry and effective solutions. A principal conclusion is that as long as private array facilities do not have assistance with the costs of community access, such access will require a mix of unfunded (volunteer) support from array staff, with some level of support from NOAO staff making up any shortfall. As of September 3, the TAC had received 13 CHARA proposals for 211, for an oversubscription factor of

41 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 NSSC staff worked in 21 with New Mexico Tech in planning a workshop on Science with Optical Interferometry, scheduled for March 211. The objective is to familiarize the community with available interferometry facilities and to promote thinking about science opportunities enabled by the opening of community access. A Science Organizing Committee (SOC) was formed, in part from volunteers responding to an open invitation in NOAO Currents. The SOC has been pro-active in defining a program and in recruiting invited speakers. NSSC staff worked with the chairs of the June 21 SPIE conference Optical and IR Interferometry to organize a 9-minute special session on interferometry and the community, with workshop-format discussion of international planning, future meetings, and the development of interferometric imaging. NSSC staff also worked through the IAU Commission 54, Optical and Infrared Interferometry, the Mount Wilson Institute, and the Observatoire de la Cote d Azur, to define two new prizes, the Michelson and the Fizeau, offered with the intent to provide recognition within the interferometry community, as well as in the broader science community and to assist with engaging the community in promoting the future of optical interferometry. In June, the first Fizeau Prize was awarded to Professor Antoine Labeyrie and the first Michelson Prize to Dr Michael Shao, in each case for lifetime contributions to the field. 4.4 NOAO SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY CENTER The NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC) is responsible for coordinating technological enhancements to the US Ground-Based Optical/Infrared System (System) by NOAO directly, in collaboration with various partner institutions, or through the Telescope System Instrumentation Program. As such, it takes the leadership role on technical activities within NOAO needed to realize new telescope projects or to enhance the instrument complements on existing System telescopes operated by NOAO or other entities. NSTC incorporates five programs serving these goals: (1) the System Instrumentation (SI) program, which oversees the direct efforts of NOAO to build new instruments or enhance the performance of existing instruments for its own telescopes, for the Gemini telescopes, and for other NOAO System Technology Center System Instrumentation ReSTAR Instrumentation Telescope System Instrumentation Program LSST Technology Program GSMT/ELT Technology Program telescopes participating in the System; (2) the ReSTAR Instrumentation Program, which manages the implementation of NSF-funded projects for the 4-m System; (3) the Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP), which provides funding to other observatories for new instrumentation in return for time on their telescopes being made available to the US community through the NOAO TAC; (4) the LSST program, which provides scientific, engineering, and management support to the LSST Project and is responsible for telescope mount, enclosure design, and site work within the LSST partnership; and (5) the GSMT/ELT Technology program, which provides engineering assistance to the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) projects upon request and on a cost-recovery basis as well as oversight of the design development funding provided to the two projects under NSF SPO-1 (AST ). 36

42 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS System Instrumentation SOAR Adaptive Optics Module The SOAR 4.2-m telescope on Cerro Pachón produces very high-quality images over a field of view 1 arcminutes square. The SOAR Adaptive Optics Module (SAM) is designed to enhance this image quality by correcting the turbulence in the first 5 1 km of atmosphere, reducing the image size by half during appropriate atmospheric conditions, which are expected to be available about half the time. SAM will incorporate an ultra-violet (UV) laser guide star working in Rayleigh backscatter mode, with laser pulses and shutter timings coordinated to select the altitude of the reflection used for the wavefront correction. SAM is being implemented in two overlapping phases: the first phase for the main Adaptive Optics (AO) module, and the second phase for the Laser Guide Star (LGS) system. During FY1, the SAM main module was completed. The remaining subsystems not tested during the FY9 commissioning nights the dedicated CCD science imager (SAMI), the turbulence simulator for daytime calibration (TurSim), the Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator (ADC), the steerable offset probes for acquiring tip-tilt guide stars, and the laser wavefront sensor were built, installed, and tested individually in the La Serena laboratory. At the end of FY1, the entire main module was undergoing end-to-end system acceptance testing in the lab, with a permanent return to the SOAR telescope planned for early November 21. The SAM team also completed the LGS system during FY1. The laser launch telescope (LLT) optics were delivered in May 21 and accepted as meeting specifications. The steerable mount for the LLT, which will be attached to the back of the SOAR secondary mirror, was fabricated in the La Serena shop and integrated with motors and cabling in the lab. The laser box, which holds the industrial laser itself as well as the fast safety shutter and the initial beam expansion optics, was fully assembled and tested in the lab. The team also assembled and tested the beam transfer optics and their mounts. Finally, the team used the LGS system to project an artificial UV star into the main module for a lab demonstration of closing the AO loop on the laser source (see Figure 15). The team will install the entire LGS system on the SOAR telescope starting in mid-november 21, immediately following installation of the main module. On-sky testing of the main module is scheduled for engineering time in late November 21. If that testing is completed satisfactorily, testing of the LGS and main module together will begin during scheduled engineering time in December. Following successful completion of those subsequent tests, commissioning efforts will proceed over the next six to nine months. Commissioning will include onsky performance calibration, simplification of startup and operations procedures, completion of userfriendly interface software, completion of documentation, and training of maintenance and observing support staff. 37

43 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Figure 15: Lab test results with the AO loop open (top) and closed (bottom), using the LGS system to project an artificial star in the lab. The laser wavelength is 355 nm. MONSOON/TORRENT Detector Controller The MONSOON image acquisition system is the NOAO solution for scalable, multi-channel, highspeed image acquisition systems required for next-generation projects. MONSOON is designed to be flexible enough to support CCD, Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS), and IR diode imaging arrays in a wide variety of uses, including science instruments, acquisition and guide cam- 38

44 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS eras, and wavefront sensors. MONSOON is under development jointly by staff at both NOAO North in Tucson, Arizona, and NOAO South in La Serena, Chile. Throughout FY1, the MONSOON team was primarily devoted to a project of repackaging the MONSOON circuitry into a form factor that makes it useful as a plug-in replacement for a variety of aging controllers at CTIO and KPNO. This repackaging effort, nicknamed TORRENT, sacrifices the infinite scalability of the original MONSOON, which is needed only for very large focal planes, and in return achieves a much smaller form factor, lower power consumption, and lower cost while retaining most of the original circuitry and all of the original software. During FY1, a student engineering clinic project in collaboration with students and faculty at Harvey Mudd College was completed. The project, spread out over two academic years, was to design, develop, and test firmware implementing an ultra-lownoise CCD front-end for MONSOON-type controllers (see Figure 16). The final report from the clinic team was received at the end of the Harvey Mudd College academic year in early May 21. The firmware design successfully demonstrated operation of the oversampling front-end hardware developed during the previous year s clinic, yielding read noise levels below one electron rms. Most of FY1 was devoted to lab testing and revision of the prototype TORRENT systems built in FY9. Following the test and revision cycles, the team held a Production Readiness Review on 2 August 21 to identify any remaining issues with the TORRENT systems prior to initiation of volume production. The review report was generally favorable, complimenting the team on the useful design and the achievement of most of the engineering requirements. The report noted, however, that the team had only begun to fill out the Acceptance Test Matrix. The report also recommended further thermal testing to ensure that the passively-cooled TORRENT unit will stay within its operating temperature range when running at full power. As FY1 ended, the MONSOON/TORRENT team was completing the Acceptance Test Matrix and working through the other actions recommended by the review panel. The team expects to complete this work during the first quarter of FY11 and begin volume production of TORRENT controllers right away. The first TORRENT unit delivered, in the second quarter of FY11, will go to the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi- Object Spectrograph (KOSMOS) under construction for KPNO (as discussed in section 4.4.2) ReSTAR Instrumentation Figure 16: Harvey Mudd College student Masato Kocberber in the NOAO Tucson lab. Kocberber was intent in testing the correct operation of the physical implementation of the NOAO-sponsored clinic project. The Renewing Small Telescopes for Astronomical Research (ReSTAR) committee was commissioned by NOAO in FY7 to report on expected future science use of the national system of 2-m to 4-m telescopes. The committee released its report in January 28, and since then, the SI group has been working with other NOAO staff and various instrument building groups throughout the community to develop implementation plans that address those parts of the committee report that called for new instrumentation. In November 28, NOAO submitted a proposal to the NSF for supplemental funding to carry out the first phase of the ReSTAR committee s recommendations. Late in FY9, NOAO was advised that the NSF would provide a one-time supplemental award of $3M to support implementation of the ReSTAR initiatives. Based on this award level, the SI program launched three projects in FY1: a new optical spectrograph (KOSMOS) for the Mayall telescope at KPNO in partnership with The Ohio State University, an upgrade to the CCDs and controllers on the Mosaic-1 prime-focus imaging camera for the Mayall telescope, and an upgrade to the CCD and controller for the Hydra-South wide-field multi-object fiber spectrograph at the Cerro Tololo Blanco telescope. All 39

45 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 of these projects will be supported in varying proportions from a combination of ReSTAR supplemental funding under SPO-1 AST and NOAO base budget funds under CSA AST KOSMOS The Ohio State University (OSU) commissioned a new, high-throughput optical spectrograph (called OSMOS) on the Hiltner 2.4-m telescope in April 21. During FY1, NOAO and OSU jointly carried out a study of design changes needed to adapt OSMOS to the Mayall 4-m telescope. The study resulted in a revised design of the spectrograph s camera optics, to yield a suitable plate scale with the larger beam on the Mayall (Figure 17). The study also examined the minor necessary mechanical changes, the suitability of the Mayall guiding and calibration systems, and the development of instrument control and user interface software that conforms to KPNO requirements. An external panel reviewed the re-design study on 2 3 August 21. The review panel s report was generally quite favorable and offered a few recommended action items for risk reduction. For the remainder of FY1, the KOSMOS team worked through the recommended action items and drafted a formal response to the panel. As FY1 ended, OSU and NOAO were preparing to sign a contract for the construction and completion of KOSMOS, with an estimated delivery date of August 211. Mosaic-1 Figure 17: The optical design for the KOSMOS spectrograph camera. As shown, the diameter of the largest element is 145 mm. The design yields excellent optical performance at a scale of.29 arcsec/pixel, and fully illuminates a 248 x 496-pixel detector in spectroscopic mode. Based on input received from its Users Committee and other community representatives, NOAO elected to use some of the funding received for the first year of ReSTAR implementation to upgrade the Mosaic-1 camera on the Mayall 4-m telescope. The Users Committee strongly recommended an upgrade that would result in faster readout times, greater reliability, and improved quantum efficiency. From October through early December 29, the Mosaic-1 upgrade team carried out a study of possible upgrade paths. The study identified a need for new CCD detectors, new detector controllers, and new software. The study recommended retaining the existing format of eight CCDs, each of pixel format, to ensure the largest possible fill factor in the focal plane. The study included another cycle of Users Committee input to select the scientifically optimal anti-reflection coatings for the CCDs. The study was reviewed on 2 January 21, and the review panel enthusiastically endorsed the plan. The CCD vendor, e2v technologies, delivered the new CCDs in late March 21. A sample of the CCDs was tested in the NOAO labs, allowing an opportunity to optimize their performance with the MONSOON controller architecture. At the same time, a new Invar focal plate was fabricated in the NOAO shop to hold the new CCDs in the Mosaic-1 dewar (see Figure 18). The Mosaic-1 camera was brought down from KPNO in June 21. The new CCDs were installed, wired and tested over the following two months. The Mosaic-1 filter mechanism and optics were thoroughly cleaned as well during the down time. Final lab testing in September yielded very satisfactory results, with readout times of 18 seconds for the full focal plane (compared to 15 seconds before the upgrade) at a readout 4

46 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS noise of five electrons (compared to six electrons before the upgrade). The MONSOON controller and new software proved highly reliable, with no failures encountered during lab testing. The upgraded instrument is scheduled to be recommissioned on the Mayall starting 22 October 21, with the first science use scheduled for November 4. Hydra-South Also based on input from its Users Committee, NOAO elected to use some of the funding received for the first year of ReSTAR implementation to upgrade the Hydra-South instrument on the Blanco 4-meter telescope. Again, the desired improvements were faster readout, greater reliability, and improved quantum efficiency, especially in the red and far-red parts of the spectrum. Based on this advice, the project team elected to replace the existing detector and controller with a thick, high-resistivity CCD from Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (LBNL) and a TORRENT controller, respectively. The extreme red sensitivity and reduced fringing offered by the LBNL CCD made it by far the most attractive choice. Unfortunately, LBNL could not supply a science-grade device in a small, 4-side-buttable package (as required by the mechanical constraints of the Hydra Dewar) until early in calendar year 211. Given the heavy workloads associated with SAM commissioning, acceptance of the Dark Energy Camera, and other highpriority projects at CTIO, it became necessary to defer further work on this upgrade until FY12, after Dark Energy Camera commissioning is well underway. The CCD procurement with LBNL will proceed so that the new detector will be in hand well before then, but the needed personnel will not be available until at least October 212. Year 2 Funding As FY1 ended, the NSF informed NOAO that it would award an additional $3.9M for a second year of ReSTAR implementation. NOAO will use the funding to build a copy of KOSMOS for the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope, with this copy to be called Cerro Tololo-Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (COSMOS). NOAO also will use the funding to build a copy of the high-throughput near-ir spectrograph called TripleSpec. This instrument, to be deployed at the Blanco telescope, will be built in partnership with Cornell University, which was one of the institutions involved in construction of the original TripleSpec Telescope System Instrumentation Program Figure 18: The new Mosaic-1 focal plane in the clean room, with seven of the eight new CCDs installed. TSIP has the goal of strengthening the system of public and private optical/ir facilities by funding the development of facility instruments for large private telescopes, and thereby broadening community access to these telescopes. For semesters A and B of 21, the two Keck telescopes, the MMT, and the Magellan telescopes were available for community access. The program was established in FY2 as a $4M-per-year program, and it is administered and coordinated by NOAO for NSF under SPO-5 AST NOAO, on behalf of NSF, allocated $28M through FY1 to TSIP projects. A summary of the projects funded is provided at: In FY1, a call for proposals was issued in June and NOAO received five letters of intent for new projects. Proposals were submitted by 17 September 21; three system improvement proposals 41

47 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 (instrument) and two system access proposals were received. The proposal review will take place on October 21 (i.e., in FY11). NOAO continued oversight of on-going TSIP projects in FY1. These include the WIYN One Degree Imager, Keck MOSFIRE near infrared multi-object spectrograph, the LBT MODS2 optical multi-object spectrograph, the Keck Next Generation Adaptive Optics system, the Keck Cosmic Web Imager integral field optical spectrograph, the Magellan Adaptive Secondary, and the Magellan IMACS camera CCD upgrade LSST Technology Program The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is a proposed large-aperture, wide-field, groundbased telescope designed to obtain sequential images of the entire visible sky every few nights in a ten-year survey. The single database of images and data products will be designed to address many science programs across the astrophysics communities as outlined in many Astro21 white papers, AAS posters, and the 6-page LSST Science book. The project is being carried out by the LSST Corporation (LSSTC), which is a non-profit 51-C3 corporation in the State of Arizona. NOAO is a founding member of the corporation, which now has 34 member institutions active in the corporation and project. LSSTC is pursuing the design and development of the project through an NSF grant, member institution efforts, Department of Energy funding to its laboratories addressing the LSST camera design, and private funding used to address long-lead construction items and specific development initiatives. NOAO s effort in the project is focused in three key areas: (1) support to the project management, systems engineering and leadership of the operations planning effort; (2) responsibility for the design, development, and construction of the facilities in Chile, including the telescope, enclosure, and support facilities both on the summit and in La Serena; and (3) community engagement intended to support science collaborations. The latter is to support the community and maximize the scientific return of the LSST Project and survey, which is discussed in section System Community Development of this report. The efforts within the telescope and site group are funded through carryforward funds from a supplement to SPO-1 AST-24468, LSSTC design and development funds from CSA AST and NOAO base funds from CSA AST These budgets are accounted for separately but managed within the NOAO LSST Group as a single efficient NSF project. Management Support NOAO continued to provide support to the LSST Project and LSSTC independent management team. NOAO has a permanent seat on the LSSTC Board of Directors and provides the personnel for the LSST Deputy Project Manager. An NOAO Scientist continued to be on leave to the LSSTC to fill the role of LSST System Engineer. NOAO continued to extend its expertise in observatory operations to the development of the LSST Operations Plan. Under the direction of the NOAO director and deputy director, the LSST Operations Working Group completed a preliminary draft of the initial operations plan sufficient to support the Project preliminary design review and construction readiness. A new proposal for 3 additional months of Design and Development was submitted and reviewed this year. NOAO worked with LSSTC to submit the new proposal to follow the previous design and development award (AST ) and extend the effort through FY13 in anticipation of a Major Research Equipment and Facility Construction start then. The proposal was reviewed by an NSF panel visiting Tucson on December The 3-month effort was awarded effective 1 April 21 under CSA AST for a total of $1.8M. In addition to the Proposal Review meeting discussed above, three other major meetings were supported this fiscal year. At the 21 AAS meeting in Washington, NOAO personnel supported the poster session and a special one-day LSST Science Collaboration Meeting held the day prior to the Conference. The 21 SPIE conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation was widely supported by NOAO engineers with 12 papers submitted. Finally, LSSTC held its fifth All Hands 42

48 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS Meeting in Tucson on August The entire Telescope and Site team along with many NOAO scientists participated in this conference, which focused on the Science and Engineering of LSST. Telescope and Site The development activities in FY1 focused on the completion of the preliminary design and prototypes to support design tasks and risk reduction. The Preliminary Design Review was originally anticipated this year but is now targeted for spring 211. The final design plans were completed for the December proposal review and then initiated when the 3-month Design and Development award was granted in April. The focus of activity on the Facility and Site was the development of the Summit Facility Design. The procurement process for the Architecture and Engineering (A&E) services was completed, and a contract was awarded to ARCADIS in Chile. Following the kick-off meeting in March 21, the ARCADIS and LSST teams completed numerous technical interchange meetings to advance the facility design process. Figure 19 shows the latest rendering of the facility, which features sleek lines driven by wind shedding advantages and aesthetic composition. An NOAO North staff member who is the Telescope and Site team architect was relocated to Chile this year to support the LSST activities in Chile. He moved with his family in December to focus on the interactions with ARCADIS and support other Chile-related activities. The updated IR All Sky camera (ASIVA) was received after a successful final acceptance test at the vendor facility. The camera was installed for a temporary commissioning run at the Calypso telescope where comparisons with optical imaging were done. A significant heat load and computational fluid dynamics analysis was completed this period within the dome. The work focused on completing a specification and evaluating the effects of the heat load from the camera and secondary mirror systems that are located on the upper end of the telescope. Air conditioning designs and detailed requirements for the architects developing the facility mechanical systems were also completed. The effort on the telescope design concentrated on the interface to the facility, refining some critical details, and updating the finite element model. The results are seen in Figure 2 with all interface details developed. The finite element model is nearly completely refined to support advanced modal analysis. Interactions with the LSSTC primary mirror contractor have continued this year with good success. Technical consultation was provided throughout the successful attachment of load spreaders designed by NOAO, installation of the thermal couple system, and the front surface fixed abrasive grinding. The telescope and site engineers also supported the analysis and design of repair measures for damage to the primary mirror substrate in a machine tool accident. The repair will fully restore the mechanical and scientific performance of the mirror. Management and technical consultation was also Figure 2: LSST telescope model with all facility interfaces developed and critical details included. Figure 19: Rendering of the LSST Summit Facility developed by ARCADIS in the A&E effort underway. provided to the LSST effort in final acceptance of the secondary mirror blank. 43

49 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 NOAO engineers made significant progress this year in the design and prototyping of the critical primary mirror support hardware. Tests of force actuators and pneumatic valves led to a preliminary choice for this hardware. A hard point strut was developed and testing is underway (see Figure 21). The thermal system was also fully designed and analyzed to verify performance. Each of these activities was the subject of technical papers presented at the SPIE conference in June 21. The LSST Calypso telescope was successfully operated this year providing performance data necessary for both scientific planning and construction phase planning. Observing runs were completed on Kitt Peak to collect imaging data on Calypso with a Y3 and Y4 filter and to collect simultaneously spectroscopic data on the 2.1-m telescope and again on the 4-m telescope. NOAO s LSST group sponsored a Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates student who helped with Calypso observing to acquire the data necessary to study the differences in Y3 and Y4 imaging in the presence of variable water vapor conditions. The designs for calibration screen prototypes were completed this year, and scaled down designs that use off-the-shelf optics for three versions of a projection system were completed as well. Hardware for the prototype testing was acquired and was assembled at LSSTC s partner and collaborator, Harvard University, to further test and evaluate the components and design performance. While this effort continues, the status at the time was reported in a paper presented at the SPIE conference in June. The middleware design and testing continues. The open source, data distribution service (DDS) software, OpenSplice DDS, was tested and successfully incorporated into the baseline design and the prototype systems. This replaces the Real-Time Innovations, Inc. commercial product. Revisions to keep the abstraction layer code up to date continued and were provided to LSST developers for use in their specific developments. The utility infrastructures for the Summit and Base facilities were brought to a preliminary design level this year. The requirements and concepts for utilities on the summit were provided to the architecture firm, and designs for distribution were resolved. The base facility design and utility requirements also were refined this year, providing a good basis for continued discussions of a joint computer center and an integrated operations building on the AURA compound in La Serena. The operations simulator effort at NOAO met its objectives and continued to support the project with many simulations of the survey and many tools to interact with the data. Several new baseline runs were completed to show possible variations to survey results. The standard report was updated with key inputs from science investigators, and a new effort to develop enhanced scientific metrics was initiated this year. An NOAO Scientist engaged each LSST Science Collaboration to establish metrics specific to their science for evaluation of each simulated survey GSMT/ELT Technology Program Figure 21: NOAO Mechanical Engineer Joe DeVries stands next to the primary mirror hard point mounted in the yellow test frame. During FY1, the NOAO Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope Program Office (GSMTPO) continued to pursue its core mission of ensuring broad astronomical community access to a 3-meter-class telescope that will be contemporaneous with ALMA and JWST, by playing a key role in scientific and technical studies leading to the creation of the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT). Activities of the program office fall into three principal areas: support for GSMT sciencerelated activities; technical and scientific monitoring of the two US-based extremely large telescope (ELT) projects, the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), on behalf of the NSF; and the final phases of the site survey work in Chile, begun several years ago. 44

50 O/IR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS The overall level of effort has continued to decline, as specific activities reach completion. New activities will depend on the NSF s implementation of the recommendations of the Astro21 decadal survey, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Staffing The GSMTPO is staffed by NOAO engineers and scientists located in Tucson, Arizona; these staff also provide effort to other NOAO programs. In addition, a former member of the New Initiatives Office staff is acting as Systems Engineering group leader for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project, while retaining his AURA affiliation. GSMT Technical Activities TMT and GMT Development Support and Technical Monitoring In July 24, AURA submitted a proposal to the NSF requesting $39.4M to provide support for GSMT design and development. Approximately $18M was received through FY9 in response to this proposal; no additional funds were provided in FY1 nor are any anticipated under this award (SPO-1 AST ) in the future. These funds (allowing for additional NOAO in-kind contributions) were split equally between TMT and GMT. In addition to receiving periodic reports provided by both projects, NOAO staff attend major project reviews and other relevant meetings, including those of the relevant scientific advisory committees, as observers. Information from these meetings is transmitted to the NSF by AURA as part of the reporting process required under the award. TMT activities under this award, including all required reporting, were completed in June 21. The GMT activities are continuing under a no-cost extension through the middle of 211. The relationship with the two projects is expected to change in FY11; one of the recommendation of the Astro21 decadal survey, New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics, was for the NSF to engage TMT and GMT more directly, in addition to selecting and participating in one of the two projects. As of the end of the fiscal year, the NSF had not determined how it would implement these recommendations, but it is probable that the GSMTPO role will change as a consequence. ELT Site Selection: Site Testing for the Thirty Meter Telescope Starting with a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Extremely Large Telescope (CELT) group in FY2, AURA played a major collaborative role in evaluating candidate sites for TMT. Data from the survey were critical in allowing TMT to select its proposed construction site on Mauna Kea (Hawai i) in July 29, and in allowing the European ELT to select its proposed construction site on Cerro Armazones (northern Chile) in April 21. Site testing observations ended in 29, and the equipment has been removed from all sites. Papers describing the survey methodology and results have been published, with additional papers in press or in preparation. The full survey dataset is publicly available as well. The AURA-owned equipment is now in use at CTIO, while one set of TMT-owned equipment has been loaned to LSST; the observations with the loaned equipment are now complete and the equipment will be removed from Cerro Pachón and serviced in preparation for return to TMT during the first part of FY

51 5 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS 5.1 BUSINESS SERVICES Central Administrative Services During the first quarter of FY1, Central Administrative Services (CAS) engaged in the annual yearend process, which includes oversight and closeout of NOAO activities as well as those of other entities for which CAS provides business services: AURA Corporate, WIYN, SOAR, and LSST Corporation. CAS staff also prepared annual reports required by NSF and other federal and state agencies. This was followed by preparations for the calendar year-end processes, such as tax and benefit reporting. A review of the workload and staffing needs of CAS resulted in the creation of and hiring for three new positions throughout the year. A Senior Accountant was hired to assist with the increased requirements for reporting and compliance. A Sub-award & Contracts Officer was hired to assist with the increasing number of complex sub-awards being issued in conjunction with projects funding by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 29 (ARRA). In addition, CAS accounting added a new Accounting Specialist. This was necessitated after NOAO negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding with Gemini Observatory to assume responsibility for Gemini s payroll processing. As a result of the additional workload, an additional position was required to cover accounts payable duties previously performed by payroll staff. A major step toward the integration of the AURA Observatory Support Services (AOSS) into NOAO South was achieved during the second quarter when the CAS Deputy Controller and Senior Accountant visited CTIO and worked out many of the details involved in combining financial data. Staff from CTIO traveled to Tucson during the third quarter to continue the effort. In March, AURA sponsored a two-day training program covering OMB Circulars A-122, A- 133, and other government regulations pertaining to procurement and contracts. Representatives from CAS Procurement and Sponsored Projects Offices, NOAO South Administration, STScI, and Gemini attended. Following the training, Center representatives met for two additional days to draft an AURA-wide procurement policy. Working with representatives from AURA Corporate and LSSTC, CAS managers reviewed and assisted in drafting a revised Business Service Agreement between AURA/NOAO and LSSTC. The final document will be forwarded to NSF for review and approval. CAS managers also assisted National Solar Observatory and Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) staff in compiling data for an upcoming review of the ATST construction proposal. The review is being conducted by Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) at the request of NSF. CAS will be heavily involved during the accounting systems review portion of this audit. The Human Resources (HR) Department now reports directly to the NOAO Director. During the first quarter, the Human Resources group renegotiated all lines of benefits coverage, which resulted in an overall savings of approximately 5% in insurance premiums compared to FY9. A new carrier for life and long-term disability coverage was selected, and a new voluntary vision benefit was introduced. The HR group continued to focus on enhancements to the overall benefits package. During the second quarter of FY1, HR staff began an employee wellness program in Tucson that includes on-site educational meetings and exercise classes. HR staff are working with the payroll department to launch the employee self-service module of the UltiPro HR/Payroll software to enable employees to access their personal information and provide updates. 46

52 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS NOAO South Administrative Services At the start of FY1, the AURA Observatory Support Services (AOSS) unit was officially and effectively merged within the NOAO South organizational structure and renamed NOAO South Administration and Facilities (A&F). The administrative services activities of A&F are tightly coordinated with CAS activities in Tucson. Throughout FY1, the administrative group focused their efforts on activities related to the integration into NOAO. The integration efforts were centered largely on accounting systems, particularly in support of the development of the FY11 budget. Key NOAO North administrative staff visited La Serena for two significant visits, and leading NOAO South staff traveled to Tucson for further discussions. After extensive planning, the ingestion of NOAO South financial data into the central accounting system in Tucson was initiated successfully. An industry standard software package called USL Financials is used. Analysis of account mappings and further refinement of ingestion procedures continued into the fourth quarter as plans were laid for full USL operations during the first quarter of FY11. A test-bed for the USL-based accounting system was deployed (which included overcoming some important network security issues) to provide a training platform for NOAO South administrative staff. The USL system was deployed in Chile during the fourth quarter of FY1. However, system incompatibilities in the USL software prevented a successful transition to the deployed system. Current plans involve initially transitioning to a Tucson-based system to serve NOAO South remotely, and following up by moving the working system to Chile once all incompatibilities are resolved. The NOAO South administration staff analyzed the NOAO-created contract, procurement, and travel control system (Reqless) to identify the changes necessary to accept peso transactions, load account structures, and define local signature authority and workflows, while also contributing to analysis of how the Reqless system fits in with the detailed procurement compliance procedures being developed and discussed as AURA-wide policies. Modifications and adaptations to suit local requirements are well underway, and plans for deployment in Chile have been firmed up for early FY11, pending resolution of the above mentioned USL incompatibilities. The analysis of which capabilities of the AURA-standard human resource and personnel system, UltiPro, can be adapted for practical use in the Chilean administration processes was begun in mid-fy1 and continues. The expatriate staff of NOAO South gained user access to UltiPro along with the staff of NOAO North in mid-21. The existing complexities involved in the management of Chilean payroll functions (local laws, mandated withholdings, diverse income tax structures, etc.) would make it extremely difficult to use UltiPro for the purposes of the Chilean payroll activities, but the use of non-payroll capabilities is being explored to provide the Chilean staff with some of the user benefits of the system. 5.2 OFFICE OF SCIENCE The Office of Science (OS) works to enhance the scientific environment at NOAO and ties to the local academic astronomy community. The OS also works to engage the US community of astronomers in the implementation and evolution of the NOAO mission. In the first role, the OS supports and encourages research by the NOAO scientific staff by providing resources (e.g., equipment, funding, career development services) and supporting programs (e.g., North and South colloquium series, science workshops, coffees and teas, Goldberg Fellowship program) that foster a scientifically productive environment. The OS schedules and manages promotion, tenure, and post-tenure reviews of the NOAO scientific staff. The Head of OS represents the NOAO scientific staff to the NOAO Director. On 1 May 21, J. Najita took over from the retiring G. Jacoby as the Head of OS. In its second role, the OS supports and encourages research by the US community of astronomers through the NOAO Time Allocation process. The Head of OS also serves as editor of Currents, 47

53 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 the NOAO electronic newsletter that primarily reports on policy issues and new opportunities and carries out surveys of community opinion. In FY1, the OS completed the transition to a uniform and efficient mechanism for supporting staff research activities. Post-tenure reviews of staff are continuing, with reviews of several staff members in progress. The Head of OS worked with the relevant staff members in reviewing the materials submitted for their reviews. The NOAO role in the Joint Steward/NOAO Colloquium Series was revamped to inspire more ownership and participation in the series. A colloquium committee was created, and the role of host is now shared among staff members. A second organizer was recruited for the Tuesday Science coffee in the North to assist in supporting the series and to maintain the broad range of topics covered. NOAO South is revamping its Science Tea series. The OS also worked to develop a new mentoring program for staff career development in FY1. After reviewing career development models used in business, undergraduate colleges, and in other contexts, the Head of OS drafted a new mentoring model for NOAO to address the issues and concerns that arise in a scientific research and service organization such as NOAO. Implementation of the model is currently stalled as a result of funding concerns. In the mean time, the Head of OS and a representative from NOAO South plan to improve their understanding of what makes for a successful program by attending the mentoring workshops that will be held by the Gemini Observatory this winter. In recruiting a Goldberg Fellow for FY11, many excellent applications were received. Ultimately, after making several job offers, NOAO was unable to recruit a Goldberg Fellow in FY1. A new search was begun at the end of FY1 with a new search committee in place. In support of this effort, the Goldberg Fellowship Web site was improved significantly. An attractive poster advertising the fellowship was created and disseminated. Planning began near the end of FY1 for the Science Workshop Massive Galaxies through Cosmic Time 3. OS also began developing and implementing the mandated policy in the Responsible Conduct of Research, among other activities. 5.3 EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH NOAO s Education and Public Outreach (EPO) group is responsible for managing and developing the NOAO efforts in formal and informal science education, with a strong emphasis on regional outreach in Arizona by the EPO North group and in Chile s IV Región de Coquimbo by the EPO South group (see Figure 22) and on national service to the astronomy education community. Similar to NOAO s efforts to support the optical/infrared astronomy system, EPO supports the national astronomy education community by identifying key areas of strategic importance to the astronomy education system. EPO programs train Figure 22: Activities of EPO South group. teachers and astronomers to communicate scientific research principles and the latest discoveries in astronomy to pre-college students. The EPO group also supports the Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) programs at Kitt Peak for NOAO and at Sacramento Peak for NSO and helps facilitate graduate and post-graduate opportunities at KPNO and CTIO. Additionally, EPO built on the long-time success of its REU program in both hemispheres by adding minority students and university faculty from the NSF Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) program to the mix of its mentorship activities; South Carolina State University is an example. 48

54 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS FY1 highlights include the completion of the highly successful Astronomy for the Ground Up program training educators at small science and nature centers nationally and the extension of the Galileoscope and Dark Skies international cornerstone projects, which were initiated during the International Year of Astronomy 29 (IYA29). This fiscal year also saw steady progress in Tohono O odham outreach. The NOAO EPO remains very active in presenting and publishing its approaches, lessons learned, and programs in order to provide value to educators and EPO professionals worldwide. Similar to the vigorous effort last year, the EPO department conducted 124 (mainly local) outreach events (e.g., teacher professional development workshop, star parties, festivals, family nights, etc.) in FY1. One of the larger of these outreach events was when over 47 students from South Tucson built Galileoscopes in one day, under NOAO supervision. Perhaps the most memorable event was on 7 October 21 when NOAO astronomers active in outreach were at the White House Star Party (initiated through the US International Year of Astronomy), and the president and his family all looked through the Galileoscope and other NOAO telescopes (see EDU Review Committee Public Outreach Information Requests & Inquiries (October 29 through September 21) Type/Origin of Request Information requests/inquiries about astronomy/science (phone calls, e- mails, and walk-ins/requests for posters, bookmarks, brochures, etc.) Requests and inquiries for use of NOAO images Number The NOAO external review committee for EPO met at NOAO headquarters in Tucson, on 5 6 April 21. Members of the committee included K. Brecher (Boston University), K. McLin (Sonoma State University), R. Gould (chair, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), J. Francisco Salgado (Adler Planetarium), L. Fortson (by phone, University of Minnesota), and M. Bardeen (in absentia, Fermilab). Overall the conclusion was that, NOAO s EPO program was deemed to be of the highest caliber. The program s accomplishments are especially notable given the limited number of staff and the constraints on funding. The report continued, The NOAO s leadership role in the International Year of Astronomy is another obvious indicator of the program s effectiveness and its high regard within the science education community. The success of NOAO s role in IYA was all the more impressive given the limited funds and short time-scales involved. The NOAO South education program in Chile was considered by the Committee a jewel in the crown of NOAO. It is thoughtfully managed and implemented, and spans an impressive array of stakeholders in Chile, from CADIAS and the pipeline of future scientists, to the various grassroots programs. The committee s final report included the following four recommendations. EPO s actions this fiscal year on those recommendations are described after each one. Recommendation 1: The NOAO EPO Program should be encouraged to maintain and foster external partnerships, as appropriate and as aligned with the NOAO s core mission. Action Taken: The NOAO EPO program sought additional partnerships with the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) in the Galileo Teacher Training program and with their park ranger astronomy training program. NOAO has additional involvement with SPIE on the international LaserFest program and continues to be involved with the International Dark-Skies Association, CIE (the International Commission on Illumination), IAU, and other organizations on international darkskies education programs. NOAO made preparations to host the national Project ASTRO meeting in May 211, and will continue with the long-range plan with ASP on the Astronomy From the 863 3,113 Total 1,176 49

55 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Ground Up program. NOAO is working with University of Arizona on several teacher professional development programs and with the dozen other Project ASTRO sites. NOAO will continue to organize education sessions at professional meetings such as the fall American Geophysical Union meeting and workshops at other professional meetings. Recommendation 2: Explore opportunities to include examples from NOAO research in the education and outreach materials. More interaction between the Tucson scientific and E/PO staffs should be encouraged. Perhaps this could be accomplished by E/PO staff attending scientific talks, or by science staff attending E/PO activities, or both. Action Taken: NOAO EPO staff members are being encouraged to work more closely with the rest of the scientific staff and attend a significant number of talks. Non-EPO staff members at NOAO played significant roles in EPO events, science fairs, etc. NOAO research and technology advances are incorporated, as appropriate, into educational products created by the group and featured in school presentations. Research programs for teachers, such as the Spitzer Teacher and Student Research program involve NOAO scientists and projects. Recommendation 3: Interested and capable individuals within the NOAO organization should be identified who can provide continuity in the outreach activities toward the Tohono O odham. Action Taken: K. Garmany continued as the key person in this area, with support from the entire EPO department. Outreach to the Nation is a top-level goal/priority of the department and resources are often reallocated to make last-minute events with the Nation successful. Lack of resources prohibits at this time the hiring or paying of an additional person to assist Garmany. NOAO has participated in the NSF Indigenous Education Institute/University of California Berkeley Cosmic Serpent professional development and partnership program. We hope to continue participation in any follow-on programs that may bring additional resources to NOAO. Recommendation 4: Where feasible, develop revenue-generating observing programs among universities with strong undergraduate astronomy programs. Also, use the refurbished robotic telescope to serve smaller colleges that may not be able to send students to Kitt Peak. Where feasible, develop revenue-generating observing programs among universities with strong undergraduate astronomy programs. Action Taken: This was a recommendation specifically made to the manager of the Kitt Peak Visitors Center, who is not part of the EPO department. Action has not been taken yet due to lack of resources. Education Outreach Programs Tohono O odham Outreach EPO, in collaboration with the KPNO director, continued to explore all ways to assist in education and outreach on the Tohono O odham (TO) Nation. At the K-12 level, EPO staff continued efforts on the Tohono O odham Nation to engage schools and community centers. The new superintendent of the school district visited Kitt Peak in November for a tour. He expressed interest in making use of the opportunities available for his students. Classes from the reservation visited Kitt Peak for the night observing program on three nights in April and May. Three Head Start classes from the reservation toured Kitt Peak and engaged in astronomy activities in March, April, and July. At the Sells recreation center NOAO EPO sponsored Astronomy week during June This included a variety of morning activities related to astronomy and optics and culminated in a visit to Kitt Peak. EPO set up a booth at Schuk Toak District day in April and supported a Tohono O odham student scholarship at Astronomy Camp in collaboration with the University of Arizona. In June, the Tohono O odham Horse Camp returned to Kitt Peak for the fourth year and included a star party. EPO also held a star 5

56 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS party at San Xavier recreation center on Feb 23 and facilitated a Kitt Peak Docents visit to the Tohono O odham Cultural Center on April 2. Outreach by Undergraduate Students Six undergraduate students form part of the EPO group and assist or lead local outreach events. The student assistants were responsible for event preparation as well. They helped with festivals, fairs and family nights, dark-skies education sessions at the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, classroom visits to do Project ASTRO activities, star parties, teacher workshops, outreach to the Tohono O odham Nation, and hands-on astronomy and optics activities held regularly at a local Boys & Girls Club. In order to assist with these activities, the students were trained extensively in a one-week training session in each outreach area. Students learned the seven activities for the Dark Skies Rangers program, all six of the Hands-On Optics (HOO) modules, as well as how to lead Project ASTRO and Family ASTRO activities. The students also were trained in how to lead star parties using EPO s computerized go-to telescopes. Students took the initiative and developed new activities for use at the Boys & Girls Club. In these outreach activities, almost 75 children and adults attended over 37 hours of festivals, fairs, family nights, and star parties. Hands-on astronomy activities were provided at three separate events for the Tohono O odham: a star party, a four-day morning camp, and a special session at a day-long camp. The student assistants helped with Galileoscope/Dark Skies sessions of at least six teacher workshops. Twenty-five Boys & Girls Club sessions of 1.5 hours on average were given this year with an average of 15 children, ages 7 12 years old, at each. The student assistants took direct responsibility for planning, preparing, and executing each of those sessions. The students were responsible for building education kits for the Dark Skies Program as well as the optics kits for the Galileoscope Teaching with Telescopes program. The students built all of the kits for teachers and maintained a storeroom of kit supplies and inventory, as well as materials for various activities. IYA29 The US Project office for the International Year of Astronomy 29 (IYA29) was hosted at NOAO through the IYA coordination grant from the NSF to the AAS, and continued into 21. NOAO also provided the leadership for the US Telescope Kits Working Group, which produced the Galileoscope, and the Dark Skies Awareness US and international working groups. Some highlights of IYA29 include the creation of 13 Dark Skies activities. NOAO represented the US at IYA closing ceremonies in January. The Galileoscope project received one of the Mani Bhaumik Prizes for Excellence in Astronomy Education and Public Outreach (2 nd Runner Up) and the US From Earth to the Universe Image Exhibition project received the top award. Nearly 2, Galileoscopes have been manufactured and distributed worldwide under this program. At NOAO, the Galileoscope development program transitioned to a support program for teachers and other educators who use the Galileoscopes in classrooms and at museums. Under a donation program in conjunction with the AAS to give Galileoscopes to teachers, NOAO staff coordinated the nationwide distribution to science teachers of 15, donated Galileoscopes. EPO created a Teaching with Telescopes Web site to help teachers and museum educators teach effectively with the Galileoscope. The telescopes were donated by Ric and Jean Edelman and are expected to affect more than 37, US students. Research Based Science Education (RBSE) After twelve years as a core program, the NOAO RBSE program for high-school science teachers remained suspended due to lack of funds. The teacher and student research program focused on the acquisition of astronomical knowledge and the use of appropriate data reduction skills and computer skills to enable the teachers to lead true research projects. 51

57 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Spitzer-RBSE Research Program for Students and Teachers This NASA-funded program, begun in collaboration with the NOAO RBSE program, continued this year with teachers writing research proposals as part of teacher-scientist teams for Director s Discretionary Time. Several of the research groups presented their results at both of the 21 AAS meetings. Each teacher also had an obligation to provide professional development for other teachers in their district or state. The program transitioned in FY1 to a program centered at the Spitzer Science Center using archival data and to another program at UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab associated with the NASA WISE mission. In the Jet Propulsion Laboratory program, teachers are learning to use archival Spitzer data. In summary, 32 teachers have received training and participated in research projects with over 14 students participating. At AAS meetings, teachers have presented 31 posters with the majority of them on the science results from their observations. NOAO continues to provide scientific and program planning support for both spinoff programs. Project ASTRO Project ASTRO continued to support teachers from across Arizona while maintaining a vigorous Tucson component. The 21 ASTRO Workshop hosted teachers from Phoenix, Prescott, Sells, Sahuarita, Safford, Bowie, and Catalina, while continuing to support Tucson schools. Project ASTRO at NOAO has a national leadership role, and new ways to involve senior citizens in Project ASTRO school programs were expanded with astronomy clubs supporting entire grades at some Tucson schools. The latest Fall Workshop (17 18 September 21), hosted at NOAO, had 22 new partnerships consisting of 5 teachers and astronomers. This year, Project ASTRO focused on Galileoscopebased programs with several efforts distributing these teaching instruments to students from all over the state. EPO s Phoenix Star Party allowed Arizona students to show how Galileoscopes can be used in urban settings through a star party in front of the state capitol. It demonstrated the use of the Galileoscope and related educational program to educators, government staff members, and contributing organizations such as Science Foundation Arizona. Other star parties are planned for Flagstaff and Yuma. Project ASTRO continues to emphasize reaching rural, under-funded, and minority communities. As a result, efforts for the last year established partnerships in remote and poorer communities such as Picture Rocks, Bowie, and Sells. This year s Project ASTRO teachers will reach hundreds of new students, easily exceeding 5, students impacted since the program began at NOAO in Science Foundation Arizona: Expanding Hands-On Optics in Arizona NOAO finished year three and started year four of this Science Foundation Arizona-funded program to bring the NSF-developed Hands-On Optics program to 1 Boys & Girls Clubs across Arizona, including Bisbee, Safford, Prescott, Sierra Vista, and Yuma. In FY1, EPO staff visited the Jim and Vicki Click Boys & Girls Club in Tucson 26 times. Each visit averaged 1.5 hours with, on average, 15 children present. Two or three of the trained undergraduate assistants led the optics, physics, or astronomy activities and projects done with the 7- to 12-year-old boys and girls, with the activity time totaling 37.5 hours, not including preparation time. Lowell Observatory, added as a partner this year, has been using HOO materials in their programs on the Navajo and Hopi reservations. Another major event was the Phoenix Star Party held March 24 with students from Phoenix, Tucson, Sahuarita, and Sells. Galileoscopes were added to the programs at the Boys and Girls Clubs this year and the staff received additional training. A weeklong summer camp and culminating star party was held at the Sells Recreation Center in June. Science Foundation Arizona: AstroBITS In June, Building Information Technology Skills through Astronomy (AstroBITS) received the final year of funding expected from Science Foundation Arizona. The teachers apply to take an on-line course that concentrates on increasing their computer and technology skills. The program was offered three times in 21; each time more teachers applied than could be accepted. Teachers who complete the six modules are offered an opportunity to spend a night at Kitt Peak learning how astronomical research is carried out. In the past year 26 teachers completed the program, and many of them visited Kitt Peak. There is discussion about how the modules could become a credit class through the Uni- 52

58 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS versity of Arizona. The modules are available on the NOAO EPO Web site at: Astronomy From the Ground Up NOAO continued its partnership with the ASP and the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) in the Astronomy From the Ground Up (AFGU) program funded by NSF ISE. The project has directly trained over 3 small and medium science and nature center educators in doing better astronomy outreach using 3-week online and 2-day on-site workshops. Each participant in the AFGU workshops (both online and in person) receives an optics teaching kit, and NOAO has built hundreds of the Hands-On Optics Terrific Telescopes kits for the workshops with funding from the grant. NOAO also leads the training for these educators. The program also distributed Galileoscopes and Dark Skies teaching kits to AFGU members. Collaboration to Advance Teaching Technology and Science The UA/NOAO Collaboration to Advance Teaching Technology and Science (CATTS) finished with its final cohort NSF GK-12 Graduate Student Fellows and furnished its final report to NSF this year. The total number of Fellows (over 5 percent are female graduate students in science) was 64 for this track with 133 Fellows in the total CATTS program. These Fellows were all trained to work in science classes in Tucson-area public schools and provided 15 hours per week of educational service during their year-long fellowship. This program concluded as one of the largest and most successful programs nationwide and spawned three additional GK-12 projects at the University of Arizona. Research Experiences for Undergraduates The NOAO NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site programs at KPNO and CTIO offer undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in challenging research activities with scientists working at the forefront of astronomy and astrophysics. Each year twelve REU students (six at NOAO North and six at NOAO South) are hired as full-time research assistants to work with NOAO staff members on selected research projects for a period of ten to twelve weeks during the summer in the respective hemispheres. As part of their research activities, REU students gain firsthand experience with state-of-the art telescopes and instrumentation and develop expertise in the data analysis tools specific to astronomical research. Careful matching of the expressed scientific interests of the individual applicant with the research needs and expertise of the individual REU mentor accounts for the success of previous NOAO REU site programs as measured by the high percentage of former participants who have gone on to graduate school in astrophysics or have pursued a career in the science, education, and technology (SET) workforce, as well as the impressive number of research papers and articles published by former students. The 21 CTIO REU program included a student seminar series, weekly informal reports where the students outlined the progress on their research projects (see below) as well as ongoing difficulties to their REU peers, mentors and the REU Site Director, a field trip to Paranal, a field trip to the Very Large Telescope (cancelled mid trip by the February 21 earthquake), and observing runs (done in four groups of two) at the CTIO-SMARTS 1.-m telescope. As part of their research experience, all six of the KPNO REU 29 students attended the 215 th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Washington, DC, January 21. Five of the six students were the presenting author on five different posters at the AAS meeting. Starting in June 21, the six KPNO REU 21 students worked on their various projects (see below) with their mentors; took a field trip to the NSO Sacramento Peak facilities where they visited the National Radio Astronomy Observatory s Very Large Array (VLA), the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Telescope, and the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) Telescope; and observed at the KPNO 2.1-m telescope with the GoldCam (GCAM) CCD Spectrograph and the Simultaneous Quad IR Imager (SQIID). The KPNO REU and CTIO REU students will be attending and presenting posters at the 217 th AAS meeting in Seattle, WA, on 9 13 January 211. The table below lists the students and their research projects. 53

59 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Student & Institution Mentor Project CTIO REU Katy Accetta Andrea Kunder RR Lyrae as Structural Tracers for the LMC Youngstown St. University Mason Carney University of Maine Ryan Campbell Phase-Resolved Cyclotron Polarimetry of HU Aqr Li-Wei Hung The Ohio State University Melodie Kao Massachusetts Institute of Technology AJ Salois University of Arkansas Conor Sayres University of Washington Roberto de Propris Alignment of Giant and Dwarf Galaxies in Abell 1689, MS , and CL24+16 Craig Harrison Measuring the Mass of A37 Malcolm Smith John Subasavage Sampling Studies of Quasars, Radio Loud/Quiet Galaxies: The Cause of Radio Emission Searching for Unknown Southern WDs in 2MASS and SDSS KPNO REU Daniel Barringer Union College Eleanor Byler Wellesley College Keith Hawkins Ohio University Michelle Kislak University of California, Berkeley Allison Merritt University of California, Berkeley Sean Morrison Appalachian State University Connie Walker Effects of Light Pollution on the Movement of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae in the Tucson Area Dara Norman Investigating the AGN Population in cluster environments across different wavelength ranges Simon Schuler The CNO Bi-cycle in the Open Cluster NGC 752 Chuck Claver & Victor Krabbendam William Sherry Kenneth Mighell The Extreme Red: Characterizing LSST's Y3 and Y4 A Photometric Survey of Ori OB1b Eclipsing Binaries in the Kepler Field NOAO is enhancing diversity in astronomy and astrophysics as a participant in the first major NSF-funded Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education (PAARE) program with South Carolina State University (SCSU), one of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The five-year Partnership in Observational and Computational Astronomy (POCA) program is funded by the NSF through the grant AST NOAO s 21 summer POCA undergraduate students, Jared Lalmansingh and Eva Nesmith from SCSU, spent the summer at NOAO North and worked with the KPNO and NSO REU students from June through mid-august. GSMT EPO Development Projects NOAO works on two education projects for the GSMT. The first project involves the development of online activities designed to guide students through the decisions related to site selection for a GSMT. The second project created a module congruent with the NOAO HOO program selection. Problembased learning activities are standards-based and emphasize science process/problem-solving skills (see The key concepts in adaptive optics are outlined in a teacher s guide that contains four adaptive optics demonstrations coupled with a kit of materials needed to conduct all of the activities and demonstrations in a classroom setting. The adaptive optics kit underwent extensive classroom testing and evaluation in FY1 and appropriate edits were made to the materials. EPO is ready to distribute the kits to partners for use in outreach programs and now have all of the materials for final kit production. 54

60 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS EPO South The Education and Public Outreach South (EPO-S) team was busy during FY1. Early in the fiscal year, they participated in the National Science Week organized by CONICYT-Explora in La Serena; the Teleton s Friends Boulevard organized by the National Handicapped Children Institution Teleton in Coquimbo; and three Astronomy Boulevards organized in collaboration with the municipalities of La Serena, Vicuña, and Salamanca. In addition, the team organized the First Seminar of Astronomy for Journalists, highlighting NOAO and Gemini facilities for local journalists, and both the 6 th National School Astronomy Congress and the 12 th International Amateur Astronomy Congress. In the second quarter, EPO-S participated in AstroDay, which was organized by Gemini and received more than 2, visitors to downtown La Serena. EPO-S organized and participated in several star parties, including one for NOAO South staff that incorporated intern CTIO Visitor Center & EPO-S Summary of Participants (October 29 through September 21) Group/Program # of Participants CADIAS Center 2,399 CADIAS Outreach 11,177 Tololo Guided Tours 1,458 School Groups K-12 1,826 Special Tours 63 Total Public 17,49 student collaborations and training on assembling and observing with Galileoscopes. Another important program activity during this period was the Dark Sky Education campaign Globe at Night 21, which, in La Serena, included a series of training sessions for teachers of the IV Región de Coquimbo and involved a total of 67 schools and 83 teachers. During April and May, EPO-S organized and participated in many community events with two of particular significance: the group traveled in April as part of a huge community delegation that provided educational and general support to Talca, a city in the south of Chile that was severely damaged by the February earthquake. In May, the group participated in a dark sky protection activity with the Los Pelambres mining company: a new collaboration effort that will continue throughout the year. CADIAS Centro de Apoyo a la Didáctica de la Astronomía (CADIAS), an astronomy outreach center in Altovalsol, Chile, remained incredibly productive in FY1. The astronomy teaching center, supported by NOAO and Gemini, conducted teacher professional development, educational star parties, and has a mobile planetarium. CTIO outreach staff made many successful educational visits to schools with a special emphasis on observational astronomy and dark skies. The Hugo Schwarz robotic telescope donated to CADIAS by Las Cumbres Observatory made significant progress using Universidad de La Serena students working under the supervision of CTIO engineering staff. More complete program descriptions can be found at: GLOBE at Night The GLOBE at Night 21 campaign (which took place 3 16 March 21) set a record high of over 17,8 measurements from people in 86 countries. This number comprises more than a third of the total number of GLOBE at Night measurements taken in the last five years and represents the most successful light pollution monitoring campaign to date. In the United States during the GLOBE at Night 21 campaign, 49 out of 5 states plus the District of Columbia contributed more than 1,9 measurements, comprising ~6% of all measurements. The top three states were Arizona (over 18), Michigan (over 12) and West Virginia (over 1). About 25% of all measurements came from Europe. Puerto Rico had over 1 measurements; Poland over 8; Romania and Chile each over 6; the Czech Republic over 4; Argentina over 3; Hungary close to 3; Canada, the United Kingdom, and South Korea just over 2; and China just under 2. Nearly 14 submissions included Sky Quality Meter (SQM) measurements. Ninety percent of the SQM measurements were contributed by 6 out of 27 countries: the United States (1263), Romania (289), Chile (199), Mexico (51), Argentina (35), and the United Kingdom (28). The full data set is posted for download in six dif- 55

61 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 ferent formats at: A user-friendly map viewer is available to compare GLOBE at Night data across the years. The program includes new activities with which to prepare the public (and especially students) to participate in any star hunt campaign. In particular, the activities introduce children and adults to how light pollution affects energy conservation and astronomy, how to light responsibly, and how to measure the darkness of your sky. The new program is called Dark Skies Rangers and is being adopted internationally by the Galileo Teacher Training Program. For the activities, visit NOAO DIRECTOR S OFFICE Besides day-to-day program and financial tracking, key management actions of the NOAO Director s Office (NDO) during FY1 included execution of annual personal performance appraisals and salary adjustments, completion of the bi-annual collective bargaining process with the locally hired workforce in Chile, monthly meetings with the chief compliance officer, bi-weekly meetings with NOAO Human Resources (HR) manager, bi-weekly meetings with NOAO controller and deputy controller and weekly telecon meetings with the NOAO program officer at NSF MPS AST and the AURA president. Major reports completed in FY1 include the Annual Program Plan for FY 21 (delivered), Annual Program Plan for FY 211 (begun during FY1, to be delivered in early FY11), and the fiveyear Long Range Plan FY Those reports were reviewed and approved by the AURA Observatory Council. The NSF Program Review Panel also reviewed these reports. The NDO coordinated the production and delivery of a variety of secondary reports related to supplementary awards made to our Cooperative Agreement. The most notable of these secondary reports were Annual Progress and Annual Fiscal Year Reports. The director and/ deputy director participated in the following meetings during FY1: AURA Board of Directors (3), AURA Observatory Council (2), AAS Town Hall (1), AAS (2), NSF Program Review Panel (2), LSST Board of Directors (2 face-to-face meetings plus monthly telecons), WIYN Board of Directors (2 face-to-face meetings plus irregularly scheduled telecons), and the AURA Workforce and Diversity Committee (1). Roughly half of these meetings were in Tucson. The director made presentations at all of these meetings, while the deputy director made presentations at most meetings as well. The NDO organized annual meetings of the NOAO Users Committee and EPO External Advisory Committee. The director and deputy director made presentations at both of these meetings. The director made two visits to the NSF MPS Astronomy directorate in Washington DC, for program status presentations and planning discussions. The director and deputy director spent significant time on issues related to NOAO/Gemini coordination, ARRA implementation, and responding to recommendations of the Astro21 decadal survey report New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics. To maintain good internal global communication and coordination, the director contributed to his internal blog, Connection Point, a three- to four-times-monthly blog, made the annual State of NOAO address, and visited La Serena four times. The NDO and HR departments also organized (and attended) two separate one-day leadership and management development workshops for the NOAO senior management team. Other major activities by the director included participation in a Nature round table discussion about the Decadal Survey (January 21), a public talk about modern cosmology to the San Marino City Club (February 21), participation in celebrations of the 5 th anniversary of the national observatory (March 21), co-chairperson of the SPIE conference Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III (June 21), and chair of a major NSF review panel (July 21). The deputy director provided oversight for physical plant operations and maintenance in Tucson. A local architectural and engineering firm (M3) was hired to develop conceptual plans for adding up to three additional stories to the east wing of the main building to provide enough space to host fu- 56

62 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS ture expansion required by the LSST and ATST teams. Concepts and estimated costs were forwarded to NSF. The deputy director continued as the chair of the SOAR telescope Science Advisory Committee. The committee produced several detailed reports for the observatory including a science review for the SOAR External Review held in March in La Serena. The deputy director also served on the NOAO TAC (November) and the HST Cycle 18 panel review (April). Office of Compliance During FY1, the Office of Compliance (OC) was created within NDO to assure that NOAO meets all current regulatory compliance. The OC is led by the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). The OC is responsible for oversight on all compliance matters related to the federal, state, and local level governments as well as the Tohono O odham Nation, where applicable, and NSF directives included in or related to the cooperative agreement between AURA and NSF for the management of NOAO. In conjunction with AURA Corporate, the OC develops policies, procedures, and provides training for NOAO and other AURA Center staff. Much of the OC activity in FY1 revolved around procurement and included development of new AURA-wide procurement policies and procedures, procurement training in La Serena for approximately 8 NOAO and Gemini South staff members, and development of a new, centralized Web site to post procurement policies and procedures. Other policies drafted in conjunction with AURA Corporate and approved by the AURA Board included a revised Conflict of Interest Policy (COI), a revised Travel Reimbursement Policy and a new AURA Policy Governing Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). Development of RCR training was initiated for all NOAO scientists. In addition, the CCO is the Conflict of Interest Officer for NOAO, NSO, and other affiliate institutions for which NOAO operates or provides business support. During FY1, there were seven possible cases of conflicts of interest of which three were significant enough for management review by the Conflict Resolution Committee (CRC). After review, all were satisfactorily managed or mitigated. As recommended by the CRC, the current Conflict of Interest procedures and the COI Disclosure Form was revised, and they are in the process of being updated for easier Web access. 5.5 ARRA INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL Activity related to infrastructure improvements for FY1 (1 October 29 through 3 September 21) included the following. Tucson Infrastructure Upgrade Tucson Shop CNC capability Completed. A new Hurco CNC machine was identified, purchased, and installed during FY1. The new machine is being used in support of several ongoing instrumentation projects. Renovate computer room electrical, cooling, and fire detection/suppression systems During the year, staff completed detailed planning and design work for the initial phase of the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system changes. The project was put out for competitive bidding and the successful contractor has the new equipment on order and is scheduled to start the work in early FY11. Some required, hazardous-material testing was completed, and staff began research on the phase two efforts regarding fire suppression options and potential backup generator systems. Replace and renovate electrical supply/distribution equipment A contract was put in place with an engineering consultant (Monrad Engineering) to clarify the electrical design and prepare the construction documents. The bid documents for phase 57

63 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 one of the electrical renovations were reviewed and provided to the NOAO Contracts Office with contractor bids expected in the first quarter of FY11. Replace 15-year-old building energy management and control system Staff completed the preliminary research and planning for the project and completed a draft set of project specifications. In FY11, the preliminary documents will be revised to incorporate the interface with the computer room HVAC and electrical renovation projects and then be put out to bid. KPNO Mountain Infrastructure Handicapped access lift for Visitor Center telescope The contractor completed the installation, and the lift was certified for use by a reviewing authority. The lift is being used on a routine basis to support the public telescope programs. KPNO water system renovation A local engineering firm (Environmental Engineering Consultants) was hired to evaluate the existing water system and relevant EPA regulations to finalize the processing and treatment system requirements. The firm completed the necessary design changes and prepared renovation documents for the various components of the water processing and storage system. Final review of the bid documents was ongoing by staff at the end of FY1. At the beginning of FY11, submittals will be forwarded to the EPA for review, and the project will be put out for bid. Kitt Peak instrument handling facility NOAO North staff completed the primary usage planning and identified a site for the facility. A site survey was completed to identify constraints and assist in preparation of final documentation. Support staff identified key equipment support requirements and in early FY11 final clarification and design documentation will be completed to initiate the competitive bidding process. CTIO Mountain Infrastructure Pachón water system renovation Three water pumps ordered from the US arrived in Chile. Supplier sources are being identified for the PVC-lined steel pipe ASTM A44 schedule 4 required to replace the sections of the water line showing the greatest decay due to their extensive use. An investigation is being conducted for contracting sources for the improvement of the four 5-gallon water tanks on the mountain. Dormitories repair & renovations Bids for new heating and sanitary water systems, including solar energy, were carried out and the contract will be awarded in the first quarter of FY11. This project involves a significant effort that will be performed with subcontracted labor. Pachón kitchen & dining facility Architectural and engineering drawings and technical specifications were completed. The construction bid was completed, and the review and award will follow in early FY11. Coudé room upgrades/handling for new instruments The components for instrument handling and compressors/he lines were installed and are in use. The NEWFIRM instrument took advantage of this new infrastructure prior to its installation on the Blanco 4-m telescope in FY1. 58

64 NOAO-WIDE PROGRAMS Blanco 4-m computing room & console upgrade for DECam A contractor was chosen, the contract was awarded, and the work (which will continue in FY11) was begun. Blanco 4-m mirror coating chamber There are still spares to be ordered. Blanco 4-m entrance protection A contractor was chosen, and the contract was awarded accordingly. Work was started on the exit doors of the 4-m telescope building. Blanco 4-m cooling system upgrade The chiller unit designated to replace one of the existing units was identified. Cerro Tololo UPS upgrade There are still spares that need to be ordered. Mountain electronic laboratory equipment renewal As of the end of FY1, all purchases were made, and the equipment was delivered. Cerro Pachón dorm emergency generator The Generator was purchased, it arrived on Cerro Pachón, and it was installed in FY1. Final hook-up will be completed in early FY11. Mountain meeting rooms renovation No work was done this period. Mountain road guardrail installation A proposal to move funding from the guardrail installation project to a project to repair the CTIO Frequency Converter (a critical system that failed during FY1) and purchase a new stand-by generator was approved by the NSF. The Tololo Frequency Converter was repaired and installed on site. The stand-by generator was purchased. La Serena Infrastructure Machine shop modification & refurbishment Engineering design was completed, and the bid process was completed. La Serena laboratory equipment renewal All purchases were made and the equipment was in use as of the end of FY1. CNC milling machine The machine was purchased and will be installed in FY11. La Serena compound water system renovation No work was done during this period. La Serena meeting rooms renovation New audio visual equipment was installed and put in use in the main conference room. Repair and renewal of security fencing for La Serena compound The contract for relocation of the main gate was completed in FY1. The new fence section will be installed in FY11. Vehicle fleet renewal Vehicles were purchased, they arrived at CTIO, and they were put into service during FY1. 59

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66 A FY1 BUDGET BY PROGRAM A.1 FY1 EXPENDITURES Table A-1 shows the actual gross expense figures at the end of FY1 for each program as well as the carry-forward funds. The key for Table A-1 provides descriptions for the work packages shown in the table. A comparison of the actual gross expenses with the budgeted expenses for each program may be made against Table 19 in the NOAO Annual Program Plan FY 21. The pie chart in Figure A-1 shows the breakdown of the NOAO base fund expenditures by program in terms of percentages. Figure A-1: NOAO Base Expenditures A&F 1% NS 9% EPO 3% OS 2% NSTC 19% NDO 3% AURA Fees 2% NSSC 9% CTIO 19% KPNO 24% Table A-1: FY 21 NOAO Expenditures and Carry-Forward Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) Director's Office $17,134 Telescope Operations $3,788,124 Telescope Improvements and Instrument Development $1,569,7 Science Resarch $574,576 User Support $214,85 Mountain Facilities $1,589,16 CTIO Subtotal $7,95,724 Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) Director's Office $52,853 Telescope Operations $4,883,686 Telescope Improvements and Instrument Development $1,781,954 Science Resarch $66,192 User Support $74,863 Mountain Facilities $1,875,695 KPNO Public Outreach & Education $47,425 Visitor Center $87,65 5th Anniversary $43,573 Modernization $119,97 KPNO Subtotal $1,22,989 NOAO System Science Center (NSSC) System User Support $1,214,27 ReSTAR Palomar Nights $266,488 Science Data Management $1,822,18 System Community Development $672,957 NSSC Subtotal $3,975,76 NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC) System Instrumentation $3,52,32 ReSTAR Instrumentation $1,396,12 Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) $2,136,677 LSST Supplement $1,71,352 Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope/ELT Techology $32,585 NSTC Subtotal $8,295,451 Administration & Facilities (A&F) Central Administrative Services $1,899,47 Central Facilities Operations $1,63,945 Computer Infrastructure Services $715,799 A&F Subtotal $4,245,791 NOAO South (NS) NOAO South Administration $1,745,52 NOAO South Facilities Operations $1,153,744 NOAO South Director's Office $299,999 NOAO South Computer Infrastructure Services $738,153 NOAO South Outreach $8,47 NS Subtotal $3,945,86 Office of Science (OS) $936,168 Education and Public Outreach (EPO) $1,119,829 NOAO Director's Office (NDO) $1,378,68 AURA F&A & Management Fee $72,131 Total Base Expenditures $42,726,256 Other NSF Funding ARRA Stimulus Funding North $441,35 ARRA Stimulus Funding South $93,321 Subtotal Other NSF Expenditures $1,371,626 Total NOAO Expenditures $44,97,882 FY1 Base Funding ($27,486,18) FY9 Carry-Forward Applied to NOAO Base Programs ($2,38,513) FY1 Program Outside Revenue ($12,488,912) Supplemental Expenditure Support ($4,44,762) FY1 Carry-Forward without Supplemental Funds ($2,32,485) FY1 Supplemental Carry-forward ($1,69,869) FY1 Total Carry-Forward ($12,93,354) 61

67 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Key to Table A-1 Work Breakdown Structure of FY1 Expenses Cerro Tololo Inter- American Observatory (CTIO) CTIO Director s Office CTIO Telescope Operations CTIO Telescope Improvements and Instrument Development CTIO Science Research CTIO User Support CTIO Mountain Facilities Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) KPNO Director s Office KPNO Telescope Operations KPNO Telescope Improvements and Instrument Development KPNO Science Research KPNO User Support This work package includes the operational and mountain facilities support costs for CTIO. It does not include NOAO-wide administrative costs. This work package includes the director, deputy director, assistant/business manager, and administrative assistant and focuses on the daily operations of CTIO, support to the CTIO community, and site protection. This work package includes all of the NOAO costs associated with the operations and maintenance of the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope and partner (SOAR, SMARTS) telescopes and instruments. The costs and effort for all operations and support staff, including both technical and scientific support, are included. This work package includes all costs associated with the improvement of the CTIO Blanco 4-m and partner (SOAR, SMARTS) telescopes and the development of new instruments for these telescopes. This work package includes the scientific staff time associated with their allocation for scientific and/or technical research, professional development activities, and external service (e.g., membership on committees whose activities benefit the astronomical community). This work package covers interface, scheduling, logistics, and assistance for visiting observers at all telescopes in Chile to which astronomers have access via NOAO. Included in this work package are the costs of CTIO s share of metered facilities support, including utilities such as electricity, telephone, and water services, as well as liquid nitrogen for the instrumentation. This work package contains the operational and mountain support costs for KPNO including personnel, travel, miscellaneous equipment, tenant support, Site Director s office, user support, NSO support, instrumentation and modernization upgrades, and other mountain facilities costs. Includes costs of telescope operation and maintenance and partnerships. It does not include NOAO-wide administrative costs. This work package includes the cost of the KPNO director, the assistant to the director, assistance from a program/budget manager, and part of the time of an administrative assistant and their support of KPNO operations and the KPNO community. It also includes site protection costs and grants. This work package includes all of the NOAO costs directly associated with the operations and maintenance of the KPNO (Mayall 4-m and 2.1-m) and partner (WIYN, NSO, NRAO) telescopes and instruments. This work package includes all of the NOAO costs directly associated with the improvement of the KPNO (Mayall 4-m and 2.1-m) and partner (WIYN, NSO, NRAO) telescopes and the development of new instruments for these telescopes. It also includes the modernization supplement from an NSF supplemental award in FY8. This work package includes the scientific staff time associated with their allocation for scientific and/or technical research, professional development activities, and external service (e.g., membership on committees whose activities benefit the astronomical community). This work packages refers to support of observers when they are not directly engaged in observing. Observing run preparation, advice on observatory performance for use in proposals, occasional service observing, and the KPNO Observing Support Office activities are included here. 62

68 FY1 BUDGET BY PROGRAM Key to Table A-1 Work Breakdown Structure of FY1 Expenses KPNO Mountain Facilities KPNO Public Outreach & Education KPNO Visitor Center This work package includes support of the mountain physical plant, external to the telescope domes. This package also includes all tenant support. This work package includes the Kitt Peak Visitor Center (KPVC) and the other KPNO public outreach/press/education activities, including the 5th anniversary activities. Expenses to run the Kitt Peak Visitor Center museum and gift shop on the mountain, an online store, tours for the public, the Nightly Observing Program, and the Advanced Observing Program are included in this work package. 5 th Anniversary This work package tracks the costs associated with events held to mark the 5 th anniversary of the National Observatories (NOAO and NSO), which include science meetings, a reunion event for past and current employees, events for the public, and a week-long program of resident artists investigating the synergy between art and science research KPNO Modernization NOAO System Science Center (NSSC) System User Support This work package tracks the effort expended in support of the modernization of the basic infrastructure on the mountain and the KPNO telescopes in particular, such as completing renovation of the dome of the Mayall 4-m telescope, a new floor chiller, new dome shutter brakes, new dome trucks, repairs to the dome rails, and telescope control room improvements. Funding for these efforts was partially supplied by an NSF supplemental award in FY8. This NOAO division is a combination of the Science Data Management, Science User Support, and System Community Development programs. It includes personnel, travel, support, and equipment for NSSC to provide US community access and user support to the two Gemini telescopes. Support is provided for in NOAO North and South. Science research time for scientific staff that have NSSC functional responsibilities and NSSC postdoc support is also included. This work package includes management of US community access to Gemini and other system telescopes, including periodic meetings of NOAO user constituencies, other informational workshops and committees, and the annual meeting of the survey teams. It also user support for observing proposal preparation and submission for all System facilities, as well as post-observing data processing. ReSTAR Palomar Nights This work package contains funds to be paid to Caltech for Palomar Hale 5-m (2- inch) telescope access, as well as small amounts of NOAO staff time for community user support. Science Data Management System Community Development NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC) This work package contains the planning and management of SDM North and South, development and operation of the End-to-End Data Management System, user support, and data management for other initiatives. It includes community involvement and data in the VOA. This work package focuses on connecting the US community-at-large with the new science capabilities under development such as LSST, GMT, TMT, LCOGTN and various emerging facilities for optical interferometry. This NOAO division is responsible for coordinating technological enhancements to the US O/IR ground-based observing system. It incorporates System Instrumentation, Telescope System Instrumentation Program, Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope/ELT Technology, the NOAO LSST Project Office, the newly created Astronomical Technology Postdoc Program, and the NOAO portion of the ReSTAR supplement program. 63

69 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Key to Table A-1 Work Breakdown Structure of FY1 Expenses System Instrumentation ReSTAR Instrumentation Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) LSST Supplement Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope/ELT Technology Administration and Facilities (A&F) Central Administrative Services Central Facilities Operations Computer Infrastructure Services NOAO South (NS) NOAO South Administration NOAO South Facilities Operations NOAO South Director s Office NOAO South Computer Infrastructure Services This work package contains the operations and management of the instrumentation program supporting NOAO, the System, and the community. It also includes MONSOON and other instrumentation support. This work package includes projects funded through the NSF ReSTAR proposal including anew instrument for the KPNO Mayall 4-m telescope, detector upgrades to one existing instrument each at KPNO and CTIO, and access to the Palomar telescope. This work package includes support for the LSST Project in two important areas: (1) responsibility for the design, development, and construction of the facilities in Chile, including the telescope, enclosure, and support facilities both on the summit and in La Serena; and (2) community engagement intended to support science collaborations in developing the science missions and input into the LSST. This work package includes the portion of funds provided to NOAO from a separate NSF grant awarded to the LSST Corporation for the full Design and Development of the LSST System. This work package focuses on the management of the GSMT program supporting the US community s interest in and access to future ELTs. It includes GSMT SWG and other community interactions, oversight of the NSF award-funded effort with the TMT and GMT projects, reporting to NSF, and site-testing work in Chile. This NOAO division contains administration, facilities, and IT support services based in Tucson. This work package includes the Tucson-based human resources, accounting/financial management, procurement, payroll, shipping/receiving, and export control and includes support to NSO, AURA Corporate, WIYN, SOAR, other AURA centers, and LSSTC. This work package includes the NOAO North facilities operation costs of nonmountaintop building maintenance, roads and grounds, utilities, vehicles, and the computer network in Tucson. Included in this work package is computer system support for NOAO North, NSO, SOAR, and WIYN including network maintenance and software support. It also includes system security and access. This NOAO division focuses on the administration, facilities, and IT support services for NOAO activities based in La Serena, Chile. This work package includes the costs of administrative support to all programs on the AURA site in Chile, which include personnel and payroll, procurement, budget and accounting, reception, and general management of the site. This work package includes the shared costs of operations of all of the AURA La Serena facilities, including warehouse, shipping/receiving, inventory control, security, water and sewer facilities, garage and transport, and the La Serena motel, as well as general maintenance and janitorial services. All activities related to the management of general NOAO activities in La Serena are contained in this work package. This work package includes computer system support for NOAO South including network maintenance and software support. It includes system security and access. 64

70 FY1 BUDGET BY PROGRAM Key to Table A-1 Work Breakdown Structure of FY1 Expenses NOAO South Outreach Office of Science (OS) Education and Public Outreach (EPO) NOAO Director s Office (NDO) AURA F&A Management Fee Other NSF Funding ARRA Stimulus Funding North ARRA Stimulus Funding South Total NOAO Expenditures FY1 Base Funding FY9 Carry-Forward Applied to NOAO Base Programs FY1 Program Outside Revenue Supplemental Expenditure Support FY1 Supplemental Carry-Forward FY1 Total Carry-Forward This work package includes the costs of the wide range of student programs at NOAO South such as the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and the Práctica de Investigación in Astronomía programs. This work-package contains support to science staff, including administrative support, colloquia, travel, page charges, and conferences/workshops. It also includes salary support for fellowships and those science staff on sabbatical or directly supporting the OS activity. This work package contains the NOAO North and South education and public outreach programs, REU programs, public affairs, and graphic arts. This work package focuses on the activities of the NOAO director, deputy director, administrative support staff, risk management, library, and safety coordination. It also includes these functions as provided by the CTIO director for NOAO South. This work package includes the AURA support to NOAO and the AURA F&A for new funds and carry-forward from non-expended FY9 funds. The AURA management fee is calculated based on a G&A indirect rate of 1.62 percent including a negotiated fee of $15K. NOAO was awarded $5.6M by NSF in FY9 (August 29) for a proposal to renew critical infrastructure at its four main sites: La Serena Base Facility, Tucson Headquarters, Cerro Tololo (including Cerro Pachón), and Kitt Peak. This one-time infusion of funds is aimed at renovating key systems and infrastructure. This work package includes the renewal of critical infrastructure at the Tucson Headquarters and Kitt Peak using one-time funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 29 (ARRA). This work package includes the renewal of critical infrastructure at the La Serena Base Facility and Cerro Tololo (including Cerro Pachón) using one-time funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 29 (ARRA). This total includes the total expenditures of NOAO programs from NSF Base Funds. Actual FY1 NSF funding provided to NOAO for base programming. FY9 carry-forward that was applied to the FY1 program. FY1 NSF base program revenue applied to the FY1 program (from Table A-2). This includes the FY8 NOAO supplemental support for FY1 expenditures from the LSST Design and Development project, KPNO and CTIO modernization projects, and guardrails for NOAO South (from Table A-2). Unexpended available carry-forward from restricted supplements including ARRA, ReSTAR, and LSST Design and Development (from Table A-3). Total amount of unexpended carry-forward from all NOAO programs. 65

71 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 A.2 FY1 REVENUE Table A-2: FY 21 NOAO Outside Program Revenue Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) Facilities Use Revenue for Mountain Operations $1,695,657 Support for SMARTS $111,419 Support for SOAR $79,322 Support for Gemini $22,881 Support for Las Campanas $12,83 Support for Grants and AURA-O $23,666 Observer Support Revenue $124,78 Support for Grants and Tenants $31,18 CTIO Subtotal $2,586,961 Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) Support for ODI and WIYN $211,174 Support for NSO $12,295 Support for Grants and Tenants $191,234 WIYN Operational Support $1,454,272 Supplemental ODI Member Contributions $975, Mirror Coatings $15,194 Facilities Use Revenue $282,999 Joint Use Fee $234,137 Meal Revenue $159,631 Dormitory Revenue $25,71 DS3 Link $41,231 Kitt Peak Visitor Center Sales Revenue $737,466 5th Anniversary Science Conference Revenue $31,541 Miscellaneous Revenue $76,933 KPNO Subtotal $4,628,88 NOAO System Science Center (NSSC) System User Support Grant Support $8,749 Science Data Management Grant Support $27,285 System Community Development Grant Support $26,74 NSSC Subtotal $62,774 NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC) System Instrumentation NSO Support $86,241 System Instrumentation WIYN ODI Support $25,726 System Instrumentation Project Support $4,17 System Instrumentation High Bay Rent $36, System Instrumentation MRI Projects $45,473 GSMTPO NSO Support $38,277 GSMTPO GMT Support $52,262 GSMTPO TMT Support $46,748 NSTC Subtotal $55,744 Administration & Facilities (A&F) CAS Support for NSO, WIYN, LSSTC,SOAR, and Grants $1,12,594 CAS AURA Corporate Support $39, CAS Gemini Support $36, CFO Support for NSO, WIYN, and Grants $832,784 CIS Support for NSO $227,594 A&F Subtotal $2,147,972 NOAO South (NS) Administrative Support for Gemini and SOAR $837,19 Facilities Support for Gemini and SOAR $972,486 Director's Office Miscellaneous Revenue $11,555 CIS Support for Las Campanas, Yale, Gemini, and SOAR $12,2 NS Subtotal $1,923,432 Office of Science (OS) Grant Support $45,651 Workshop Revenue $26,517 OS Subtotal $72,168 Education & Public Outreach (EPO) SFAz HOO and BITS Support $158,2 Support for Project ASTRO and Int'l. Year of Astronomy $35,537 Imaging Lab Revenue $6,434 Support for NSO $126,723 Miscellaneous Revenue $2,723 EPO Subtotal $347,437 NOAO Director's Office (NDO) Grant Indirect Revenue $83,863 AURA Director's Discretionary Fund (DDF) $23,386 Library Support for NSO $61,367 NDO Subtotal $168,616 Total Outside Program Revenue $12,488,912 Table A-2 summarizes the other revenue non- NSF base funding received for each program. The key to Table A-2 lists the revenue sources. Table A-3 shows a breakdown of carryforward from FY1 base funding and external revenue and the total carry-forward available for distribution in the NOAO FY11 program. Table A-3: Carry-Forward after FY 21 Expenditures FY1 Base Funds Carry-Forward $2,32,485 FY9 ARRA $4,223,3 FY9 ReSTAR $1,656,498 FY1 ReSTAR $3,9, FY1 LSST Supplement $83,71 Subtotal Supplemental Carry-Forward $1,69,869 FY1 REU $139,964 FY1 TSIP $4,43,82 FY9 AODP $4,744 FY1 LSSTC $1,461,53 FY1 GSMT $22,479 FY9 Projects $34,12 FY9/FY1 Interagency Transfers $516,347 Subtotal Other Carry-Forward $6,221,771 Total Carry-Forward $19,152,125 66

72 FY1 BUDGET BY PROGRAM Key to Table A-2 (Revenue Sources) Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) Facilities Use Revenue for Mountain Operations Support for SMARTS Support for SOAR Support for Gemini Support for Las Campanas Support for Grants and AURA-O Observer Support Revenue Support for Grants and Tenants Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) Support for ODI and WIYN Support for NSO Support Grants and Tenants WIYN Operational Support Supplemental ODI Member Contributions Mirror Coatings Facilities Use Revenue Joint Use Fee Meal Revenue Dormitory Revenue DS3 Link Kitt Peak Visitor Center Sales Revenue 5th Anniversary Science Conference Revenue Miscellaneous Revenue NOAO Division Revenue from use of the facilities. Revenue from the SMARTS Consortium for operational labor and miscellaneous support. General indirect cost recovery from SOAR operational support, and revenue for labor provided by CTIO for SOAR project support. Miscellaneous support work done by the engineering and technology staff for Gemini. Miscellaneous support work done by the engineering and technology staff for Las Campanas Observatory. Labor supported by AURA Observatory (AURA-O) and outside grant funding. Revenue from observers for meals, lodging, and travel support. Revenue for support of mountain operations from Gemini, SOAR, SMARTS, PROMPT, WHAM, and other tenants on Cerro Tololo and Cerro Pachón. NOAO Division Labor supported by WIYN for work on ODI. Revenue from labor support to NSO. Labor supported by outside grant funding, and FY1 prepayments from tenants. Support funds from the WIYN partners towards support of operations. Contributions provided by WIYN members for work on ODI. Miscellaneous, FY1 prepayment. Miscellaneous revenue from use of the facilities. Annual fee charged to all tenants on KP for joint support services provided. Revenue from nighttime programs and meals sold. Revenue from dormitory rental on Kitt Peak. Revenue from tenants for maintenance and support. Revenue from Visitor Center, sales, night observing programs, etc., and the Friends of Kitt Peak program. Revenue from registrations, miscellaneous grants, and other donations. Additional revenue for general support. 67

73 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 NOAO System Science Center (NSSC) System User Support Grant Support Science Data Management Grant Support System Community Development Grant Support NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC) System Instrumentation NSO Support System Instrumentation WIYN ODI Support System Instrumentation Project Support System Instrumentation High Bay Rent System Instrumentation MRI Projects GSMTPO NSO Support GSMTPO GMT Support GSMTPO TMT Support Administration and Facilities (A&F) CAS Support for NSO, WIYN, LSSTC, SOAR, and Grants CAS AURA Corporate Support CAS Gemini Support CFO Support for NSO, WIYN, and Grants CIS Support for NSO NOAO South (NS) Administrative Support for Gemini and SOAR NOAO Division Labor supported by outside grant funding. NSF grant support for NOAO work on the Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) and research funding for SDM staff from outside sources. Labor supported by outside grant funding. NOAO Division Revenue from labor support to NSO/GONG/ATST. Labor supported by WIYN for work on ODI. Miscellaneous support work done by the engineering and technology staff for Gemini, Steward Observatory, Lunar Planetary Lab, and other local astronomical institutions. Rent revenue for the use of the NOAO high bay by Steward Observatory, Lunar Planetary Lab, and other local astronomical institutions. Funding from MRI for instrumentation projects, 1.5-m echelle spectrograph. Revenue from labor support to NSO. Costs for GMT KASI contract revenue. Revenue received in return for supporting AURA employees employed by TMT, leasing of office space to TMT, and some site support work-packages. NOAO Division Indirect revenue from grants and support and business administrative services and facilities support for NSO, WIYN, LSSTC, and SOAR. Support funds for business administrative support for AURA Corporate including payroll, audits, and reporting. Revenue from support for Gemini administrative, facilities, and computer support. Indirect revenue from grants and facilities support for NSO and WIYN. Indirect revenue from NSO for computer infrastructure support. NOAO Division Revenue from providing administrative services to Gemini and SOAR. 68

74 FY1 BUDGET BY PROGRAM Facilities Support for Gemini and SOAR Director s Office Miscellaneous Revenue CIS Support for Las Campanas, Yale, Gemini, and SOAR Office of Science (OS) Grant Support Workshop Revenue Educational and Public Outreach (EPO) SFAz HOO and BITS Support Support for Project ASTRO and Int l. Year of Astronomy Imaging Lab Revenue Support for NSO Miscellaneous Revenue NOAO Director s Office (NDO) Grant Indirect Revenue AURA Director s Discretionary Fund (DDF) Library Support for NSO Total Outside Program Revenue Revenue from providing facilities support services to Gemini and SOAR. Additional revenue for general support. NOAO support revenue from the users for computer infrastructure services. NOAO Division Grant and outside support for data aides and postdocs including Hubble fellowships, etc. Revenue from NOAO-sponsored science workshops. NOAO Division Grant funding from the state s Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) for HOO AZ, which extends the utility of our Hands-On Optics program and kits to 1 Boys & Girls Clubs programs across Arizona, and Building Information Technology Skills through Astronomy (BITS), which helps rural and underserved teachers learn about technology and information science through astronomy so they can introduce these ideas into their classrooms. NSF AST grant funds for support of Project ASTRO, which emphasizes teacher-scientist partnerships, and for.5 FTE support for Steve Pompea for the International Year of Astronomy. Cost recovery for poster production/printing and other image usage. Revenue provided by NSO to support NSO EPO efforts on Kitt Peak, some public information functions, and general EPO outreach locally and regionally on behalf of NSO. Additional revenue for general support. NOAO Division A portion of grant revenue goes to the Director s Office for miscellaneous science support. Funding from AURA Corporate for discretionary expenditures. Revenue provided to NOAO by NSO for NSO library support. Outside Revenue not provided by the NSF core program. Includes supplemental funds used for NOAO base programs. (Refer to revenue table for full detailed revenues per program.) 69

75 B NOAO KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY B.1 KEY MANAGEMENT FY1 David Silva, NOAO Director Robert Blum, NOAO Deputy Directory Abi Saha, Interim Associate Director for KPNO R. Chris Smith, Associate Director for CTIO Verne V. Smith, Associate Director for NOAO System Science Center Joan Najita, Head of Program, Office of Science David Sprayberry, Head of Program, NOAO System Technology Center Stephen Pompea, Head of Program, Education and Public Outreach Karen Wilson, Chief Compliance Officer B.2 SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL CHANGES FY1 New Appointments Date Name Position Location 1/1/29 John Subasavage Jr. Research Associate NOAO South 1/12/29 Andrea Kunder Research Associate NOAO South Departures Date Name Position Location 12/31/29 Christopher Miller Assistant Astronomer NOAO South 3/31/21 John Glaspey Visiting Scientist NOAO North 4/3/21 George Jacoby Head of Program, Office of Science NOAO North 7/2/21 Craig Harrison Research Associate NOAO South 8/28/21 Jennifer Lotz Research Associate NOAO North 8/31/21 Erin A. Pope Research Associate NOAO North 7

76 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY Changed Status Date Name Position Change Location 1/1/29 Thomas Matheson Associate Astronomer Promoted from Assistant NOAO North Astronomer 1/1/21 Karen Wilson Chief Compliance Officer Reassigned from Assoc. Director NOAO North Admin. & Facilities 3/22/21 Knut Olsen Head System User Support Promoted from Associate NOAO North Astronomer-Tenure 4/1/21 Timothy Abbott Engineering & Technical Additional Responsibilities NOAO South Services Manger 4/1/21 Steve Howell Associate Astronomer Promoted from Associate NOAO North Scientist 6/1/21 Abi Saha Interim Director, KPNO Appointed Interim Head NOAO North 6/1/21 Buell Jannuzi Astronomer/Tenure End of appointment as Director, KPNO 1/1/21 Nicole van der Bliek Deputy Director, CTIO Promoted from Associate Scientist to Scientist NOAO North NOAO South B.3 EFFORT OF SCIENTIFIC STAFF BY BUDGETED PROGRAM Table B-3 shows the FY1 effort by each scientific staff member within the NOAO functional programs. This table may be compared with Table 22 in the NOAO Annual Program Plan FY 21, in which the predictions at the start of the year are listed. Scientific staff fill out biweekly timecards indicating the hours spent on each activity. These hours are converted to fractions of a pay period, taking charges to grants and functional activities first, then research, up to the 8 hours per pay period limit. The nominal allocation for research is shown with a code after the staff member s name as follows: Director, Deputy Director, and Associate Director (D): max of 2% Head of Program (H): max of 2% Full, Associate, and Assistant Astronomer (A): max of 5% Full, Associate, and Assistant Scientist (S): max of 2% EPO Scientist and Associate Scientist (PS): max of 2% Postdocs and Goldberg Fellows (P): max of 1% 71

77 NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 21 Table B-3 FY1 Fractional Division of Effort of NOAO Scientific Staff by Budgeted Program (FY1 NSF-Allocated Funds Only NSSC NSTC Name Research CTIO KPNO SUS SDM SCD SI TSIP/ ReSTAR LSST GSMT OS EPO NOAO DIR GRANTS/ OTHER Abbott, Timothy (S) Allen, Lori (S) Blum, Robert D. (D) Boroson, Todd (A) Claver, Charles F. (S) Cunha, Katia M.L. (A) De Propris, Roberto (A) De Young, David S. (A) Dey, Arjun (A) Dickinson, Mark E. (A) Elias, Jonathan H. (A) Garmany, Catharine D. (PS) Glaspey, John Gregory, Brooke (S) Heathcote, Stephen Hinkle, Kenneth H. (S) Howell, Steve B. (S) Jacoby, George H. (H) * Jannuzi, Buell T. (D) Joyce, Richard R. (S) Knezek, Patricia (S) Lauer, Tod R. (A) Total * George Jacoby retired 3 April

78 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY Table B-3 FY1 Fractional Division of Effort of NOAO Scientific Staff by Budgeted Program (FY1 NSF-Allocated Funds Only NSSC NSTC Name Research CTIO KPNO SUS SDM SCD SI TSIP/ ReSTAR LSST GSMT OS EPO NOAO DIR GRANTS/ OTHER Matheson, Thomas D. (A) Merrill, K. Michael (S) Mighell, Kenneth J. (S) Miller, Christopher J. (A) Najita, Joan R. (A) Norman, Dara (S) Olsen, Knut (A) Points, Sean D. (S) Pompea, Stephen M. (H) Probst, Ronald G. (S) Rajagopal, Jayadev (S) Ridgway, Stephen T. (A) Ridgway, Susan E. (A).5.5 Saha, Abhijit (H) Shaw, Richard A. (S) Silva, David (D) Smith, Malcolm G. (A) ** Smith, Robert C. (D) Smith, Verne V. (D) Sprayberry, David (H) Total Christopher Miller left in December 29. Susan Ridgway was on family medical leave for part of FY11. Richard Shaw left in November 29. ** Malcolm Smith reduced his time to 5%. 73

79 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Table B-3 FY1 Fractional Division of Effort of NOAO Scientific Staff by Budgeted Program (FY1 NSF-Allocated Funds Only NSSC NSTC Name Research CTIO KPNO SUS SDM SCD SI TSIP/ ReSTAR LSST GSMT OS EPO NOAO DIR GRANTS/ OTHER Stanghellini, Letizia (A) Tokovinin, Andrei (A) Valdes, Francisco (S) van der Bliek, Nicole S. (D) Walker, Alistair R. (A) Walker, Constance (PS) FTE Totals: Postdoc Associates North/South Campbell, Ryan (P) Doppmann, Greg (P) Kartaltepe, Jeyhan (P) Kunder, Andrea (P) Lotz, Jennifer M. (P) Pope, Erin Alexandra (P) Reddy, Naveen A. (P) Schuler, Simon C. (P) Subasavage, Jr., John (P) Postdoc FTE Totals: Total 74

80 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY B.4 SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PLANS TIMOTHY ABBOTT, Associate Scientist Research Interests Late stages of binary stellar evolution; instrumentation; telescope operations FY1 Accomplishments Abbott, as deputy program manager for development of the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) and telescope manager for the Blanco 4-m telescope, was involved in all aspects of the development of DE- Cam. He was particularly involved in the coordination between NOAO, Fermilab, and the other partners to ensure that the Blanco telescope is capable of providing the platform and image quality required, and that DECam will appropriately serve the NOAO community. In January, Abbott took over as manager of Engineering and Technical Services (ETS) at NOAO South and with it the responsibility for the assignment of the CTIO ETS resources among the many instrument and observatory development programs in which CTIO participates. FY11 Plans Abbott will continue his participation in the Dark Energy Survey collaboration and will lead the installation of DECam on the Blanco 4-m telescope. This major effort is expected to dominate CTIO s attention throughout the year and will result in a significant improvement in the telescope s capabilities. Abbott also will continue as manager of ETS and its support of CTIO and participation in SOAR, LSST, and other projects. HELMUT A. ABT, Astronomer Emeritus Research Interests Stellar evolution; stellar duplicity; exoplanets; publication statistics FY1 Accomplishments Abt had several papers published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP). In one, Abt questioned the identification of most of the exoplanets discovered to date as disk systems like the solar system and showed evidence that they were formed like stellar or brown dwarf companions to stars. A second was a study in which he counted pages of astronomical publications (corrected for format changes, foreign input, on-line contributions) for the US, UK, and four major European countries during the past 5 years and found that relative to their populations, all three regions are still increasing in pages per million people. However, the UK and European astronomers are lagging behind the US by 12 years in productivity. In a third paper, Abt studied data on rotational speeds and duplicity in 17 open clusters and found an inverse correlation between rotation and duplicity, obviously caused by tidal slowing of rotation in binaries. Abt reviewed manuscripts for A&A, AJ, Hong Kong Research Council, JASIST, MNRAS, Obs., PASP, nine for Scientometrics, and one preprint during the year. FY11 Plans Abt will contribute to Arcadio Poveda s 8 th symposium fest in Mexico City; a study of binaries inside and outside the Local Interstellar Bubble for a symposium in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in February; and the Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics in Lejiang, China in April. Symbols: is a new appointment in FY1, is non-nsf (external) funding, is term ended in FY1. 75

81 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 LORI E. ALLEN, Associate Scientist Research Interests Star and planet formation; infrared astronomy FY1 Accomplishments: Allen (along with former student X. Koenig) submitted a paper to ApJ on circumstellar disk evolution around intermediate mass stars in W5, demonstrating the possibility of planet formation around 2 4 solar mass stars. Allen continued leading the Spitzer Gould Belt Legacy program, resulting in two more papers on that survey (Peterson et al. and Spezzi et al.) submitted to the ApJ. Allen collaborated with scientists at the University of Exeter, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the University of Texas, the University of Toledo, and Smith College resulting in three papers: one submitted to MNRAS (Bressert et al.) and two to the ApJ (Heiderman et al., Gutermuth et al.) on the subjects of observed stellar surface density and star formation laws. In addition, Allen collaborated on three papers appearing in the Astronomy and Astrophysics special issue on Early Results from Herschel (Ali et al., Stanke et al., Fischer et al.). Allen also collaborated on the first paper on results from the Spitzer Exploration Class program on variable young stars (Morales et al., submitted to ApJ Letters). At the January 21 AAS meeting, Allen presented results on global correlations in the Spitzer c2d and Gould Belt Legacy surveys, then held a two-day working group meeting for Gould Belt team members (at the University of Maryland). She gave an invited talk on star formation in nearby molecular clouds at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in March 21. Allen attended a team meeting of her Herschel Key Time Project (HOPS) in Toledo, Ohio, in July 21. Allen chaired the Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) for the NOAO 5th Anniversary meeting in Tucson on star formation, From First Light to Newborn Stars. She also chaired the SOC for the annual Spitzer Science meeting, Stormy Cosmos: the Evolving Interstellar Medium, from Spitzer to Herschel and Beyond, to be held in November 21 in Pasadena. Allen was awarded a Spitzer Cycle 7 project to image massive star-forming regions in the fourth Galactic quadrant. In May/June 21 she obtained deep near-infrared data on these regions using NEWFIRM on the Blanco 4-m telescope. FY11 Plans About six more papers are planned to report results from the Spitzer Gould Belt Survey, so Allen will continue leading her survey team to complete those. She will also develop and build (or hire someone to develop and build) a database for the Herschel Key Project, Herschel Orion Protostar Survey (HOPS). She will continue working with graduate student S. Willis (Iowa State University) on the reduction and analysis of NEWFIRM and Spitzer data from her 4 th Galactic quadrant survey. She will also resume her long-term spectroscopic study of the L1641 molecular cloud in Orion, now with the help of graduate student T. Hsu (University of Michigan) who has taken on the task of completing the survey and analyzing the data. Allen will give an Invited Review Talk at the meeting Origins of the Stellar IMF in October 21 (in Tenerife). AMOKRANE BERDJA, Postdoc Research Associate ROBERT BLUM, Associate Astronomer (Deputy Director, NOAO) Research Interests The Galactic Center; formation of massive stars, Galactic and Local Group resolved stellar populations FY1 Accomplishments Blum continued to work with collaborators A. Damineli (Universidade de São Paulo), C. Barbosa (UNIVAP), E. Figueredo (Universidade de São Paulo), and A. Moisés (Universidade de São Paulo) on star formation regions in the Milky Way with an emphasis on embedded clusters and massive star 76

82 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY birth. A catalog of clusters in giant HII regions was accepted for publication in the MNRAS. Blum worked with K. Cunha (NOAO) and K. Sellgren (OSU) on observations of luminous cool stars in the Galactic Center. Several atomic and molecular species were observed in high resolution using the Gemini South telescope and the Phoenix spectrometer; analysis is in progress. FY11 Plans Blum plans to continue studies of massive stars in collaboration with Barbosa and Damineli using the SOAR telescope. TODD BOROSON Astronomer Research Interests Structural and physical properties of active galactic nuclei; stellar populations and their evolution; O/IR instrumentation; analysis and mining of large astronomical data sets FY1 Accomplishments Boroson completed and published his work with T. Lauer (NOAO) on spectral principal component analysis of low-redshift quasar spectra. One outcome of this study was a list of quasars with shifted broad emission lines. Together with M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State University), Boroson began a program of monitoring the spectra of 87 such objects to isolate those that are best explained as bound supermassive black hole binaries. The first year of observations identified 12 objects in which the peak of the broad lines had shifted with respect to earlier spectra. Working with local high school student Erika Tinley, Boroson compiled a new sample of low redshift objects with high radio luminosity. An analysis of the size distributions of those with and without broad optical emission lines produces a result inconsistent with the conventional unification scheme. FY11 Plans Boroson will continue his work with M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.) monitoring quasars that are candidate supermassive black hole binaries. Further observations, to be obtained in FY11, will begin to provide constraints on orbits as well as implications for the number of objects that are in the process of binary black hole coalescence. Boroson will also complete his study of the new sample of high-luminosity radio sources associated with low-redshift radio galaxies and quasars. By request, he will also write a chapter of a book, Fifty Years of Quasars: Questions about Observations and Ideas. RYAN CAMPBELL, Postdoc Research Associate (CTIO Director of Student Programs Director) Research Interests Cataclysmic variables; cyclotron emission; Zeeman effect in secondary stars; stellar activity FY1 Accomplishments: As CTIO director for student programs, Campbell administered the CTIO Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program and worked with the KPNO REU director, K. Mighell, to resubmit a proposal to NSF to continue the CTIO REU program. Campbell, attended two conferences: one in Kyoto and the other in Mykonos. During FY1, Campbell worked as primary author on a paper accepted for publication A New Look at HU Aquarii, Campbell et al., 21, ApJ and was a co-author on a published paper, Deciphering the Low State of EF Eridanus with HST Ultraviolet Spectra, Szkody et al., 21, ApJ, 716, FY11 Plans In FY11, Campbell will observe in December 21 using time awarded by NOAO for the program Addressing Fundamental Issues in LARPS. He hopes to receive observing time in semester 211A through the NOAO TAC for the proposal Direct Detection of Magnetic Fields in CV Secondaries. The paper on HU Aquarii (noted above) will be published. Campbell plans to work with Fulbright 77

83 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 student Owen Boberg, who will be spending a year at CTIO beginning in January 211, on an X-ray project. Campbell will continue his work on the Zeeman effect in secondary stars and work on expanding his teaching repertoire. CHARLES F. CLAVER, Scientist Research Interests Large imaging surveys; disk and halo white dwarf populations; stellar evolution; Galactic structure and history FY1 Accomplishments Claver worked as the Systems Engineer for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), where he is currently assigned. Claver developed a model-based, systems-engineering flow-down of requirements for the LSST starting with the Science Requirements Document through to the LSST subsystems. Claver presented the use of the System Modeling Language in the LSST at the 21 SPIE conference on Astronomical Instrumentation. Claver was a significant contributor to the LSST Science book in the areas of technical description of the LSST and the simulation of ~13 million white dwarfs that would be found in the LSST survey. Claver worked with REU student Michelle Kislak analyzing data taken at the Calypso Telescope on Kitt Peak to characterize on the LSST prototype CCD sensors. FY11 Plans Claver plans to continue with his systems engineering work on the LSST; however, as the systems engineering activities come to closure, he plans to spend more time focused on activities specific to the telescope and site development. He plans to develop and validate the wavefront sensing techniques that are required to keep the LSST optical aligned and controlled. Claver also plans to develop the LSST Commissioning Plan over the coming year. KATIA CUNHA, Assistant Astronomer Research Interests High-resolution spectroscopy; Galactic and extragalactic stellar abundances; Galactic metallicity gradients and chemical evolution FY1 Accomplishments Cunha edited the Proceedings for IAU Symposium 265: Chemical Abundances in the Universe: from First Stars to Planets, published by Cambridge University Press in March 21. Cunha worked on research related to the chemistry of stars hosting planets and was advisor for one PhD student who defended a thesis on a related theme. FY11 Plans Cunha plans to continue with the analysis of high-resolution spectroscopic data in different stellar populations of the Milky Way, as well as to analyze abundance patterns of M giants and AGB stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. She also plans to study the chemistry of stars in obscured fields in the inner Galactic bulge and Galactic center. ROBERTO DE PROPRIS, Assistant Astronomer Research Interests Galaxy formation; galaxy luminosity function; merger rates; structure of the galaxy FY1 Accomplishments De Propris published a stringent estimate of the dry merger rate, showing that dry mergers do not contribute to galaxy assembly at z <.7. He produced a deep 4-D map of the Galactic halo using archival 78

84 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY data from the 2QZ survey, showing that the outer halo is dynamically young. Together with collaborators, De Propris produced a kinematic study of the Galactic Bulge, showing that it is a bar and has no classical spheroidal component. De Propris also published a number of papers on other subjects. FY11 Plans De Propris has a data set in hand to elucidate the origin of the multiple main sequences in NGC 288. He and collaborators also will try to relate this to the Oosterhoff effect in NGC 1851 and NGC 288. De Propris has data in hand to study the K-selected Butcher-Oemler effect from Spitzer data. De Propris is part of the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey and will study the merger rate from dynamically close pairs. De Propris will also use XMM data to establish or refute the merger-agn connection. DAVID DE YOUNG, Astronomer Research Interests Theoretical astrophysics, especially non-linear phenomena; active galactic nuclei; galaxy clusters; extragalactic radio sources; MHD and hydrodynamic phenomena FY1 Accomplishments In FY1, De Young completed a series of theoretical studies that examine the detailed interaction of active galactic nuclei (AGN) outflows with their surroundings. The objective of this work was to test the feasibility of the proposals that Radio AGN Feedback can inject enough energy into the interstellar and circumgalactic medium to suppress star formation. If this can occur, then this feedback mechanism may explain why the most massive galaxies in clusters, groups. and in the field are red galaxies with little or no current star formation, contrary to what is predicted by currently fashionable hierarchical cosmologies. The major issues are whether or not the energy of the AGN outflow can be converted into heating the surrounding medium and if this can occur in a time less than the local cooling time and over a sufficiently large volume. Three-dimensional (3-D) time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) calculations were carried out to study the evolution of a trans-sonic turbulent MHD outflow from an FR-I AGN to examine the evolution of the turbulence and to calculate its eventual conversion to heat. In non-dimensional terms, a steady state turbulent cascade into the dissipation region (in wavenumber space) is reached in about one hundred large-scale eddy turnover times. Converting this to real units via the use of radio and X-ray observations of nearby FR-I outflows shows that the injection of outflow energy into heat can begin after about 1 million years from the onset of the fully turbulent flow. This number is comparable to the X-ray cooling times in the gas in and around such galaxies, and it demonstrates that the proposed radio AGN feedback mechanism may begin to work on timescales that can permit suppression of star formation. The required large-scale spatial extent of the heat injection remains as an unsolved problem. FY11 Plans De Young plans to continue the study of the detailed evolution of both FR-I and FR-II outflows and their interaction with the surrounding medium. In particular, he is assembling a large sample of FR-I galaxies with radio data of sufficient resolution to test for the appearance of opening angles of the outflow that are consistent with the flow from fully turbulent jets. In addition, a program to carry out high-resolution 3-D MHD numerical simulations of the late stages of these outflows will continue to be developed. On a related topic, De Young, in collaboration with T. Boroson (NOAO), will pursue further the optical and radio properties of a sample of nearby radio galaxies in order to better constrain their evolutionary properties. Finally, De Young is collaborating with J. Wardle (Brandeis) to use recent VLBA polarization data to investigate the detailed evolution of the outflowing material associated with the well known galactic object SS

85 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 ARJUN DEY, Associate Astronomer Research Interests Galaxy evolution; high-redshift galaxies; large-scale structure; AGN evolution and clustering FY1 Accomplishments During FY1, Dey managed the NOAO telescope time allocation process; served as Chair of the WIYN Science Advisory Committee; participated in the BigBOSS project as a member of the Steering Committee; co-authored the BigBOSS proposal, which was submitted to NOAO on 1 October 21 in response to the Large Science Call; and served on the NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee. Dey studied the clustering and evolution of galaxies. In particular, he investigated the properties and evolutionary state of a sample of extremely luminous dusty galaxies at z ~ 2 that appear to be undergoing an active phase of star and active galactic nuclei (AGN) formation. These galaxies may represent a subsequent evolutionary phase of some sub-mm galaxies. Dey also studied the nature and evolution of strong Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies at redshifts z ~ 2. His thesis student, Dr. Shane Bussmann, completed his dissertation and received a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona in September 21. Dey was a visiting scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory during June 21. FY11 Plans Dey will continue to manage the NOAO telescope time allocation process during FY11 and serve as the NOAO liaison to the BigBOSS project. He will continue to work primarily on galaxy evolution and clustering, using the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey (NDWFS) and related survey data. He plans to study the clustering and evolution of the red envelope galaxy population, investigating the growth of the central black holes in these systems. He will continue projects studying the most ultraviolet-luminous galaxy population at high-redshift, specifically the very bright star-forming galaxies at redshifts 3.5<z<5.5. He will also investigate the properties of the extremely dust-obscured galaxies at redshift z ~ 2 uncovered by the Spitzer Space Telescope, the space density and physical properties of large Lyman-alpha emitting nebulae, and the properties of a sample of z < 2 Lyman-alpha. Dey is a co-investigator on the MAGES Spitzer Legacy Project and the NOAO NEWFIRM Survey aimed at mapping the Boötes Field of the NDWFS. MARK DICKINSON, Associate Astronomer Research Interests Galaxy formation and evolution; high redshift galaxies; active galactic nuclei FY1 Accomplishments Dickinson s research focuses on observational studies of galaxy formation and evolution from deep, multiwavelength surveys. He has been the principal investigator (PI) for two Spitzer Legacy science programs, The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), and the Far-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (FIDEL), and in FY1 became the NASA primary investigator (PI) for the GOODS Herschel Open Time Key Program, whose program PI is D. Elbaz (CEA/Saclay, France). These Spitzer and Herschel observations are sensitive to the bulk of the energy from star formation and supermassive black hole growth at high redshift, which is obscured by dust and reradiated in the infrared. Dickinson was on sabbatical for the first five months of FY1 at CEA/Saclay (also at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy). The GOODS-Herschel observations, taken from April through September 21, were completed and are being reduced and analyzed. Dickinson was instrumental in the development of a successful HST Multi-Cycle Treasury program ( CANDELS with Sandy Faber and Harry Ferguson as co-pis), which was awarded 92 orbits to carry out deep near-infrared imaging with the new HST WFC3 in five premier deep survey fields, including both GOODS areas. Dickinson was co-pi (with Anthony Gonzalez, University of Florida) for a successful NOAO Survey proposal to use the Gemini South telescope and the FLAMINGOS-2 8

86 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY near-infrared multiobject spectrograph to obtain spectra for approximately 1 galaxies at 1.4 < z < 2.5 in GOODS South. In FY1, Dickinson supervised NOAO postdoctoral researcher Jeyhan Kartaltepe, who is working on the GOODS-Herschel and CANDELS programs, and was NOAO staff contact for Spitzer Fellow Alexandra Pope and Hubble Fellow Naveen Reddy. He continued to supervise the PhD thesis research of University of Arizona (UA) graduate student Stéphanie Juneau, and began to supervise another UA PhD student, Kyle Penner. FY11 Plans In FY11, Dickinson will mainly focus his attention on the analysis and interpretation of the GOODS- Herschel data, as well as the HST WFC3 CANDELS data, studying infrared-luminous galaxies and AGN at z ~ 2 4, as well as Lyman-break selected galaxies at 4 < z < 9 (and perhaps beyond). GREGORY DOPPMANN, Research Associate Research Interests Young stellar objects; circumstellar disks; star and planet formation; spectral synthesis modeling; infrared instrumentation FY1 Accomplishments Last April, Doppmann received a NASA origins grant to characterize water, OH, and organic emission in T Tauri stars. Doppmann spent time in FY1 writing up the results from the initial analysis of water and OH emission in V1331 Cyg, and plans to submit this paper shortly after the beginning of FY11. Also during FY1, Doppmann co-authored two papers. In the first paper, lead by J. Eisner (Steward Observatory), the time variable accretion of TW Hydra was reported from the ARIES spectra taken with the MMT last year. In the second paper, with co-authors S. Mohanty (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and K. Stassun (Vanderbilt University), an analysis of a substellar eclipsing binary, 2MASS , was presented. Doppmann also developed an automated fitting routine to spectral type optical spectra of stars that are candidate hosts to planets based on a Kepler program lead by S. Howell (NOAO). Doppmann received a grant from the Research Corporation through the Arizona Partners in Science program to mentor a high school teacher (R. Hobbins) in an observing project designed to monitor the photometric variability of T Tauri stars. Observing time was applied for and awarded this fall on the WIYN.9-m telescope to obtain the data needed for this project. FY11 Plans Following the submission of the V1331 Cyg paper showing the detailed water and OH emission modeling, characterizing or setting detection limits on the organic emission in the T Tauri sample is the next goal of the Origins research project, working with J. Najita (NOAO) and J. Carr (Naval Research Laboratory). Doppmann will also continue to collaborate with S. Brittain (Clemson University) on two projects. In the first project, probing the isotopic abundances of oxygen in the disks around young stars, Doppmann will reduce the data now in hand and provide the analysis needed to write up these results. A second project to observe OH emission in the disks of transition objects was granted telescope time on Gemini South. Doppmann will be collecting and reducing this data in December and January. Doppmann will continue to mentor R. Hobbins into the second and final year of this project to monitor photometric variability of T Tauri stars. JONATHAN H. ELIAS, Astronomer Research Interests Star formation and evolution; Magellanic Clouds; supernovae and novae 81

87 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 FY1 Accomplishments Elias provided scientific oversight of the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT) Program Office. Elias also provided support to the Gemini Observatory for its repairs to the Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrometer (GNIRS). Elias acted as Project Manager and systems engineering lead on the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph and Cerro Tololo Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (KOSMOS/COSMOS) project, which will provide new, efficient multi-object spectrographs for the Mayall and Blanco telescopes, respectively. These instruments are adapted from the successful OSMOS on the MDM 2.4-m Hiltner telescope. The project, funded under ReSTAR, is a joint effort with The Ohio State University where the PI is Paul Martini. FY11 Plans Elias will continue his work on KOSMOS and COSMOS as his primary activity. KOSMOS is expected to arrive at KPNO late in the fiscal year, with development for COSMOS continuing into FY12. Additional scientific activities planned for FY11 will be largely in support of GSMT and development of the Optical/Infrared System, including activities under both NSSC and NSTC. KATY GARMANY, Associate Scientist Research Interests Formation and evolution of massive stars; astronomy education FY1 Accomplishments During FY1, Garmany collaborated with K. Cunha on the chemical composition of outer galactic disk B stars; a poster on the preliminary work was presented at the January 21 AAS meeting. FY11 Plans Garmany will continue her collaboration on the outer disk B stars with Cunha and S. Oey, University of Michigan. Oey will spend several months of sabbatical time at NOAO in the spring of 211. Garmany will focus on determining accurate distances to stars she observed with Magellan as part of this collaboration. Garmany will collaborate with H. Bond, STSCI, on a search for reflection nebulae around galactic Cepheids. JOHN GLASPEY, Visiting Scientist BROOKE GREGORY, Scientist Research Interests Telescopes and optics; cryogenics; adaptive optics; infrared systems FY1 Accomplishments While being on 5% retirement, Gregory worked on the implementation of the new cleanroom at the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope for the NEWFIRM wide-field infrared imager and the Dark Energy Cameral (DECam). He worked with various communities to assure safe operation of lasers associated with the Andes Lidar Observatory, Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope instrument SOAR Adaptive-optics Module, and Gemini. FY11 Plans Gregory will continue his involvement in laser operation safety issues as well as the reception, installation, and operation of the cryogenic system for DECam. He also plans a future instrumentation concept for the multi-fiber fed infrared spectrograph (Hibis) with R. de Propris (CTIO). CRAIG HARRISON, Research Associate 82

88 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY STEPHEN R. HEATHCOTE, Astronomer (Director, SOAR) KENNETH H. HINKLE, Scientist Research Interests Peculiar and late-type stars; circumstellar and interstellar matter; molecular spectroscopy; instrumentation FY1 Accomplishments Hinkle produced two papers on instrumentation: one coauthored with S. T. Ridgway (NOAO) on Fourier spectroscopy with very large telescopes and a second with R. Joyce (NOAO) and J. Najita (NOAO) on design inputs for next-generation near-infrared spectrographs. Hinkle continued his work on AGB and post-agb evolution. With T. Lebzelter s (University of Vienna) group, Hinkle coauthored a paper on velocity effects in dynamic model atmospheres. In a collaboration lead by A. García-Hernández (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), Hinkle published a study of oxygen isotope ratios in cool R CrB stars. Hinkle also participated in a study led by C. Abia (Universidad de Granada) on fluorine abundances in carbon stars. Hinkle s collaboration on binary evolution with F. Fekel (Tennessee State University.) and R. Joyce (NOAO) resulted in a paper on the orbits of three S- type symbiotic binary systems. Two publications resulted from his collaborations on laboratory spectroscopy. One with a team led by R. Hargreaves (University of York) was on FeH in M dwarfs. The second was a laboratory study of CN led by R. Ram (University of Arizona). With N. Indriolo (University of Illinois) and coworkers, Hinkle continued his work on the ISM with a paper on the interstellar cosmic-ray ionization rate. FY11 Plans Research on post-agb binary systems with circumbinary disks is underway with S. Margheim (Gemini), J. Rajagopal (NOAO), S. Brittain (Clemson) and S. T. Ridgway (NOAO). In collaboration with a team led by M. Troutman (Clemson), Hinkle is working on a paper on the β Pic debris disk. A paper with Fekel and Joyce is underway on the AGB binary systems containing Mira variables with white dwarf companions. Further work is planned with T. Lebzelter (U. Vienna) on AGB evolution. Hinkle plans a publication with L. Wallace (NOAO), M. Richter (UC Davis) and J. Cernicharo (DAMIR, CSIC) on the circumstellar chemistry of ethylene. Hinkle will continue his work with Joyce and others on high-resolution near-infrared spectrographs. STEVE B. HOWELL, Associate Astronomer Research Interests Interacting binary stars; variable sources; exoplanets; CCD instrumentation FY1 Accomplishments Howell worked as project scientist for the 4-m Mosaic upgrade project. He continued his work with the NASA Kepler mission as a member of the Kepler Science Team concentrating on follow-up observations. Howell began a large spectroscopic and speckle imaging program for the Kepler project in order to help refute/confirm exoplanet candidates. He also used Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescope observations of Epsilon Aur to supplement ground-based observations obtained as part of the Education and Public Outreach group s Citizen Sky project. FY11 Plans Howell will continue his NASA Kepler Mission research concentrating on light curves, variable stars, and exoplanets in FY11. After the Mosaic upgrade commissioning in late October 211, Howell plans to begin work on Large Synoptic Survey Telescope light curve simulations and his plans for early science/deep drilling field observations. 83

89 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 GEORGE JACOBY, Astronomer Research Interests Galaxy populations; extragalactic distance scale; planetary nebulae; Type Ia supernovae; instrumentation FY1 Accomplishments Jacoby continued his work with a group of amateur astronomers to survey the Galaxy for previously unknown, faint, old planetary nebulae (PNe) that have escaped detection. Very patient amateurs review the digital sky surveys for objects that may be PNe, and Jacoby has used KPNO facilities for follow-up observations to spectroscopically ascertain the validity for 51 of the 78 candidates. He also worked with a European team to determine the chemical composition and the abundance gradients in the relatively nearby galaxy NGC 5128 (Cen A) using spectra of 5 PNe obtained at the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO VLT). A paper describing the results was submitted. Working with De Marco, Bond, and Harrington to study the details of the four PNe found in the Galactic globular cluster system, Jacoby has been analyzing the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images to assess the likelihood that all PNe found in globular clusters are derived from binary progenitor stars. FY11 Plans Jacoby plans to work with PhD student Anna Kovacevic and Professor Quentin Parker of Macquarie University to study the detailed nature of the brightest PNe in the Milky Way bulge. This is the only sample of PNe for which the origin, composition, masses, and luminosities of the nebula and star can be explored to the degree required to understand the reasons why the planetary nebula luminosity function has a sharp, bright-end cutoff that can be used to derive distances to galaxies with high accuracy. Jacoby will complete the HST study initiated with De Marco. BUELL T. JANNUZI, Astronomer (KPNO Director, NOAO Associate Director until 1 June 21) Research Interests Observational cosmology; formation and evolution of large-scale structure; quasars and quasar absorption line systems; evolution of properties of galaxies; instrumentation for surveys FY1 Accomplishments Jannuzi continued as the principal investigator of MIPS AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey (MAGES), a Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle 5 Legacy program. During FY1, the source catalogs from the January 29 MIPS imaging observations of the Boötes Field of the NOAO Deep Wide- Field Survey (a deep optical and near IR imaging survey, co-pis Jannuzi and A. Dey) were successfully merged with data available at other wavelengths in preparation for publication of science results in FY11. MAGES enables the study of the far-infrared (IR) emission of obscured and unobscured quasi-stellar objects; the determination of the properties of z < 1 luminous infrared galaxies, ultraluminous infrared galaxies, and active galactic nuclei (AGN); the measurement of the spectral energy distributions of IR-luminous galaxies; and the characterization of the clustering of IR-selected source populations. Preliminary results were presented at the January 21 AAS meeting. Jannuzi was a co-investigator on successful Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) proposals for programs that will be carried out in FY11 to study, respectively, the properties of AGN and the intergalactic medium (IGM). Additionally, Jannuzi continued his studies of the physical properties of Lyman-alpha absorption line systems using HST/STIS ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy and galaxy redshift surveys. One paper from this work appeared during FY1. New observations in support of this research were successfully undertaken at Keck Observatory. These data have been reduced, analyzed, and prepared for publication in FY11. Jannuzi coauthored 16 publications, six in refereed journals, during FY1. 84

90 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY FY11 Plans Jannuzi stepped down as Director of Kitt Peak National Observatory and Associate Director of NOAO in June 21, returning to the scientific staff of NOAO. Jannuzi anticipates using his increased time for science research to complete the publication of the results from MAGES described above. He remains involved in the analysis of the completed surveys AGES (AGN Galaxy Evolution Survey; PIs C. Kochanek and D. Eisenstein) and the Spitzer Deep-Wide Field Survey (PI Stern). He will continue to study the physical properties of Lyman-alpha absorption line systems using HST/STIS UV spectroscopy of intermediate redshift quasars. Collaborating with J. Bechtold, S. Morris, N. Crighton, R. Dave, and others, he will compare measurements of the spatial distribution of gas in the IGM to the distribution of galaxies in order to study the physical relationship between these two populations of baryons in the Universe. These studies will be aided by an accepted HST program to use COS to obtain improved UV spectroscopy along some of the lines-of-sight being studied. With P. Smith and G. Schmidt, Jannuzi will continue to be involved in the ground-based observations necessary to support their successfully renewed Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope program to study the physical properties of AGN through the combined use of optical spectropolarimetry and Fermi LAT observations. RICHARD R. JOYCE, Scientist Research Interests Late-type stars; mass loss; infrared detector and instrumentation development FY1 Accomplishments Joyce continued a long-term project with K. Hinkle (NOAO), F. Fekel (Tennessee State U.), and P. Wood (Australian National University) to determine orbits of symbiotic stars by measurement of their radial velocities at infrared wavelengths, emphasizing the largely unstudied southern sky. The results for three S-type symbiotics have been published, and an additional three have sufficient data for an orbital determination. Stars unobservable from Kitt Peak are being observed using Phoenix on Gemini South and the fiber-fed echelle on the 1.5-m telescope at CTIO operated by the SMARTS Consortium. Several final flash stars, observed through narrowband infrared filters using WHIRC on the WIYN telescope, were also observed using NIRI/Altair on Gemini North to search for emission at 183 nm from He I, an emission line diagnostic of a high-velocity wind flowing from the star. FY11 Plans Joyce will continue the infrared radial velocity measurements of the southern symbiotic stars and the abundance studies of globular cluster stars. The extended emission detected around V65 Aql with NIRI/Altair in the K s band will be compared with that in images obtained in 21 with Hokupaa/QUIRC on Gemini North to measure the expansion of the ejecta from the original 1919 outburst. JEYHAN KARTALTEPE, Postdoc Research Associate (NASA) Research Interests Galaxy formation and evolution; merging and interacting galaxies; luminous infrared galaxies; submillimeter galaxies; active galactic nuclei; galaxy morphology; starbursts; spectral energy distributions FY1 Accomplishments Kartaltepe s research prior to coming to NOAO in FY9 resulted in two published, first-author papers in FY1 on the properties of 7-micron selected galaxies in the COSMOS field. As a new member of the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS) collaboration, Kartaltepe, along with many others on the team, reduced data from Herschel at 1 and 16 microns as it was taken in both the GOODS North and GOODS South fields. Kartaltepe also reduced shared risk Submillimetre Common User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) observations of the COSMOS field (at 45 and 85 microns). The analysis of this data set is ongoing and will form the basis of a paper to be submitted in 85

91 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 FY11. Additionally, Kartaltepe analyzed the near-infrared morphology of high-redshift, BzK-selected galaxies in GOODS South using early release science data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and is currently working on a paper based on this analysis. Kartaltepe was a co-i on the successful Cosmic Assembly Near Infra-red Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS) HST Multi-cycle Treasury Program to observe five different fields in the near infrared with Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). As a member of this collaboration, Kartaltepe took a leading role in the morphology working group to begin analyzing the visual morphologies of high-redshift objects in these fields as the data is taken. Kartaltepe was the successful PI of two observing proposals to study the properties of high-redshift, extremely luminous, infrared galaxies in the COSMOS field using Gemini/NIRI and Keck/NIRSPEC. These observations will take place in FY11. FY11 Plans Kartaltepe will continue the analysis of SCUBA-2 and Early Release Science (ERS) data and will submit papers based on each of these data sets. Kartaltepe will also lead the COSMOS NIR spectroscopy working group, coordinate the large FMOS observing campaign (to begin in December 21), and work on reducing the data as it is taken. Kartaltepe will continue the analysis of GOODS- Herschel and CANDELS data and will begin to work on a paper combing both of these data sets to study the morphology of high-redshift luminous infrared galaxies detected by Herschel. Kartaltepe also will continue the analysis of high-redshift targets in COSMOS using the scheduled observations on Gemini and Keck. TOM KINMAN, Astronomer Emeritus Research Interests Galactic structure; Galactic Halo; Horizontal Branch Stars; RR Lyrae stars FY1 Accomplishments Kinman and W. R. Brown (Smithsonian) published a photometric and spectroscopic analysis of lowamplitude variables from the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) survey and showed that many of the RR Lyrae variables are eclipsing binaries. Kinman and Brown also published spectroscopic and photometric data for 12 previously unobserved RR Lyrae stars (to be discussed in a larger Anticenter kinematic survey that is in preparation). Kinman re-observed 15 earlytype stars found by Rodgers et al. (1993) and identified 14 as blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars. The results agree with the overlapping BHB survey of Brown et al. (28) but not that of Beers et al. (27). FY11 Plans Kinman plans to publish the work based on the Rodgers et al. (1993) fields noted above and also work on the kinematics of halo stars in the Anticenter. He also plans to continue comparisons of the BHB stars found in these surveys and at the north Galactic pole (NGP) with those found from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 (SDSS DR7) by Smith et al. (21). Kinman hopes to continue the reduction of recent photometry of RR Lyrae stars in the Lick Survey fields. PATRICIA KNEZEK, Associate Scientist (Deputy Director, WIYN) Research Interests Star formation in galaxies; evolution of galaxies; dwarf galaxies; stellar populations in nearby galaxies FY1 Accomplishments Knezek continued to work with collaborators on the NOAO Outer Limits survey (PIs A. Saha, and E. Olszewski) of the Magellanic Clouds. The second paper was just accepted for publication. Knezek continued as a member of the Search for Ionization in Gaseous Galaxies (SINGG; PI G. Meurer). 86

92 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY She is leading the effort to follow up the initial imaging with spectroscopy of the sample available to WIYN in order to obtain kinematics. A paper using some of this data was drafted by graduate student Z. Zheng and should be submitted by the end of the year. FY11 Plans Knezek will continue her work on both projects mentioned above. She is now a co-investigator on three planned science programs with the One Degree Imager (ODI): the Yale/ODI Survey (PI C. Bailyn), the Living Galaxy (PIs M. Orio and R. Townsend), and Evolution of Galaxy Groups with ODI (EGGO; PI J. Gallagher). Knezek will be working with her collaborators to finalize the science cases and plan the observing strategies of these programs. She will also continue serving as the Project Director of the ODI Pipeline, Portal, and Archive project (ODI-PPA). ANDREA KUNDER, Postdoc Research Associate Research Interests Observational stellar astronomy; stellar populations and stellar evolution; RR Lyrae stars; distance indicators; Galactic bulge and Milky Way globular clusters FY1 Accomplishments Kunder worked with the BRAVA collaboration and obtained ~4 radial velocities for M giants in the Galactic bulge using the HYDRA spectrograph. As evidence of a bar in the Milky Way has grown, it has become clear that the Galactic bulge offers a potential laboratory to investigate the dynamics of the nearest bar in detail with radial velocities and eventually with proper motions as well as abundances. The resulting dynamics have been used to constrain N-body models of the Galaxy, and it was found that the Galactic bulge is likely part of the disk and not a separate component made in a prior merger. Kunder also worked on the evolution of RR Lyrae stars in the Milky Way globular cluster IC FY11 Plans As a member of the BRAVA team surveying the Galactic bulge with the Hydra spectrograph, Kunder, with R. de Propris (NOAO), will be looking for potential streams in the Galactic bulge as well as the double clump population in the Galactic bulge. She will obtain more insight into Milky Way stellar populations using new photometry of the Milky Way globular cluster NGC 288 and the Galactic bulge that she has collected to constrain the properties of these populations. TOD R. LAUER, Astronomer Research Interests Extragalactic astronomy; normal galaxies; nuclear black holes; stellar populations; cosmology; astronomical image processing; space-based dark energy investigations FY1 Accomplishments Lauer and collaborators completed a major Hubble Space Telescope (HST) project to obtain the deepest ever probe of the stellar population of the nearby dwarf elliptical galaxy M32. This is a stand-in for distant elliptical galaxies. The results show that M32 is of intermediate age. With T. Boroson (NOAO), Lauer completed work to characterize the set of spectra for Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasi-stellar objects through a principle components representation. This allows automated searches for unusual objects in a large population. With other collaborators, Lauer used adaptive optics to measure black hole masses in M87 and NGC 686, a brightest cluster galaxy. This work is to investigate a hypothesis of Lauer s that the most massive galaxies in the Universe may have black hole masses more in line with the galaxies luminosities than stellar velocity dispersions. Lauer continued to support the NOAO Survey program and led a full review of the Survey program with the goals of improving the scientific impact of the program. Lauer led the workshop The 87

93 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Eventful Universe, which was part of the National Observatory s 5 th anniversary celebration. Lauer supported the NOAO role as the conduit for LSST to the community and served on the WIYN Board of Directors. FY11 Plans Lauer will be taking a key part in a recently selected HST multi-cycle treasury proposal to use HST to map out a third of the great Andromeda galaxy, M31. This is an extremely ambitious program. Lauer will be developing algorithms to achieve the highest possible spatial resolution of the completed imaging. Lauer will continue to work with his collaborators in mapping the local population of black holes in galaxy centers. JENNIFER LOTZ, Research Associate (Leo Goldberg Fellow) C. ROGER LYNDS, Astronomer Emeritus Research Interests Galaxy evolution; galaxy mergers; cosmology FY1 Accomplishments Because the galaxy NGC 6745 is clearly experiencing one or more merging encounters, Lynds is involved with an extensive study done of possible interacting companions in the surrounding volume of space. Only one candidate has been found. In that one case, the HI distribution for NGC 6745 is strongly suggestive of a past interaction with that galaxy. Optical evidence supporting that interpretation was provided by images obtained with the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-m telescope at Kitt Peak, but satisfactory reduction of those images has been troubled by clouds during the observational sequences. FY11 Plans Lynds plans to bring the reduction of the Mosaic observations to completion and to complete the manuscript on all NRAO Very Large Array, Hubble Space Telescope, and Kitt Peak telescope observations. THOMAS MATHESON, Associate Astronomer Research Interests Supernovae; novae; gamma-ray bursts; cosmology FY1 Accomplishments Matheson was a co-author on two refereed publications in FY1. One looked at the velocity widths of emission lines in nebular-phase spectra of a large sample of core-collapse SNe. The other paper explored the use of Type II supernovae (SNe) as distance indicators, in this case using them as standard candles. FY11 Plans Matheson will continue work on low-redshift Type Ia SNe looking for spectroscopic correlations with intrinsic luminosity and will work on a project with L. Dessart (Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence) to determine a precise value of the Hubble constant using Type II SNe. Matheson s Gemini/European Southern Observatory collaboration on Type Ib/c SNe, with an emphasis on the nebular phase, will continue. Work on the light echoes of ancient SNe, including Cas A and Tycho s SN in our galaxy, will also take up his time in FY11. Matheson will be involved with discoveries made by the Palomar Transient Factory, observing transient events in order to classify them and analyzing core-collapse objects. Another project will spectroscopically confirm double white dwarf binary candidates found by the Sloan Survey. 88

94 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY K. MICHAEL MERRILL, Associate Scientist Research Interests Star formation and evolution; interstellar/circumstellar dust; IR detectors; data acquisition and reduction FY1 Accomplishments Merrill provided scientific oversight of the Monsoon Array Controller for the Mosaic 1.1 upgrade at KPNO and during the development of the TORRENT Array Controller. He refereed several papers pertaining to site characteristics and infrared (IR) arrays and continued to actively support the KPNO Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at NOAO by lecturing the students on IR astrophysics and supporting their observations with SQIID on the KPNO 2.1-m telescope. FY11 Plans Merrill will continue to support the KPNO REU program at NOAO. In an effort to further improve data quality from NEWFIRM and WHIRC, Merrill will research acquisition and post-detection techniques for improving the global DC stability of array output and develop techniques for employing the reference pixels to correct for slowly varying (in time and space) DC levels within the individual outputs. Merrill will continue to stay abreast of developments in IR array technology in support of the detector program at NOAO. KENNETH J. MIGHELL, Scientist (REU Site Director, KPNO) (NASA) Research Interests Stellar populations in Local Group galaxies; precision stellar photometry and astrometry; parallelprocessing astronomical image-analysis applications FY1 Accomplishments Mighell was promoted to Scientist retroactive to May 1, 29. As Site Director for the KPNO Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, Mighell managed six bright undergraduate students: D. Barringer (Union College), E. Byler (Wellesley College), K. Hawkins (Ohio University), M. Kislak (University of California Berkeley), A. Merritt (University of California Berkeley), S. Morrison (Appalachian State University). Mighell started a new one-year NASA Astrophysics Data Analysis Program (ADP) project Improving the Precision of Stellar Photometry and Astrometry of IRAC Channel 1 and 2 Observations to develop new calibration procedures for IRAC Ch1 and Ch2 BCD images. Mighell started analyzing 3-min Kepler light curves from his one-year Kepler Cycle-1 Guest Observer project A Calibration Study of Variable Stars in the Kepler Field. REU summer student S. Morrison, S. Howell, and Mighell analyzed Kepler light curves of 56 eclipsing binary systems from that project and developed 3-D models for most of those systems. Acting as a NASA consultant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mighell participated in the Dependable Multiprocessor (DM) Technology Infusion meeting at the Honeywell facility in Clearwater, Florida, on 19 November 29; this meeting was part of the DM Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 Technology Validation Effort. B. Harker-Lundberg (NSO) and Mighell began writing an article about a new high-speed Stokes inversion procedure for mapping solar photospheric vector magnetic fields, utilizing a massively parallel, GPU-computing architecture to harness the different tiers of parallelism implicit in the inversion problem itself. FY11 Plans As part of his ADP research project, Mighell will develop a graphical user interface (GUI) for his new IRAC calibration procedures to help astronomers get better photometry and astrometry from IRAC Ch1 and Ch2 BCD images in the Spitzer Data Archive; he will test those procedures with archival observations of transiting extrasolar planets. Mighell will write an article describing systematic centroid errors in undersampled nearly-diffraction-limited space-based imagers. Mighell, Howell, J. Holberg 89

95 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 (University of Arizona) and W. Sherry (National Solar Observatory) will write an article describing the results from their Kepler Cycle-1 Guest Observer project. Mighell will continue his development work of the computational framework of his CRBLASTER cosmic-ray rejection application; some of that work will be done with one of the first available development systems for the new 49-core MAESTRO processor. CHRISTOPHER J. MILLER, Assistant Astronomer JOAN R. NAJITA, Associate Astronomer (Head of Program, OS) Research Interests Star and planet formation; infrared spectroscopy FY1 Accomplishments Najita continued a Spitzer study of organic molecules and water in the planet formation region of disks. Using detailed modeling, Najita and collaborators characterized the temperatures, emitting radii, and molecular abundances of the inner disk region in a small sample of young stars (Carr & Najita 21, in preparation). They also reported initial work on a larger sample (Pontoppidan et al. 21; see also Salyk et al. 21, in preparation) and showed the possibility of using lower resolution Spitzer spectra to characterize molecular emission from disks (Teske et al. 21, submitted). Najita leads a Spitzer study of transition objects, young stellar systems whose SEDs indicate significant disk evolution, possibly as a result of planet formation. In a first paper, they show how the unusual emission line spectra of these objects suggest that the disk has evolved away from the T Tauri norm in a way that is consistent with planet formation (Najita et al. 21). FY11 Plans Najita is leading a study (with K. Pontoppidan, C. Salyk, G. Blake, and E. van Dishoeck) of the demographics of water and organic emission among Taurus T Tauri stars to determine if properties such as accretion rate, X-ray luminosity, and dust settling are predictors for molecular emission strength. To provide a theoretical context in which to interpret these results, Najita is leading a thermal-chemical study (with A. Glassgold and M. Adamkovics) of the formation of water and organics in disk atmospheres. Other ongoing projects for FY11 include (1) Spitzer and ground-based spectroscopy of transitional disks, (2) Spitzer spectroscopy of Ne II emission as a tracer of the dissipation of gaseous disks, and (3) using stellar accretion rates and disk emission lines to explore the nature of transition disks (with S. Strom and J. Muzerolle). DARA J. NORMAN, Assistant Scientist Research Interests Quasars and their environments; gravitational lensing; large-scale structure FY1 Accomplishments Norman s primary duties continued to include supporting the US astronomy community in pursuit of Gemini data and serving as AURA diversity co-advocate at NOAO. She continued to co-organize the Friday Lunch Astronomy Science Hour (FLASH) talks, and she served on the CTIO search committee. Norman attended the AAS meeting in Washington, DC, where she organized two special sessions titled, Mentoring Astronomers: Students to Faculty I & II, jointly sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy and the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, AAS standing committees. At the June AAS meeting in Miami, she organized a special session that was a repeat of the second session mentioned above. She also attended meetings of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) for which she serves as chair of the Astro section and co-chair of the 211 conference committee. She was recently appointed to the AAS s Demographics Committee. Along with the other AURA diversity advocates, 9

96 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY Norman received an AURA service award. Norman gave colloquium talks at Gemini South and University of Texas at Austin on research done with R. DePropris (CTIO) and additional talks titled, Tough Talk: Women Giving Colloquia based on data collected for a poster for the Women in Astronomy 29 meeting. FY11 Plans Norman will continue projects started with collaborators. Plans are to obtain Gemini observations of quasars in a unique lensing-discovered galaxy cluster in January. She also plans to complete a paper on correlations of quasars and IRAC clusters in the NDWFS Boötes field. She will be organizing a special session at the AAS 211 meeting titled, Strategies for Addressing Harassment and Prejudice. KNUT A. OLSEN, Associate Astronomer Research Interests Stellar populations and star formation histories of nearby galaxies; star clusters; Magellanic Clouds FY1 Accomplishments Olsen was co-author of nine refereed papers in FY1. His research continued its focus on high spatial resolution studies of nearby galaxies, including ground-based adaptive optics (AO), and imaging and spectroscopic surveys of nearby galaxies. Olsen completed analysis of the Large Magellanic Cloud s (LMC s) kinematics based on a spectroscopic survey of ~5 LMC stars, in which he discovered a counter-rotating population of stars that probably originated in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). He continued to participate in the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Nearby Galaxy Treasury collaboration, in particular providing joint supervision of University of Wyoming graduate student David Cook in a project to understand the star cluster population of the Local Volume of galaxies, and participating actively in a Keck Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGSAO) project to understand the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) population of the Local Group. Olsen joined the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) project, an 825-orbit HST multicycle treasury program, where he is responsible for developing an automated star cluster detection method. Olsen contributed scientifically to the proposal to build the BigBOSS spectrograph for the Kitt Peak 4-m telescope, providing detailed analysis of the five-year survey operations strategy. FY11 Plans Olsen will continue his research in stellar populations as described above, in particular using high spatial resolution observations and surveys to investigate the stellar populations of nearby galaxies. Olsen is writing a paper on the counter-rotating population of stars in the LMC, and aims to publish papers on the evolved stellar content of the Carina dwarf, on the origin of M31 s 1 kpc Ring of Fire, and on an automated star cluster detection method. SEAN D. POINTS, Assistant Scientist Research Interests Interstellar medium; Magellanic Clouds; evolved stars; astronomical instrumentation; data reduction pipelines FY1 Accomplishments Points continued his work calibrating the data obtained by the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS) with R. C. Smith (NOAO) and a summer student from the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Points and collaborators were able to apply astrometric solutions to all of the data and performed aperture photometry of all of the standard stars observed during the fiveyear MCELS observing campaign. Points also worked with M. Klimek (Rutgers/CTIO), a 26 REU 91

97 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 student, and submitted a paper for publication that detailed the physical properties of diffuse X-ray emission from supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud. FY11 Plans Points plans to finish the flux calibration of the MCELS data during FY11. This involves fluxcalibrating the individual images, performing a continuum subtraction, and then mosaicing the data. Points will complete the observing documentation for the Optical Imager and Goodman spectrograph that are in use on the SOAR telescope. Finally, Points is the project scientist for the Kitt Peak Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (KOSMOS) and the Cerro Tololo Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (COSMOS). These spectrographs are being built under a cooperative agreement between NOAO and the Ohio State University using ReSTAR funds. KOSMOS integration and commissioning are scheduled to start in mid 211. STEPHEN POMPEA, Scientist (Manager, EPO) Research Interests Inquiry- and research-based science education; informal education program design, astronomical instrumentation FY1 Accomplishments Pompea continued his educational program design and management work with the formal and informal science education communities as well as his technical work on stray light in optical systems, optical properties of surfaces for instrumentation, and astronomical optical systems analysis and optimization. In science education, Pompea supported the GLOBE at Night light pollution education program and the completion of the Spitzer Space Telescope Teacher and Student Observing Program (a spinoff of RBSE), which has trained 32 teachers to conduct astronomical research with Spitzer. The program was successfully transitioned to JPL for long-term sustainability. Pompea maintained strategic professional development efforts related to the now completed, NSF-funded Hands-On Optics project (Informal Science, with SPIE and OSA) for which Pompea was Co-PI and Project Director. This year, the Investigating Astronomy high-school textbook was published. Pompea served as Co-PI on this NSF-supported Instructional Materials Development project. Pompea continued to serve as PI of the Science Foundation Arizona project to bring the Hands-On Optics project to rural Boys & Girls Clubs in Arizona, which is in its final year. Pompea was also active as Co-PI in the NSF-funded programs: Collaboration to Advance Teaching Technology and Science (Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education) and Astronomy From the Ground Up (Informal Science Education). Both programs ended successfully this fiscal year. He worked with R. Sparks (NOAO) on GSMT education and outreach efforts on adaptive optics. Pompea led the US International Year of Astronomy (IYA) Working Group on telescope kits, which produced a low-cost, educational telescope kit (the prize-winning Galileoscope) and distributed 2, units thus far. He also served as the Project Director and Co-PI for the US IYA project funded by NSF AST, which was successfully concluded this year and featured a White House Star Party. Pompea also served as public information officer for NOAO. FY11 Plans Pompea will continue his work to support science education efforts in Arizona and IV Región de Coquimbo in Chile, as well as support for various national initiatives in science education, including work exploring how best to work with Native Americans in science education settings. He will support professional development related to the Galileoscope in FY11 as part of the Teaching with Telescopes program. Support for NOAO s innovative light pollution education program will be a major area of concentration. A major focus of his efforts in Chile will be program support for the guide training program for tourist observatories. Pompea will continue research on developing high contrast/low stray light imaging and spectroscopic systems and in aiding NOAO and its partners on optimizing new and existing telescopes for better stray light performance. 92

98 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY ALEXANDRA POPE, Research Associate (Spitzer Fellow) RONALD G. PROBST, Scientist Research Interests Infrared instrumentation for large telescopes; star formation; extrasolar planet imaging searches FY1 Accomplishments Probst led the successful relocation of the NEWFIRM wide-field infrared imager to CTIO for its first deployment in the Southern Hemisphere. He was principal investigator for a successful NOAO Survey proposal to do a deep H 2 imaging survey of star-forming regions in the Magellanic Clouds. In this role, he provided large-telescope observing experience for Chilean students from Universidad de Chile and Universidad de La Serena. He was also an active co-investigator on other galactic and extragalactic NEWFIRM proposals. FY11 Plans Probst will take a six-month sabbatical to work on the NEWFIRM Survey mentioned above. He will continue his active involvement with other NEWFIRM observational programs and will lead the relocation of NEWFIRM back to KPNO toward the end of FY11. Probst will continue his NOAO user support activities for NICI on the Gemini South telescope and TripleSpec on the Palomar Hale 2-in (5-m) telescope. He also will continue as Chair of the Gemini Planet Finding Scientific Working Group, an advisory panel. JAYADEV RAJAGOPAL, Assistant Scientist Research Interests Circumstellar dust, debris disks; high angular resolution techniques in optical/infrared; atmospheric turbulence FY1 Accomplishments Rajagopal completed the first phase of a study of circumstellar disks around evolved stars that are likely in binary systems. In collaboration with S. T. Ridgway (NOAO), he completed an observing program for these targets with the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) interferometer at Mt. Wilson to successfully resolve the sizes of the disks in the near-ir. Imaging of the environments of a sample of these objects was completed with the Near-Infrared Coronagraphic Imager (NICI), an adaptive optics (AO) coronagraph at Gemini South. FY11 Plans Rajagopal plans to work on interpreting data from a high-resolution, mid-ir spectroscopic survey of a similar sample of southern stars with the Phoenix instrument on Gemini South, in collaboration with K. Hinkle (NOAO). Rajagopal is planning a systematic, high spatial resolution study of the clustering of Herbig-Ae/Be stars using the new Spartan IR camera, and possibly the soon-to-be commissioned optical ground layer AO system at SOAR. NAVEEN A. REDDY, Research Associate (Hubble Fellow) Research Interests Galaxy formation and evolution; multiwavelength star formation indicators; stellar populations; evolution of the intergalactic medium at high redshift; feedback processes in starburst galaxies FY1 Accomplishments Reddy published a large paper on the dust attenuation and metallicities of a large sample of typical star-forming galaxies at redshift z~2. Reddy recently finished a draft of a paper extending this analy- 93

99 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 sis based on newly acquired Herschel Telescope data. Reddy focused much of his research recently on an extensive analysis of the Lyman-alpha and interstellar absorption line properties of Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) and how such features correlate with UV slope, dust attenuation, metallicity, and bolometric luminosity. Reddy was awarded Spitzer Cycle 6 and Hubble Cycle 18 time to measure the stellar populations and stellar masses of a sample of z ~ 1.9 Lyman-alpha emitters, selected using KPNO/Mosaic imaging. Reddy is leading a faint spectroscopy program to follow up sub-l* galaxies at z ~ 2 3 to measure their redshifts, dust attenuation, and stellar populations. Reddy was awarded Spitzer Cycle 7 time to measure the stellar populations in galaxies that lie in the foreground to bright QSOs. The goal of this program is to measure the fundamental galaxy characteristics (e.g., star formation rate, stellar mass) responsible for modulating the outflows in high-redshift galaxies. FY11 Plans Reddy s plans for FY11 include the acquisition, data reduction, and analysis of the data from the Spitzer Cycle 6 and 7 and Hubble Cycle 18 programs, as well as a detailed analysis of the properties of sub-l* galaxies based on his pilot spectroscopic survey of faint galaxies at z ~ 2-3. STEPHEN T. RIDGWAY, Astronomer Research Interests Stellar physics and exoplanetary systems; high contrast imaging; high angular resolution techniques; application of infrared methods to astronomy; synoptic survey strategy FY1 Accomplishments Ridgway concentrated his research efforts in the area of optical interferometry, primarily with collaborators at the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) and Keck observatories. He collaborated on several science papers based on measurements of stellar diameters and circumstellar material. He contributed several sections to the LSST Science book and coordinated the development of science-based metrics for synoptic survey scheduling. FY11 Plans He plans to continue work in high angular resolution stellar measurements by interferometry and development of related measurement techniques. He also will continue work in development of LSST science operations scheduling tools. SUSAN E. RIDGWAY, Assistant Astronomer ABHIJIT SAHA, Astronomer (Interim KPNO Director, NOAO Associate Director as of 1 June 21) Research Interests Variable stars; stellar populations in nearby galaxies; distance scale; absolute calibration of Type Ia supernovae as distance indicators; galactic structure; assembly and star formation history in nearby galaxies FY1 Accomplishments Saha continued to lead the NOAO Outer Limits survey collaboration of the Magellanic Clouds, a research collaboration across several institutions. The observational and data reduction phase of this project was completed and reported in a publication, along with early results. Work on early data with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as a member of the Science Oversight Committee for that instrument led to papers on an assortment of topics as early demonstration of the science capability of that instrument. 94

100 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY FY11 Plans Saha will focus primarily on the analysis of data from the NOAO Outer Limits survey. Additional observations to examine apparent contra-indications regarding the extent of the Large Magellanic Cloud from prior work by others will be carried out and analyzed. Work will ramp up on the HST treasury program on imaging of M31. SIMON SCHULER, Research Associate (Leo Goldberg Fellow) Research Interests High-resolution spectroscopy; stellar physics; stellar abundances; Galactic chemical evolution; planetary host stars FY1 Accomplishments Schuler continued his work on research projects focusing on open cluster abundances, Galactic chemical evolution, and chemical signatures of planetary host stars. Papers on the Fe abundances of Pleiades dwarfs and Li abundance scatter in the Pleiades were published. Schuler attended the 11 th Conference on Nuclei in the Cosmos in Heidelberg, Germany, and presented the results of his research on CNO abundances in the Hyades open cluster. In conjunction with the conference, Schuler worked with collaborator N. Christlieb (University of Heidelberg) on 19 F abundances of carbonenhanced metal-poor stars; a paper is expected to be submitted for publication during FY11. Schuler s work on the formation and evolution of planetary systems continued with collaborators K. Cunha, V. Smith (NOAO), and L. Ghezzi (Observatório Nacional, Brazil), and resulted in one paper published and another submitted. Schuler mentored undergraduate student K. Hawkins (Ohio University) as part of the 21 KPNO Research Experiences for Undergraduates program; Hawkins worked on the CNO abundances of dwarfs and giants in the open cluster NGC 752. Schuler attended the 215 th Meeting of the AAS in Washington, DC, and presented the results of his work on 6 Li/ 7 Li ratios in stars with planets. FY11 Plans Schuler will continue analyzing the large amount of data obtained during fiscal years He will continue his work with a Pleiades long-term observing program, studying possible correlations between Li line strength and activity variations with the expectation of submitting at least two papers related to this project. Work with the CEMP star collaboration will also continue, focusing on completing the analysis of 19 F in CEMP stars, with a paper expected in early FY11. Schuler also will continue to work on the abundances of open cluster dwarfs, including the CNO project in collaboration with J. King and L.-S. The (Clemson University), and on the abundances of exoplanetary host stars with K. Cunha, V. Smith, and L. Ghezzi. Also, in collaboration with S. Howell (NOAO), Schuler will continue to develop an observing program targeting planetary host stars discovered by the highly successful NASA Kepler Mission. Schuler plans to attend the 217 th Meeting of the AAS in Seattle, WA, as well as a yet-to-be-determined conference. RICHARD A. SHAW, Scientist Research Interests Late stages of stellar evolution; planetary nebulae; Magellanic Clouds; astrophysical plasmas; variable and transient phenomena; astronomical software and data standards FY1 Accomplishments Shaw completed a study of the physical and chemical properties of Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) planetary nebulae (PNe) and their central stars. With T.-H. Lee (Western Kentucky University), L. Stanghellini (NOAO), and others, Shaw derived the most accurate gas-phase abundances to date of a sample of SMC PNe using a combination of high-dispersion optical and space-based infrared (IR) spectra. Shaw and collaborators prepared the latest version of the FITS (v3.) standard for publica- 95

101 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 tion. Shaw and collaborators A. Garcia Hernandez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, IAC), L. Stanghellini (NOAO) and others, reported on the discovery of fullerene molecules in four PNe, including one in the SMC. Fullerene had been detected previously in only one other PN, but the present study showed the variety of by-products in the formation process, including abundant hydrogen, that co-exist with the fullerenes. Shaw and collaborators A. Rest and G. Damke (Harvard University) continued a study of variability of LMC PNe and their central stars. The fraction of Galactic PNe with variable central stars (which is often a strong indicator of binarity) is unknown, and the LMC offers both a large and complete sample to address this question. FY11 Plans Shaw will work in collaboration with A. Manchado and V. Luridiana (IAC) to update and extend the popular nebular analysis package and to port it to a popular programming environment for distribution to the community. Shaw, with PI L. Stanghellini (NOAO) and others, will analyze an extensive imaging and IR spectroscopic survey of angularly small Galactic PNe using new HST images and Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) spectra in an effort to understand the earliest phase of PN evolution and, in particular, the evolution of dust properties. In collaboration with L. Stanghellini and T.-H. Lee, Shaw will complete a detailed abundance analysis of LMC PNe, which will greatly improve the accuracy of the extant chemical analyses of these objects. WILLIAM H. SHERRY, Research Associate (5% NOAO) Research Interests Young stars and clusters; variable stars; OB associations; extrasolar planets FY1 Accomplishments Sherry, working with S. Howell (NOAO), participated in an ongoing program of speckle interferometric follow-up observations of Kepler extrasolar planet candidates. These ground-based observations are the best way to eliminate false-positives due to background eclipsing binaries that blended with foreground Kepler target stars in the 6-arcsecond Kepler point spread function (PSF). As part of this program, Sherry wrote an automated data processing and reduction pipeline which allowed him, S. Howell, and collaborators to completely reduce each night s speckle data at the telescope within 24 hours of the observations being made. This is critical for the Kepler follow-up program because targets eliminated by a 1-minute period of speckle observations do not need to have other, more time intensive, follow-up observations made. Sherry continued to work on the data reduction for his 7- square-degree optical and near-infrared survey of Orion OB1b. This survey aims to compare the observed spatial distribution of brown dwarfs with the spatial distributions predicted by several competing models of brown dwarf formation. FY11 Plans Sherry plans to complete the final modifications to his speckle data reduction pipeline. He also plans to complete his analysis of his Orion survey data. He intends to publish his Orion survey in late 211, and he and S. Howell intend to publish the results of the 29 and 21 speckle observations in early 211. DAVID SILVA, Senior Scientist (Director, NOAO) Research Interests Formation and evolution of early-type galaxies; extragalactic stellar populations; observatory operations; end-to-end data management systems FY1 Accomplishments With various collaborators, Silva continued his long-term study of the coolest stellar components in early-type galaxies through observations of near-ir spectral features. In Astronomy & Astrophysics, 96

102 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY M. Lyubenova (European Southern Observatory/Garching) et al. confirmed the model-predicted age/metallicity dependencies of near-ir spectral features near 2 μm in Large Magellanic Cloud globular clusters except for CO, which becomes less strong in younger populations, contrary to predictions. We attributed this empirical effect to the presence of carbon giant stars and argued that the interpretation of CO index measurements from the integrated spectra of more distant systems is problematic at best. In a different area, Silva continued to collaborate with P. Massey (Lowell Observatory) et al. in the study of evolved vs. unevolved high-mass stars in different environments throughout the Local Group. Their focus during FY1 was on obtaining optical spectroscopy for a large sample of unevolved OB stars in M31 and M33 using MMT/Hectospec. Working with S. Howell (NOAO/Tucson) et al., Silva also obtained optical spectroscopy to determine the physical properties of stars with exoplanet candidates discovered by Kepler in order to investigate how exoplanet properties are related to the physical properties for their parent stars. Finally, Silva is part of a European collaboration to construct the X-Shooter Spectral Library (XSL) a moderate resolution (R ~ 1,), wide-wavelength ( μm) digital stellar library broadly covering TZG parameter space. This work builds on the Next Generation Spectral Library (NGSL) previously constructed using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Very Large Telescope (VLT) by Silva and collaborators. FY11 Plans H. Kuntschner (ESO/Garching) and Silva plan to finish and publish their investigation of the radial behavior of near-ir spectral features in early-type galaxies. With R. Hanuschik (ESO/Garching) and others, Silva will publish a digital library of high spectral resolving power spectra obtained with VLT/UVES for more than 3 NGSL stars previously observed at low spectral resolving power with HST STIS. If a complete sample is obtained, an analysis of the Massey et al. M31 and M33 spectroscopy will be published. Data collection will continue for the XSL and Kepler follow-up programs described above. MALCOLM G. SMITH, Astronomer Research Interests Global environmental impact of light pollution; galaxy and quasar formation and evolution FY1 Accomplishments Following on from his invited article in Nature at the beginning of the International Year of Astronomy 29 (IYA29), Smith continued work on increasing research cooperation between astronomers and biologists in the protection of the nighttime environment. With the EPO group at CTIO, he has been working with schools in the Los Vilos area of IV Región de Coquimbo, Chile, in the use of Sky Quality Meters to measure and document night-sky brightness from inside the only Ramsar wetlands site in the Coquimbo Region. Smith was awarded a second distinction by the Municipality of Vicuna for his decisive support of the construction and functioning of the Cerro Mamalluca Observatory. He also was awarded a distinction by the XII th International Amateur Astronomy Congress in recognition of his outstanding work in Astronomy teaching and outreach in the Coquimbo Region. The Chilean Astronomical Society (SOCHIAS) awarded one of two of its distinctions for 21 (the first in their series) for Smith s outstanding contribution to Chilean Astronomy. He was awarded an IYA29 certificate of appreciation by the International Astronomical Union. Smith was also awarded one of three diplomas at the International Light Pollution Seminar in Antofagasta in August 21 for his distinguished trajectory in the protection and care of the night sky. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee included a contribution by Smith on the AURA Observatories in Chile in its thematic study of Astronomy and World Heritage. The thematic study was adopted by UNESCO as an acceptable framework for future World Scientific Heritage proposals at a meeting in Brasilia in August

103 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 FY11 Plans Smith will be taking a first step towards retirement, moving to half-time status with NOAO, as of the beginning of FY11. He expects to work on a long-term project directly with biologists and other astronomers that will be aimed at characterizing and mitigating the ecological consequences of artificial night lighting in the regions around several major observatories as a contribution to the UNESCO Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative. This work will aid in the long-term protection of these observatories against light pollution, thereby gaining decades of additional, useful scientific life for each of them. Smith expects to continue his work with several collaborators on exploration of the environment around quasars and different types of galaxies; he has been involved in providing samples for spectroscopy of faint, high-redshift quasars with 8-m-class telescopes. He also expects to work with collaborators on writing up the data he has helped obtain over the last decade as part of the Chandra Multi-wavelength Project (CHAMP). R. CHRIS SMITH, Astronomer (Associate Director for CTIO; AURA Head of Mission in Chile) Research Interests Supernovae; optical transients; supernova remnants; the interstellar medium FY1 Accomplishments During FY1, Smith continued his participation in the study of light echoes of Galactic supernovae discovered by a large-scale observational project targeted at young, Galactic supernova remnants (Rest et al., 28, ApJL; Rest et al., 21, ApJ submitted). Smith also continued participation in a new NOAO survey led by A. Saha (NOAO), the Outer Limits Survey (OLS), to investigate the stellar populations at the extremities of the Magellanic Clouds (Saha et al., 21, AJ in press). Finally, Smith s initial leadership and later continued participation in the efforts to define effective calibration methods for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) resulted in the publication of a paper on atmospheric extinction (Burke et al., 21, ApJ, 72, 811). FY11 Plans Smith will continue his participation in various NOAO survey projects, wrapping up work on OLS and working to get the results of the SuperMACHO and ESSENCE surveys into the NOAO Science Archive. He also plans to push forward in mining the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS) data set, extracting new samples of supernova remnants and planetary nebulae, and investigating the evolution of these objects. He will continue to participate in the search for light echoes from ancient supernovae, in particular in our own Galaxy. Smith is also participating in the supernova working groups for both the Dark Energy Survey, due to start in September 212, and the LSST. VERNE V. SMITH, Astronomer (Associate Director for NOAO System Science Center) Research Interests High-resolution spectroscopy; cosmochemistry; nuclear astrophysics; chemical evolution; stellar populations; stellar atmospheres; stellar evolution; planet-hosting stars FY1 Accomplishments Research efforts in FY1 included detailed chemical abundance studies of a large sample of stars (including dwarfs, subgiants, and giants) consisting of both stars with and without known planetary systems. On another front, Smith was involved in a number of studies of stellar populations within possible tidal streams that originate from captures of small galaxies; these include the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy and streams from the captured remnant system omega Centauri. FY11 Plans Smith s goals in FY11 will be to continue probing the chemistry of stars with planets by including spectroscopy of the stellar-hosts of transiting planetary systems found by the Kepler mission. In addi- 98

104 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY tion, abundance studies will be carried out for red giants lying within obscured regions of the inner Galaxy, in the inner disk and the bar, as well as the Galactic center (these studies utilize highresolution near-infrared spectra). Smith s participation in the Apache Point Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), which is part of the third extension of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS III), will increase in April 211 when the APOGEE near-ir multi-object spectrograph will begin its commissioning phase on the Sloan 2.5-m telescope. DAVID SPRAYBERRY, Senior Scientist (Head of Program, NOAO System Technology Center) Research Interests Instrumentation and observing techniques; galaxy formation and evolution; properties of QSOs and AGNs; early universe FY1 Accomplishments Within the NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC), Sprayberry led the System Instrumentation (SI) Program s efforts to implement the first year of funding under the ReSTAR program. SI entered into a partnership with The Ohio State University (OSU) to build a modified version of OSU s recent OSMOS instrument, to be called KOSMOS, for the Kitt Peak Mayall 4-m telescope. KOSMOS passed its design review and the construction effort just got underway at the end of FY1. SI also nearly completed by the end of FY1 an upgrade of the detectors and controllers for the Mosaic-1 prime focus imaging camera for the Mayall 4-m telescope, funded under the ReSTAR program. Sprayberry led SI s successful efforts to secure a second year of funding, in the amount of $3.9M, for ReSTAR implementation; this award was received as FY1 ended. Sprayberry oversaw SI s efforts on the SOAR Adaptive Optics Module (SAM); the main Adaptive Optics module was integrated in the lab with the Laser Guide Star (LGS) system and the wavefront sensor needed for use with the LGS. The entire system will be ready for deployment at the SOAR telescope early in FY11. The design phase for the TORRENT detector controller, a miniaturized version of the MONSOON system, was completed and the Production Readiness Review was held in August under Sprayberry s guidance. Finally, Sprayberry continued acting as AURA Technical Representative in AURA s funding of technology risk reduction for the Giant Magellan Telescope as an Alternative GMST Technology program. FY11 Plans Sprayberry plans to lead the efforts for building and deploying the KOSMOS spectrograph at Kitt Peak. Delivery of that instrument is currently expected in August 211. Sprayberry also plans to lead the effort to construct a copy of KOSMOS, to be called COSMOS, for the CTIO 4-m telescope, with part of the second year of ReSTAR funding. COSMOS is planned for deployment in FY12, but all of the components will be purchased or made in FY11 in parallel with KOSMOS. The second year of ReSTAR funding will also enable launch of a three-year program to build a near-infrared spectrograph called TripleSpec for the CTIO 4-m telescope in partnership with Cornell University. Sprayberry plans to oversee the deployment and commissioning of the complete SAM system at the SOAR telescope during FY11. LETIZIA STANGHELLINI, Associate Astronomer Research Interests Stellar structure and evolution; Galactic and extragalactic planetary nebulae (PNe); stellar populations FY1 Accomplishments Stanghellini and M. Haywood (Observatoire de Paris) analyzed the Galactic structure based on its planetary nebula (PN) population, finding the alpha-element radial metallicity gradients evolving with the age of the population. Stanghellini, L. Magrini (Arcetri), and collaborators obtained gradient variation also in the external galaxy M81, based on MMT fiber spectroscopy. Stanghellini, R. Shaw 99

105 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 (NOAO), and collaborators have acquired ~6 WFC3/HST images of Galactic compact PNe from the same target base of their Spitzer/IRS spectra, with the intent of completing the morphology/central stars/dust correlative analysis as already achieved in the Magellanic Clouds. Stanghellini with A. Manchado, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), were selected as Chairs of the next International Astronomical Union symposium on PNe to be held in 211. Stanghellini with A. Garcia- Hernandez (IAC) and collaborators detected fullerene emission in four PNe, including the first extragalactic detection of fullerene. FY11 Plans Stanghellini plans to complete the analysis of 157 spectra of Galactic compact PNe acquired with Spitzer/IRS and publish the spectral atlas. Stanghellini with Magrini (Arcetri) are looking for metallicity gradients in galaxy NGC 243 to extend/confirm the radial gradient evolution observed in other face-on spiral galaxies. Stanghellini with Shaw (NOAO) and others is analyzing the WFC3 images of Galactic PNe to search for correlations between the intrinsic dust properties and the nebular morphology, and the properties of the central stars. Stanghellini, Manchado (IAC), and A. C. González-García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) will further explore the properties of intracluster stellar populations with a series of new, dry merger models to extend the parameter space of their previous results. STEPHEN STROM, Astronomer Emeritus Research Interests Formation of stars and planetary systems FY1 Accomplishments Strom continued research aimed at understanding the evolution of disks surrounding stars spanning a range of masses as part of a larger effort to diagnose the signatures of planet building in those disks. In collaboration with S. Wolff (NOAO) and L. Rebull (Spitzer Science Center), Strom completed a study of the intermediate- and high-mass stars in the young, rich, star-forming complex IC 185, The Evolution of Disks Surrounding Intermediate Masss Stars: IC 185, which was accepted for publication by ApJ. These authors established both the frequency and character of circumstellar disks associated with intermediate- and high-mass stars by combining optical photometry and spectroscopy with mid-ir Spitzer photometry. They find that optically thick accretion disks among stars with masses between 2 and 4 solar masses are rare (~2% of members) and are absent among more massive stars. A larger fraction (~1%) of stars with masses between 2 and 4 solar masses appear to be surrounded by disks that have evolved from the initial, optically thick accretion phase. The authors identify four classes of such disks. These classes are based on spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of excess emsission above photospheric levels: disks that are (1) optically thin based on the magnitude of the observed excess emission from 2 to 24 μm, (2) optically thin in their inner regions (r < 2 AU) and optically thick in their outer regions. (3) exhibit empty inner regions (r < 1 AU) and optically thin emission in their outer regions, and (4) exhibit empty inner regions and optically thick outer regions. They discuss various mechanisms for producing these SEDs and conclude that stars in category (2) are likely forming Jovian mass planets. FY11 Plans In collaboration with Wolff, Rebull, J. Najita (NOAO), and J. Muzerolle (STScI), Strom will continue to examining the characteristics of disks associated with stars of much lower mass (masses between.1 and.5 solar masses). They are currently analyzing a large dataset comprising optical photometry, MOS from WIYN, and Spitzer mid-ir photometry with the aim of assessing changes in the frequency distribution of disk properties between regions of age ~1 Myr with those in IC 348 (~2 4 Myr). 1

106 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY JOHN P. SUBASAVAGE, JR., Postdoc Research Associate (SMARTS Fellow, 5% SMARTS) Research Interests Nearby stars; white dwarfs; exoplanets around post-main-sequence hosts FY1 Accomplishments Subasavage remained actively involved with the trigonometric parallax program at the CTIO.9-m telescope (CTIOPI). This included observing a total of 18 nights over four observing runs and reducing numerous parallaxes (in particular for white dwarf targets) to be published when a sufficient number of targets are completed. The CTIOPI team, of which Subasavage is a senior member, published two parallax papers this fiscal year. Subasavage acted as mentor to a 21 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program student (Conor Sayres) and directed a project to identify new nearby white dwarfs (within 25 pc). This project made use of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey database to identify three new systems within 25 pc (including two within 15 pc). The findings were presented by Sayres and Subasavage at the August 21 European White Dwarf Workshop (EUROWD) conference in Tübingen, Germany. FY11 Plans Subasavage will continue with the CTIOPI effort. In addition, related to both Sayres project and a new collaboration project, Subasavage will continue to identify new nearby white dwarfs to be added to the parallax program to confirm proximity and ultimately lead to a complete, volume-limited sample. Subasavage has formed a recent collaboration to determine a precise orbital period for a halo dwarf carbon (dc) star plus white dwarf system in the solar neighborhood. The expectation from this is to better understand binary evolution, in particular with respect to this very rare phenomenon. ANDREI TOKOVININ, Associate Astronomer Research Interests Statistics and origin of multiple stars; astronomical instrumentation; adaptive optics; site testing FY1 Accomplishments As a project scientist, Tokovinin worked on the SOAR Adaptive Module instrument (SAM) (mainly on its laser system), which is now close to acceptance tests and deployment at the telescope. He also is developing the new echelle spectrometer for exoplanet research, CHIRON, supported by the NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant to D. Fischer (San Francisco State University). Tokovinin has conducted two observational programs aimed at obtaining complete multiplicity statistics of nearby stars. One project is the Adaptive-Optics (AO) survey of wide binaries at Gemini South with the NICI instrument, which resulted in the discovery of six new resolved sub-systems. The second project is a complete census of wide low-mass companions by combining new observations with 2MASS archival data. FY11 Plans Tokovinin will lead the commissioning of SAM, with the goal of starting science operation in FY11. The deployment and commissioning of CHIRON will be done in FY11 as well, offering a state-of-the art echelle spectrometer to the NOAO community. Tokovinin will continue his observational programs on multiple stars: AO survey at Gemini South, radial-velocity monitoring, and speckle interferometry at SOAR. FRANCISCO VALDES, Scientist Research Interests Cosmology; gravitational lensing; stellar spectroscopy; search for solar system objects; astronomical software 11

107 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 FY1 Accomplishments During FY1, Valdes began a sabbatical to study data mining and catalog moving of lensed sources in public NOAO Mosaic Camera data. During this sabbatical, he developed automated moving object detection software that was incorporated in the NOAO Mosaic Pipeline and applied to a large number of exposures to build a database of sources seen in general primary investigator exposures. He interrupted his sabbatical to design and develop the architecture for the WIYN One Degree Imager (ODI) Tier 1 pipeline, which was presented to Indiana University and various review panels with positive results. Valdes continued leading a team developing science pipelines for the NOAO Mosaic imagers and the NOAO Extremely Wide-Field Infrared Mosaic imager (NEWFIRM). In FY1, he took on the role of NOAO Pipeline Scientist for the CTIO Dark Energy Camera (DECam) Community Pipeline (CP) being developed at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and participated in a design review of this deliverable. FY11 Plans Valdes primary activities in FY11 will be developing a pipeline for the ODI imager and supporting the installation and testing of the NCSA DECam CP. Both imagers are trying to reach the commissioning phase in FY11. In his research, Valdes plans to work with an NOAO team to participate in addressing some scientific needs of the LSST project. If time allows, he will continue work on the moving and lensed object science he began during his sabbatical. NICOLE S. VAN DER BLIEK, Scientist (Deputy Director, CTIO) Research Interests Instrumentation; young stars and cool stars FY1 Accomplishments Van der Bliek led the second phase of the SOAR Adaptive Module (SAM) project, the development of the Laser Guide Star (LGS) system, from design through fabrication to integration. First light in the laboratory, with the SAM Main Module in LGS mode was obtained in August, and the adaptive optics (AO) loop was successfully closed. In addition, integration and testing of the remainder of the LGS system was begun. Van der Bliek continued her collaboration with B. Rodgers (Gemini Observatory), S. Thomas (Lick Observatory), and G. Doppmann (NOAO) on multiplicity of Herbig Ae/Be stars, a spectroscopic and photometric study of a large sample of Herbig Ae/Be stars to detect close companions and investigate their properties. The collaboration observed 143 stars, of which 7 are very likely to be binaries or multiples, with a total of 13 likely companions. Together with T. Prusti, L. Spezzi and S. Vincente (ESTEC/ESA), van der Bliek started the analysis of near infrared (NIR) and optical data of the dark cloud Musca, as well as NIR data of some areas in the starforming region IC2118. A pilot study based on data for two pointings in Musca suggests that the number of young stars in this cloud is much higher than previously thought. FY11 Plans Van der Bliek will continue her collaboration with Rodgers, Thomas, and Doppmann to study the multiplicity of Herbig Ae/Be stars. She will also pursue one or more projects resulting from this survey, such as a detailed study of the Herbig Be binary HD 76534, which consists of two B stars, and the Herbig Ae binary HK Ori, which has at least three Herbig Haro objects associated with it. Van der Bliek will also continue to work with Prusti, Spezzi and Vincente on NIR and optical data of Musca and IC2118. More data will be obtained to create extinction maps of these regions and identify young stellar objects. 12

108 KEY MANAGEMENT & SCIENTIFIC STAFF ACTIVITY ALISTAIR R. WALKER, Astronomer Research Interests Stellar populations; the Magellanic Clouds; the distance scale; astronomical instrumentation FY1 Accomplishments Under the leadership of R. O Connell (University of Virginia), the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 (HST WFC3) Science Oversight Committee, of which Walker is a member, began the analysis of 2 orbits of HST observations of both nearby and distant galaxies, with the aim of demonstrating the scientific capabilities of the new panchromatic camera. Papers were published on supernova remnants and planetary nebulae in M83 and NGC 4214, star clusters in M83, star formation in NGC 363, and UV-dropout galaxies. With a variety of collaborators, work continued on studying aspects of the resolved stellar populations in nearby galaxies and galactic globular clusters, with papers published on the Carina dwarf spheroidal galaxy and several clusters. FY11 Plans Walker will complete the analysis of HST WFC3 data obtained to demonstrate the camera performance (R. O Connell P.I., U. Virginia) and to determine sensitivity of the specialist filters to stellar abundances (J. Holtzman P.I., New Mexico State University). He will continue to lead the analysis of deep Blanco CCD photometry for a number of galactic globular clusters, collaborating on this and associated studies, including deep photometry of fields in the LMC and SMC, with A. Kunder (CTIO), G. Bono (Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy), M. Monelli and C. Gallart (Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain), P. Stetson (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada), and others. In a long-term project with J. Nemec (Victoria, Canada) and Y-B Jeon (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Korea), Walker will continue to monitor secular period changes in the RR Lyrae populations of several Large Magellanic Cloud globular clusters. CONSTANCE E. WALKER, Associate Scientist (Senior Science Education Specialist) Research Interests Dark skies preservation issues; modeling ground light propagation through the atmosphere; monitoring light pollution locally and near observatories FY1 Accomplishments Walker was elected to the Board of Directors for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP). She was invited to chair the International Dark-Skies Association (IDA) Education Committee. She continued to chair the national and global International Year of Astronomy 29 (IYA29) Dark Skies Awareness cornerstone project working groups, with most of the project s programs continuing beyond IYA29. The working groups were awarded IDA s Executive Director s Award for their efforts. Walker directed the fifth annual worldwide GLOBE at Night campaign promoting social awareness of the importance of a dark sky, with record numbers of light pollution measurements. Walker trained and supervised six undergraduate assistants to provide local astronomy, optics, and physics outreach at a Boys & Girls Club (weekly), dark skies sessions at an environmental center, star parties, school and museum science nights, in-class visits, etc, totaling a few hundred hours for thousands of children and adults. The undergraduate assistants supported at least six events for the Tohono O odham, which included a star party at Schuk Toak Day and a week-long astronomy camp at the Sells Recreation Center. Walker gave oral presentations on GLOBE at Night and IYA Dark Skies Awareness at nine major conferences, as well as a number of workshops on GLOBE at Night and the new Dark Skies Rangers activities. Creative training on dark skies education included a 2-week online forum for museum educators, a teleconference with 19 amateur astronomers, and podcasts with the Dark Skies Crusader. Paper highlights include a feature story in Physics Today titled Lighting and Astronomy, a Focal Point article in Sky and Telescope, and four proceedings articles on optics and dark skies education for SPIE and ASP. 13

109 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 FY11 Plans Walker will continue to concentrate on educational outreach in Arizona and Chile, focusing on dark sky education programs and building on the legacy of the IYA Dark Skies Awareness cornerstone project. She will enhance the dark skies education program locally at the Cooper Center for Environmental Learning. She will begin planning a school program that uses the GLOBE at Night data for comparison of the effects of light pollution on astronomy, human health, wildlife, energy, cost, etc. This would include extending Sky Quality Meter measurements at nature centers and near observatories in Chile and the Tucson area. With the help of M. Newhouse (NOAO), she will evolve the GLOBE at Night program to make it run autonomously at NOAO (assuming ESRI s data taking and map-making role). To optimize the data taking process and minimize input errors in location, she and Newhouse will investigate the use of cell phones and ipads to collect GLOBE at Night data. Her goal is to make GLOBE at Night more of a year-round program. LLOYD WALLACE, Astronomer Emeritus Research Interests Planetary atmospheric structure, stellar atmospheres FY1 Accomplishments Wallace, along with several scientists from the University of Liege, Belgium, completed the work on the spectral atlas obtained with the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment. The atlas covers the range cm -1 at a higher signal-to-noise ratio than previous work. Ram (University of Arizona) with Wallace and Bernath (York University) completed detailed analyses of the Red bands of CN in the primary atomic mass form 12 C 14 N as well as the secondary form 13 C 14 N. FY11 Plans Wallace is reviewing previous analyses of the infrared bands of C 2 for possible modifications due to changes in the frequency calibration of the Fourier Transform Spectra. So far, it appears that no modifications are needed. Wallace also is working with Livingston (National Solar Observatory) in a review of solar spectra in narrow bands around the H and K lines of Ca II. The spectra, taken by White (High Altitude Observatory) and Livingston starting in 1974, show weak emission lines mostly of the rare earth ions Cerium II, Lanthanum II and Dysprosium II. The objective is to test for intrinsic longterm variation. SIDNEY CARNE WOLFF, Astronomer Emerita Research Interests Star formation; evolution of disks around pre-main sequence stars; astronomy education research FY1 Accomplishments A paper with S. Strom and L. Rebull (IPAC) describing the time scale for the evolution of disks around intermediate-mass stars in the young association IC 185 was accepted by the Astrophysical Journal. The paper discusses the various physical processes that might account for the diversity of observed spectral energy distributions and suggests tests to distinguish among the various possibilities. FY11 Plans Wolff and S. Strom, plan to extend their studies to intermediate-mass stars in the North American Nebula and to lower-mass stars in IC 348 in order to further constrain models of the evolution of circumstellar disks. 14

110 C NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS NOAO Scientific Staff were authors and/or editors on a total of 269 publications in FY1. Abbott, T.M.C., Walker, A.R., Gregory, B., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7733, ed. Stepp, L.M., Gilmozzi, R., Hall, J.H. (SPIE), p , Improving the Blanco Telescope s Delivered Image Quality Abia, C., Cunha, K., Hinkle, K., Smith, V.V., et al. 21, ApJ, 715, L94, Fluorine Abundances in Galactic Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars Abt, H. 29, PASP, 121, 1291, Reviewing and Revision Times for The Astrophysical Journal Abt, H. 29, PASP, 121, 137, Stellar Rotation Versus Duplicity in Open Cluster Early-type Stars Abt, H.A. 21, PASP, 122, 115, The Origin of the Exoplanets Abt, H.A. 21, PASP, 122, 955, Have We Reached a Maximum Astronomical Research Output? Ali, B., Allen, L., et al. 21, A&A, 518, L119, Predicted Colors and Flux Densities of Protostars in the Herschel PACS and SPIRE Filters Antonik, M., Abbott, T., Walker, A., et al. 29, SPIE Proc. 7433, ed. José Sasián, Richard N. Youngworth (SPIE), 7433M, The Design and Alignment of the DECam Lenses and Modeling of the Static Shear Pattern and Its Impact on Weak Lensing Measurements Arion, D., Pompea, S., et al. 21, Amateur Astronomy, 67, Galileoscopes for All Austermann, J., Pope, A., et al. 21, MNRAS, 41, 16, AzTEC Half Square Degree Survey of the SHADES Fields - I. Maps, Catalogues and Source Counts Baines, E., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 1365, Angular Diameters and Effective Temperatures of 25 K Giant Stars from the CHARA Array Baines, E.K., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, AJ, 14, 167, Ruling Out Possible Secondary Stars to Exoplanet Host Stars Using the CHARA Array Balestra, I., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, A&A, 512, A12, The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. VLT/VIMOS Spectroscopy in the GOODS-South Field: Part II Bañados, E., Hung, L-W., De Propris, R., West, M.J. 21, ApJ, 721, L14, The Faint End of the Galaxy Luminosity Function in A1689: A Steep Red Faint End Upturn at z =.18 Basri, G., Howell, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, L155, Photometric Variability in Kepler Target Stars: The Sun among Stars A First Look Author Name in bold = NOAO scientific staff member; Author Name underlined = Undergraduate student in Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program or Practica de Investigación en Astronomía (PIA) program 15

111 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Batalha, N.M., Howell, S.B., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, L13, Pre-spectroscopic False-Positive Elimination of Kepler Planet Candidates Beccari, G., Saha, A., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 118, Progressive Star Formation in the Young Galactic Super Star Cluster NGC 363 Beerer, I.M., Allen, L.E., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 679, A Spitzer View of Star Formation in the Cygnus X North Complex Bono, G., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, L74, On a New Near-Infrared Method to Estimate the Absolute Ages of Star Clusters: NGC 321 as a First Test Case Bono, G., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, PASP, 122, 651, On the Stellar Content of the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Boroson, T.A., Lauer, T.R. 21, AJ, 14, 39, Exploring the Spectral Space of Low Redshift QSOs Borucki, W., Howell, S., Sherry, W., et al. 21, Science, 327, 977, Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results Borucki, W.J., Howell, S.B., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, L126, Kepler-4b: A Hot Neptune-like Planet of a G Star Near Main-Sequence Turnoff Bressert, E., Allen, L., et al. 21, MNRAS, L143, The Spatial Distribution of Star Formation in the Solar Neighbourhood: Do All Stars Form in Dense Clusters? Bruntt, H., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, A&A, 512, A55, The Radius and Effective Temperature of the Binary Ap β CrB from CHARA/FLUOR and VLT/NACO Observations Brusa, M., Kartaltepe, J., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 348, The XMM-Newton Wide-Field Survey in the Cosmos Field (XMM-COSMOS): Demography and Multiwavelength Properties of Obscured and Unobscured Luminous Active Galactic Nuclei Burke, D.L., Claver, C., Saha, A., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 811, Precision Determination of Atmospheric Extinction at Optical and Near-Infrared Wavelengths Burke, D.L., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7737, ed. D.R. Silva, A. Peck, B.T. Soifer (SPIE), 77371D, Calibration of the LSST Instrumental and Atmospheric Photometric Passbands Bussmann, R., Dey, A. 29, ASP Conf. 48, eds. W. Wang, et al. (ASP), 461, HST Morphologies of z ~ 2 Dust Obscured Galaxies Bussmann, R., Dey, A., Jannuzi, B., et al. 29, ApJ, 75, 184, Infrared Luminosities and Dust Properties of z 2 Dust-Obscured Galaxies Cahoy, K., Ridgway, S., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 744, ed. S. Shaklan (SPIE), 744G, Science Performance of the Pupil-Mapping Exoplanet Coronagraphic Observer (PECO) Calamida, A., Walker, A.R., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 1277, Strömgren Photometry of Galactic Globular Clusters. II. Metallicity Distribution of Red Giants in ω Centauri 16

112 NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS Cappellari, M., Dickinson, M., et al. 29, ApJ, 74, L34, Dynamical Masses of Early-Type Galaxies at z ~ 2: Are they Truly Superdense? Carilli, C.L., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 147, Imaging the Molecular Gas in a Submillimeter Galaxy at z = 4.5: Cold Mode Accretion or a Major Merger? Carlberg, J., Smith, V., Cunha, K., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 265, eds. K. Cunha, M. Spite, B. Barbuy (Cambridge), 48, A New Spin on Red Giant Rapid Rotators: Evidence for Chemical Exchange between Planets and Evolved Stars Casey, C., Pope, A., et al. 29, MNRAS, 4, 67, A Search for Neutral Carbon towards Two z = 4.5 Submillimetre Galaxies, GN2 and GN2.2 Cassata, P., Dickinson, M., Lotz, J.M., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, L79, The Morphology of Passively Evolving Galaxies at z ~ 2 from Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 Deep Imaging in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field Castellano, M., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, A&A, 511, A2, Evidence of a Fast Evolution of the UV Luminosity Function beyond Redshift 6 from a Deep HAWK-I Survey of the GOODS-S Field Chandar, R., Saha, A., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, 966, The Luminosity, Mass, and Age Distributions of Compact Star Clusters in M83 Based on Hubble Space Telescope/Wide Field Camera 3 Observations Chapin, E., Pope, A., et al. 29, MNRAS, 398, 1793, An AzTEC 1.1mm Survey of the GOODS-N Field - II. Multiwavelength Identifications and Redshift Distribution Chemical Abundances in the Universe, IAU Symp. 265, eds. K. Cunha, M. Spite, B. Barbuy (Cambridge), 21. Chou, M.-Y., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, L5, The Chemical Evolution of the Monoceros Ring/Galactic Anticenter Stellar Structure Chou, M.-Y., Cunha, K., Smith, V., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, 129, A Two Micron All Sky Survey View of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy. VI. s-process and Titanium Abundance Variations along the Sagittarius Stream Coppin, K., Pope, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, 53, Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Candidate Active Galactic Nuclei-Dominated Submillimeter Galaxies Coppin, K., Pope, A., et al. 21, Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation, eds. V. Debattista and C. Popescu (AIP), 8, Starburst or AGN Dominance in Submillimetre-luminous Candidate AGN? Coppin, K.E.K., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, MNRAS, 47, L13, Detection of Molecular Gas in a Distant Submillimetre Galaxy at z = 4.76 with Australia Telescope Compact Array Correia, S., Zinnecker, H., Ridgway, S.T., McCaughrean, M.J. 29, A&A, 55, 673, The H 2 Velocity Structure of Inner Knots in HH 212: Asymmetries and Rotation 17

113 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Coughlin, J.L., Howell, S.B., et al. 21, ApJ, 717, 776, Modeling Multi-wavelength Stellar Astrometry. I. SIM Lite Observations of Interacting Binaries Crighton, N., Jannuzi, B., et al. 21, MNRAS, 42, 1273, Galaxies at a Redshift of ~.5 around Three Closely Spaced Quasar Sightlines Cunha, K. 21, IAU Symp. 268, eds. C. Charbonnel, et al. (Cambridge), 243, Boron Abundances in the Galactic Disk Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., et al. 21, ApJ, 717, 333, Manganese Abundances in the Globular Cluster ω Centauri Cunha, K., Spite, M., Barbuy, B. 21, IAU Symp. 265, eds. K. Cunha, M. Spite, B. Barbuy (Cambridge), Chemical Abundances in the Universe: Connecting First Stars to Planets Daddi, E., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, 686, Very High Gas Fractions and Extended Gas Reservoirs in z = 1.5 Disk Galaxies Daddi, E., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, L118, Different Star Formation Laws for Disks Versus Starbursts at Low and High Redshifts Daflon, S., Cunha, K., et al. 29, AJ, 138, 1577, Sulfur Abundances in the Orion Association B Stars Daflon, S., Cunha, K., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 265, eds. K. Cunha, M. Spite, B. Barbuy (Cambridge), 358, Sulfur Abundances in Orion B Stars Dawson, K., Dey, A., Jannuzi, B., et al. 29, AJ, 138, 1271, An Intensive Hubble Space Telescope Survey for z > 1 Type Ia Supernovae by Targeting Galaxy Clusters De Propris, R., Harrison, C.D., Mares, P.J. 21, ApJ, 719, 1582, Mapping the Galactic Halo with Blue Horizontal Branch Stars from the Two-Degree Field Quasar Redshift Survey De Propris, R., Rich, R.M., Mallery, R.C. Howard, C.D. 21, ApJ, 714, L249, A Radial Velocity and Calcium Triplet Abundance Survey of Field Small Magellanic Cloud Giants De Propris, R., Christlein, D. 29, Astron.Nachr., 33, 943, A Composite K-Band Luminosity Function for Cluster Galaxies De Propris, R., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 794, An Upper Limit to the Dry Merger Rate at <z> ~.55 De Young, D. 21, ApJ, 71, 743, How Does Radio AGN Feedback Feed Back? De Young, D. 21, Proceedings of Astroinformatics 21, ed. G. Djorgovski, New Science A View from the VO Perspective Dey, A., et al. 29, ASP Conf. 48, eds. W. Wang, et al. (ASP), 411, The Pedigrees of DOGs (Dust- Obscured Galaxies) Di Cecco, A., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, ApJ, 712, 527, On the V HB bump Parameter in Globular Clusters 18

114 NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS Di Cecco, A., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, PASP, 122, 991, On the Absolute Age of the Globular Cluster M92 Di Stefano, R., Howell, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 712, 142, A Search for Asteroids, Moons, and Rings Orbiting White Dwarfs Diehl, H.T., Abbott, T.M.C., Walker, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77353I, Testing the Dark Energy Camera on a Telescope Simulator Digby-North, J.A., Reddy, N.A., et al. 21, MNRAS, 47, 846, Excess AGN Activity in the z = 2.3 Protocluster in HS Dokter, E.F.C., Pompea, S.M., Sparks, R.T., Walker, C.E. 21, SPIE Proc. 7783, ed. G. Groot Gregory (SPIE), 77839, The Development of Formative Assessment Probes for Optics Education Dopita, M., Saha, A., Walker, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 964, Supernova Remnants and the Interstellar Medium of M83: Imaging and Photometry with the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope Dopita, M.A., Saha, A., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, Ap&SS, 33, 123, Supernova Remnants, Planetary Nebulae and the Distance to NGC 4214 Drory, N., Kartaltepe, J., et al. 29, ApJ, 77, 1595, The Bimodal Galaxy Stellar Mass Function in the COSMOS Survey to z ~ 1: A Steep Faint End and a New Galaxy Dichotomy Dunham, E.W., Howell, S.B., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, L136, Kepler-6b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Orbiting a Metal-Rich Star Eisenhardt, P. Dey, A., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 2455, Ultracool Field Brown Dwarf Candidates Selected at 4.5 μm Elbaz, D., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, A&A, 518, L29, Herschel Unveils a Puzzling Uniformity of Distant Dusty Galaxies Els, S.G., Abbott, T.M.C., Berdja, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7733, ed. L.M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, Helen J. Hall (SPIE), 77333X, Monitoring of the Environmental Conditions inside the Dome of the 4m Telescope at CTIO Erb, D.K., Reddy, N.A., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, 1168, Physical Conditions in a Young, Unreddened, Low-Metallicity Galaxy at High Redshift Estrada, J., Abbott, T., Walker, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77351R, Focal Plane Detectors for Dark Energy Camera (DECam) Farrington, C.D., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 238, Separated Fringe Packet Observations with the CHARA Array. I. Methods and New Orbits for χ Draconis, HD , and HD Fekel, F.C., Hinkle, K.H., Joyce, R.R., Wood, P.R. 21, AJ, 139, 1315, Infrared Spectroscopy of Symbiotic Stars. VIII. Orbits for Three S-Type Systems: AE Arae, Y Coronae Australis, and SS

115 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Finkelstein, S.L., Reddy, N.A., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, 125, On the Stellar Populations and Evolution of Star-forming Galaxies at 6.3 < z <= 8.6 Fiorentino, G., Lauer, T., Saha, A., Mighell, K., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, 817, RR Lyrae Variables in M32 and the Disk of M31 Fiorentino, G., Lauer, T.R., Saha, A., Mighell, K.J., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 262, eds. G. Bruzual and S. Charlot (Cambridge), 333, M32: Is there an Ancient and Metal-Poor Stellar Population? Fiorentino, G., Saha, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 711, 88, Multi-Epoch Hubble Space Telescope Observations of IZw18: Characterization of Variable Stars at Ultra-low Metallicities Fischer, W.J., Allen, L.E., et al. 21, A&A, 518, L122, Herschel-PACS Imaging of Protostars in the HH 1-2 Outflow Complex Flaugher, B.L., Abbott, T.M.C., Smith, R.C., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 7735D, Status of the Dark Energy Survey Camera (DECam) Project Furness, J.P., Blum, R., et al. 21, MNRAS, 43, 1433, Mid-Infrared Diagnostics of Metal-Rich HII Regions from VLT and Spitzer Spectroscopy of Young Massive Stars in W31 Garcia-Hernandez, D.A., Hinkle, K.H., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 144, Oxygen Isotopic Ratios in Cool R Coronae Borealis Stars Garg, A., Olsen, K., et al. 21, AJ, 14, 328, High-Amplitude δ-scutis in the Large Magellanic Cloud Ghezzi, L., Cunha, K., Smith, V., Schuler, S., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 265, eds. K. Cunha, M. Spite, B. Barbuy (Cambridge), 432, Stellar Parameters for a Sample of Stars with Planets Ghezzi, L., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., Schuler, S.C., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 129, Stellar Parameters and Metallicities of Stars Hosting Jovian and Neptunian Mass Planets: A Possible Dependence of Planetary Mass on Metallicity Glikman, E., Dey, A., Jannuzi, B., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 1498, The Faint End of the Quasar Luminosity Function at z ~ 4 Gogarten, S.M., Olsen, K., et al. 21, ApJ, 712, 858, The Advanced Camera for Surveys Nearby Galaxy Survey Treasury. V. Radial Star Formation History of NGC 3 González-García, A., Stanghellini, L., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 1589, The Intergalactic Stellar Population from Mergers of Elliptical Galaxies with Dark Matter Halos Gressler, W.J., Saha, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7739, eds. E. Atad-Ettedgui and D. Lemke (SPIE), 77381P, Calibration Dome Screen for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Greve, T.R., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, 483, A LABOCA Survey of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South Submillimeter Properties of Near-Infrared Selected Galaxies 11

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119 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Lotz, J. M., et al. 21, MNRAS, 44, 575, The Effect of Mass Ratio on the Morphology and Timescales of Disc Galaxy Mergers Lotz, J.M., et al. 21, MNRAS, 44, 59, The Effect of Gas Fraction on the Morphology and Timescales of Disc Galaxy Mergers Luginbuhl, C.B., Walker, C.E., Wainscoat, R.J. 29, Physics Today, 62, 32, Lighting and Astronomy Lyubenova, M., Silva, D.R., et al. 21, A&A, 51, A19, Integrated K-Band Spectra of Old and Intermediate-Age Globular Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud Magdis, G.E., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 174, A Multi-wavelength View of the Star Formation Activity at z ~ 3 Magdis, G.E., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, L185, A First Glimpse into the Far-IR Properties of High-z UV-Selected Galaxies: Herschel/PACS Observations of z ~ 3 LBGs Magrini, L., Stanghellini, L., et al. 21, A&A, 512, A63, Metal Production in M 33: Space and Time Variations Majewski, S., Cunha, K., Smith, V., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 265, eds. K. Cunha, M. Spite, B. Barbuy (Cambridge), 364, Chemical Fingerprinting and Chemical Analysis of Galactic Halo Substructure Maraston, C., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, MNRAS, 47, 83, Star Formation Rates and Masses of z ~ 2 Galaxies from Multicolour Photometry Marconi, M., Saha, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, 615, Pulsation Models for Ultra-low (Z =.4) Metallicity Classical Cepheids Mármol-Queraltó, E., Silva, D.R., et al. 29, ApJ, 75, L199, Evidence for Intermediate-Age Stellar Populations in Early-Type Galaxies from K-Band Spectroscopy Mármol-Queraltó, E., Silva, D.R., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 262, eds. G. Bruzual and S. Charlot (Cambridge), 85, Stellar Population Study in Early-Type Galaxies: An Approach from the K Band Martinez, P., Kolb, J., Tokovinin, A., Sarazin, M. 21, A&A, 516, A9, Atmospheric Image Blur with Finite Outer Scale or Partial Adaptive Correction Mason, B.D., Hartkopf, W.I., Tokovinin, A. 21, AJ, 14, 735, Binary Star Orbits. IV. Orbits of 18 Southern Interferometric Pairs Maurer, J.I., Matheson, T., et al. 21, MNRAS, 42, 161, Characteristic Velocities of Stripped- Envelope Core-Collapse Supernova Cores McConnell, N.J., Lauer, T.R., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 267, eds. B. Peterson, R. Somerville, T. Storchi-Bergmann (Cambridge), 28, Adaptive Optics-Based Measurements of the Black Hole in Abell 2162-BCG Meixner, M., Knezek, P., Joyce, R., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, eds. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77353N, Performance of the WIYN High-Resolution Infrared Camera 114

120 NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS Meixner, M., Knezek, P., Joyce, R.R., et al. 21, PASP, 122, 451, Design Overview and Performance of the WIYN High Resolution Infrared Camera (WHIRC) Mendez, B.., Walker, C.E., Pompea, S.M., et al. 21, ASP Conf. 431, eds. J. Barnes, et al. (ASP), 324, The Spectrum of Citizen Science Projects in Astronomy and Space Science Mérand, A., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, A&A, 517, A64, Interferometric Radius and Limb Darkening of the Asteroseismic Red Giant η Serpentis with the CHARA Array Meurer, G.R., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, ApJ, 695, 765, Evidence for a Nonuniform Initial Mass Function in the Local Universe Monachesi, A., Lauer, T.R., Mighell, K., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 262, eds. G. Bruzual and S. Charlot (Cambridge), 135, The Stellar Populations of M32: Resolving the Nearest Elliptical with HST ACS/HRC Morrison, G.E., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, ApJS, 188, 178, Very Large Array 1.4 GHz Observations of the GOODS-North Field: Data Reduction and Analysis Muzerolle, J., Allen, L., Sherry, W., et al. 29, ApJ, 74, L15, Evidence for Dynamical Changes in a Transitional Protoplanetary Disk with Mid-Infrared Variability Muzerolle, J., Allen, L., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, 117, A Spitzer Census of Transitional Protoplanetary Disks with AU-Scale Inner Holes Najita, J., Strom, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 712, 274, Spitzer Spectroscopy of the Transition Object TW Hya Nantais, J., Olsen, K., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 1178, Nearby Spiral Galaxy Globular Cluster Systems. II. Globular Cluster Metallicities in NGC 3 Narayanan, D., Dey, A., et al. 21, MNRAS, 47, 171, A Physical Model for z ~ 2 Dust-obscured Galaxies Nemec, J.M., Walker, A.R., Jeon, Y-B. 29, AJ, 138, 131, Variable Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud Globular Cluster NGC I. Results Based on B, V Photometry Neugent, K.F., Olsen, K., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, 1784, Yellow Supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Putting Current Evolutionary Theory to the Test Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III, SPIE Proc. 7737, eds. D.R. Silva, A. Peck, B.T. Soifer (SPIE), 21 Okamoto, Y.K., Najita, J., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, eds. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77355O, The Science Drivers for a Mid-Infrared Instrument for the TMT Olivares E., F., Matheson, T., et al. 21, ApJ, 715, 833, The Standardized Candle Method for Type II Plateau Supernovae Olszewski, E., Saha, A., Knezek, P., et al. 29, AJ, 138, 157, A 5 Parsec Halo Surrounding the Galactic Globular NGC

121 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Ouchi, M., Dickinson, M., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 1136, Large Area Survey for z = 7 Galaxies in SDF and GOODS-N: Implications for Galaxy Formation and Cosmic Reionization Papovich, C., Lotz, J., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 153, A Spitzer-Selected Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.62 Pellerin, A., Knezek, P., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 262, eds. G. Bruzual and S. Charlot (Cambridge), 46, Young Stellar Populations in the Collisional Ring Galaxy NGC 922 Pellerin, A., Knezek, P.M., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 1369, The Star Cluster Population of the Collisional Ring Galaxy NGC 922 Pellerin, A., Knezek, P.M., et al. 21, ASP Conf. 423, eds. B. Smith, et al. (ASP), 19, The Collisional Ring Galaxy NGC 922 Pfisterer, R., Ellis, K.S., Pompea, S.M. 21, SPIE Proc. 7738, eds. G. Angeli and P. Dierickx (SPIE), , The Role of Stray Light Modeling and Analysis in Telescope System Engineering, Performance Assessment, and Risk Abatement Pierce, C.M., Lotz, J.M., et al. 21, MNRAS, 45, 718, The Effects of an Active Galactic Nucleus on Host Galaxy Colour and Morphology Measurements Pillitteri, I., Allen, L., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 266, eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine (Cambridge), 59, The Population of Young Stars in Orion A: X-rays and IR Properties Pompea, S.M. 21, SPIE Proc. 7739, eds. E. Atad-Ettedgui and D. Lemke (SPIE), , Assessment of Black and Spectrally Selective Surfaces for Stray Light Reduction in Telescope Systems Pompea, S.M., Walker, C.E., et al. 21, ASP Conf. 431, eds. J. Barnes, et al. (ASP), 86, International Year of Astronomy 29 Cornerstone Projects: What s Available for You Pompea, S.M., Isbell, D. 29, The Physics Teacher, October, 428, The International Year of Astronomy 29: New Approaches, Novel Resources for Physics Classrooms Pompea, S.M., Breault, R.P. et al. 21, Handbook of Optics, 3rd edition, eds. M. Bass, et al. (McGraw Hill), 6.1, Characterization and Use of Black Surfaces for Optical Systems Pompea, S.M., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7738, eds. G. Angeli and P. Dierickx (SPIE), 77383, Optical and System Engineering in the Development of a High-Quality Student Telescope Kit Pompea, S.M., Norman, D. 29, Astronomy Beat, 35, The White House Star Party: Reports from the South Lawn Pompea, S.M., Sparks, R.T., Walker, C.E., Dokter, E.F.C. 21, SPIE Proc. 7783, ed. G. Groot Gregory (SPIE), 7783G, An Optics Education Program Designed around Experiments with Small Telescopes Pontoppidan, K.M., Najita, J., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 887, A Spitzer Survey of Mid-Infrared Molecular Emission from Protoplanetary Disks. I. Detection Rates Pope, A., Chary, R.-R. 21, ApJ, 715, L171, Searching for the Highest Redshift Sources in 25 5 μm Submillimeter Surveys 116

122 NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS Probst, R.G., Abbott, T.M., Gregory, B., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77353Z, There and Back Again: Sharing a Major Instrument between Hemispheres Ram, R.S., Wallace, L., et al. 21, J. Molec. Spectros., 263, 82, High Resolution Emission Spectroscopy of the A 2 Π-X 2 Σ + (Red) System of 12 C 14 N Ram, R.S., Wallace, L., Hinkle, K., et al. 21, ApJS, 188, 5, Fourier Transform Emission Spectroscopy of the A 2 Π-X 2 Σ + (Red) System of 13 C 14 N Rebull, L., Allen, L., Strom, S., et al. 21, ApJS, 186, 259, The Taurus Spitzer Survey: New Candidate Taurus Members Selected Using Sensitive Mid-Infrared Photometry Reddy, N. 29, ASP Conf. 419, eds. S. Jogee, et al. (ASP), 313, A Steep Faint-End Slope of the UV Luminosity Function at z ~ 2 3: Implications for the Missing Stellar Mass Problem Reddy, N.A., et al. 21, ApJ, 712, 17, Dust Obscuration and Metallicity at High Redshift: New Inferences from UV, Hα, and 8 μm Observations of z ~ 2 Star-Forming Galaxies Retzlaff, J., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, A&A, 511, A5, The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. VLT/ISAAC Near-Infrared Imaging of the GOODS-South Field Rhoads, J.E., Probst, R., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, eds. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77356C, Multiband Filters for Near-Infrared Astronomical Applications Ridgway, S., Saha, A., Claver, C., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7737, eds. D.R. Silva, A. Peck, B.T. Soifer (SPIE), 7737Z, Simulation of Autonomous Observing with a Ground-Based Telescope: The LSST Experience Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7734, eds. W. Danchi, F. Delplancke, J. Rajagopal (SPIE), 7734B, Adaptive Optics for the CHARA Array II Ridgway, S.T., Hinkle, K.H. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, eds. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77356Z, Fourier Transform Spectroscopy on Very Large Telescopes Riedel, A.R., Subasavage, J.P., et al. 21, AJ, 14, 897, The Solar Neighborhood. XXII. Parallax Results from the CTIOPI.9 m Program: Trigonometric Parallaxes of 64 Nearby Systems with.5 μ 1. yr ¹ Robotham, A., Phillipps, S., De Propris, R. 21, MNRAS, 43, 1812, The Variation of the Galaxy Luminosity Function with Group Properties Rowe, J.F., Howell, S.B., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, L15, Kepler Observations of Transiting Hot Compact Objects Rujopakarn, W., Jannuzi, B.T., Dey, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 718, 1171, The Evolution of the Star Formation Rate of Galaxies at. z 1.2 Sand, D., Saha, A., et al. 29, ApJ, 74, 898, The Star Formation History and Extended Structure of the Hercules Milky Way Satellite 117

123 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Sargent, M., Kartaltepe, J., et al. 21, ApJS, 186, 341, The VLA-COSMOS Perspective on the Infrared-Radio Relation. I. New Constraints on Selection Biases and the Non-Evolution of the Infrared/Radio Properties of Star-Forming and Active Galactic Nucleus Galaxies at Intermediate and High Redshift" Sargent, M.T., Kartaltepe, J., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, L19, No Evolution in the IR-Radio Relation for IR-Luminous Galaxies at z < 2 in the COSMOS Field Sawyer, D.G., Howell, S.B., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, eds. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77353A, A New Image Acquisition System for the Kitt Peak National Observatory Mosaic-1 Imager Schaefer, G., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofísica Conference Series, 38, 17, Modeling the Disk of ζ Tau Using the CHARA Array Schneider, D.P., Boroson, T.A., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 236, The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. V. Seventh Data Release Schuler, S.C., Plunkett, A.L., King, J.R., Pinsonneault, M.H. 21, PASP, 122, 766, Fe I and Fe II Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in the Pleiades Open Cluster Schumacher, G., Abbott, T.M.C, et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 774, ed. N.M. Radziwill, A. Bridger (SPIE), 7742H, The Blanco Telescope TCS Upgrade Schwab, C., Spronck, J.F.P., Tokovinin, A., Fischer, D.A. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77354G, Design of the CHIRON High-Resolution Spectrometer at CTIO Seth, A., Olsen, K., Blum, R., et al. 21, Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation, eds. V. Debattista and C. Popescu (AIP), 227, Nuclear Star Clusters & Black Holes Seth, A.C., Olsen, K., Blum, R.D., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 713, The NGC 44 Nucleus: Star Cluster and Possible Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Shaw, R.A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 774, eds. N. Radziwill and A. Bridger (SPIE), 774H, Science Data Quality Assessment for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Shaw, R.A., Lee, T.-H., Stanghellini, L., et al. 21, ApJ, 717, 562, A Detailed Look at Chemical Abundances in Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae. I. The Small Magellanic Cloud Sheen, Y.-K., Lotz, J., Olsen, K., Dickinson, M., et al. 29, AJ, 138, 1911, Tidal Dwarf Galaxies around a Post-Merger Galaxy, NGC 4922 Shen, J., De Propris, R., Kunder, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, L72, Our Milky Way as a Pure-Disk Galaxy A Challenge for Galaxy Formation Shi, Y., Lotz, J., et al. 29, ASP Conf. 48, eds. W. Wang, et al. (ASP), 468, Role of Galaxy Mergers in Cosmic Star Formation History Skidmore, W., Els, S., et al. 29, PASP, 121, 1151, Thirty Meter Telescope Site Testing V: Seeing and Isoplanatic Angle 118

124 NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS Smith, V. 21, IAU Symp. 265, eds. K. Cunha, M. Spite, B. Barbuy (Cambridge), 476, A Summary and Some Concluding Remarks Smith, V.V. 21, IAU Symp. 268, eds. C. Charbonnel, et al. (Cambridge), 31, Observations of Lithium in Red Giant Stars Sparks, R.T., Pompea, S.M. 21, ASP Conf. 431, eds. J. Barnes, et al. (ASP), 389, GSMT Education: Teaching about Adaptive Optics and Site Selection Using Extremely Large Telescopes Sparks, R.T., Pompea, S.M., Walker, C.E. 21, ASP Conf. 431, eds. J. Barnes, et al. (ASP), 95, Building on IYA: The Galileoscope Program Sparks, R.T., Pompea, S.M., Walker, C.E., Dokter, E.F.C. 21, SPIE Proc. 7783, ed. G. Groot Gregory (SPIE), 7783C, Teaching Adaptive Optics Concepts in the High School Classroom Using an Active Engagement, Experimental Approach Stanghellini, L., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 196, The Galactic Structure and Chemical Evolution Traced by the Population of Planetary Nebulae Stanke, T., Allen, L., et al. 21, A&A, 518, L94, Hier ist wahrhaftig ein Loch im Himmel. The NGC 1999 Dark Globule Is Not a Globule Stauffer, J.R., Strom, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, 1859, Debris Disks of Members of the Blanco 1 Open Cluster Steidel, C.C., Reddy, N., et al. 21, ApJ, 717, 289, The Structure and Kinematics of the Circumgalactic Medium from Far-Ultraviolet Spectra of z ~= 2 3 Galaxies Steinfadt, J.D.R., Howell, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, L146, Discovery of the Eclipsing Detached Double White Dwarf Binary NLTT Still, M., Howell, S.B., et al. 21, ApJ, 717, L113, Quiescent Superhumps Detected in the Dwarf Nova V344 Lyrae by Kepler Stott, J.P., Miller, C.J., et al. 21, ApJ, 718, 23, The XMM Cluster Survey: The Build-Up of Stellar Mass in Brightest Cluster Galaxies at High Redshift Sturm, B., Najita, J., et al. 21, A&A, 518, L129, First Results of the Herschel Key Program Dust, Ice and Gas In Time (DIGIT): Dust and Gas Spectroscopy of HD 1546 Subasavage, J.P., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7737, ed. D.R. Silva, A. Peck, B.T. Soifer (SPIE), 77371C, SMARTS Revealed Sukhbold, T., Howell, S. 29, PASP, 121, 1188, Periodic Variables and Gyrochronology in the Open Cluster NGC 231 Szkody, P., Campbell, R.K., Howell, S.B., Dealaman, S., et al 21, ApJ, 716, 1531, Analyzing the Low State of EF Eridani with Hubble Space Telescope Ultraviolet Spectra Szkody, P., Howell, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 64, Finding the Instability Strip for Accreting Pulsating White Dwarfs from Hubble Space Telescope and Optical Observations 119

125 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 ten Brummelaar, T.A., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7734, eds. W. Danchi, F. Delplancke, J. Rajagopal (SPIE), 77343, An Update on the CHARA Array Tokovinin, A. 21, SPIE Proc. 7733, ed. L.M. Stepp., R. Gilmozzi., Hellen J. Hall (SPIE), 77331N, Where Is the Surface-Layer Turbulence? Tokovinin, A., Mason, B.D., Hartkopf, W.I. 21, AJ, 139, 743, Speckle Interferometry at the Blanco and SOAR Telescopes in 28 and 29 Tokovinin, A., Bustos, E., Berdja, A. 21, MNRAS, 44, 1186, Near-Ground Turbulence Profiles from Lunar Scintillometer Tokovinin, A., Hartung, M., Hayward, T.L. 21, AJ, 14, 51, Subsystems in Nearby Solar-Type Wide Binaries Tokovinin, A., van der Bliek, N., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7736, ed. B.L. Ellerbroek, M. Hart, N. Hubin, P.L. Wizinowich (SPIE), 77363L, SAM Sees the Light Tokunaga, A.T., Najita, J., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, eds. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77352C, Design Concepts for a Mid-Infrared Instrument for the Thirty-Meter Telescope Tran, K.-V.H., Lotz, J., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, L126, Reversal of Fortune: Confirmation of an Increasing Star Formation-Density Relation in a Cluster at z = 1.62 Treister, E., Kartaltepe, J., et al. 21, Science, 328, 6, Major Galaxy Mergers and the Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in Quasars van Kempen, T.A., Najita, J., et al. 21, A&A, 518, L128, Dust, Ice, and Gas In Time (DIGIT) Herschel Program First Results. A Full PACS-SED Scan of the Gas Line Emission in Protostar DK Chamaeleontis Vanzella, E., Dickinson, M., et al. 21, A&A, 513, A2, The Unusual N IV] -Emitter Galaxy GDS J : Star Formation or AGN-Driven Winds from a Massive Galaxy at z = 5.56 Villaver, E., Stanghellini, L., Shaw, R. 21, The Impact of HST on European Astronomy, ed. F. Macchetto (Springer), 37, Planetary Nebulae and Their Central Stars in the Magellanic Clouds Walker, C.E. 21, ASP Conf. 431, eds. J. Barnes, et al. (ASP), 383, Involvement in and Sustainability of the Dark Skies Awareness Programs for the International Year of Astronomy Walker, C.E. 21, Sky and Telescope, 119, 86, Our Light or Starlight? Walker, C.E., Pompea, S.M., et al. 21, ASP Conf. 431, eds. J. Barnes, et al. (ASP), 13, Building on IYA: The Dark Skies Awareness Program Walker, C.E., Pompea, S.M., Sparks, R.T. 21, SPIE Proc. 7783, ed. G. Groot Gregory (SPIE), 7783H, Teaching Illumination Engineering Using Light Pollution Education Kits Werk, J., Knezek, P.M., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 279, Outlying H II Regions in H I- Selected Galaxies 12

126 NOAO SCIENTIFIC STAFF PUBLICATIONS Winston, E., Allen, L.E., et al. 21, AJ, 14, 266, The Properties of X-ray Luminous Young Stellar Objects in the NGC 1333 and Serpens Embedded Clusters Yong, D., Cunha, K., Smith, V., et al. 21, IAU Symp. 266, eds. R. de Grijs and J. Lépine (Cambridge), 157, Chemical Abundances in Tidally Disrupted Globular Clusters Zhao, M., Ridgway, S.T., et al. 21, Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofísica Conference Series, 38, 117, Imaging and Modeling Rapid Rotators: α Cep and α Oph Ziad, A., Berdja, A., Tokovinin, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7733, ed. L.M. Stepp., R. Gilmozzi., Hellen J. Hall (SPIE), 77334J, Monitoring of the Atmospheric Turbulence Profiles for the Specification of ELTs Adaptive Optics Systems 121

127 D PUBLICATIONS USING DATA FROM NOAO TELESCOPES Publications by Data Source Data Source # in FY1 CTIO Telescopes 137 KPNO Telescopes 162 Gemini Telescopes 54 Keck Telescopes 12 HET & MMT 9 Magellan Telescopes 4 CHARA/Hale NOAO Science Archive 23 D.1 TELESCOPES AT CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY During FY1 (Oct. 29 Sept. 21), 137 publications used data taken at the CTIO telescopes: Abbott, T.M.C., Walker, A.R., Gregory, B., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7733, ed. Larry. M. Stepp., Roberto. Gilmozzi., Helen J. Hall (SPIE), , Improving the Blanco Telescope s Delivered Image Quality Abdo, A.A., et al. 29, ApJ, 77, 727, Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Enigmatic Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 PMN J in 29 March-July Amanullah, R., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 712, Spectra and Hubble Space Telescope Light Curves of Six Type Ia Supernovae at.511 < z < 1.12 and the Union2 Compilation Andrews, J.E., et al. 21, ApJ, 715, 541, SN 27 od: A Type IIP Supernova with Circumstellar Interaction Anthony-Twarog, B.J., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 234, WIYN Open Cluster Study. XXXIX. Abundances in NGC 6253 from Hydra Spectroscopy of the Li 678 Å Region Antia, H.M., Basu, S. 21, ApJ, 72, 494, Solar Rotation Rate during the Cycle 24 Minimum in Activity Antonik, M., Abbott, T., Walker, A., et al. 29, SPIE Proc. 7433, ed. José Sasián, Richard N. Youngworth (SPIE), 7433M, The Design and Alignment of the DECam Lenses and Modeling of the Static Shear Pattern and Its Impact on Weak Lensing Measurements Aravena, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, L15, Identification of Two Bright z > 3 Submillimeter Galaxy Candidates in the Cosmos Field Author Name in bold = NOAO scientific staff member; Author Name underlined = Undergraduate student in Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program or Practica de Investigación en Astronomía (PIA) program 122

128 PUBLICATIONS USING DATA FROM NOAO TELESCOPES Aravena, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, L36, Environment of Mambo Galaxies in the Cosmos Field Audard, M., et al. 21, A&A, 511, A63, A Multi-wavelength Study of the Young Star V1118 Orionis in Outburst Batista, V., et al. 29, A&A, 58, 467, Mass Measurement of a Single Unseen Star and Planetary Detection Efficiency for OGLE 27-BLG-5 Battinelli, P., Demers. S. 21, PASP, 122, 144, Multiband Photometry of V725 Sagittarii Bayless, A.J., Robinson, E.L., Hynes, R.I., Ashcraft, T.A. 21, ApJ, 79, 251, The Structure of the Accretion Disk in the Accretion Disk Corona X-Ray Binary 4U at Optical and Ultraviolet Wavelengths Bennett, D.P., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, 837, Masses and Orbital Constraints for the OGLE-26-BLG- 19Lb,c Jupiter/Saturn Analog Planetary System Birlan, et al. 21, A&A. 511, A4, More than 16 Near Earth Asteroids Observed in the EURONEAR Network Bono, G., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, PASP, 122, 651, On the Stellar Content of the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Bono, G., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, L74, On a New Near-Infrared Method to Estimate the Absolute Ages of Star Clusters: NGC 321 as a First Test Case Boss, A.P., et al. 29, PASP, 121, 1218, The Carnegie Astrometric Planet Search Program Boudreault, S., Bailer-Jones, C.A.L. 29, ApJ, 76, 1484, A Constraint on Brown Dwarf Formation via Ejection: Radial Variation of the Stellar and Substellar Mass Function of the Young Open Cluster IC 2391 Brun, A.S., Antia, H.M., Chitre, S.M. 21, A&A, 51, A33, Is the Solar Convection Zone in Strict Thermal Wind Balance? Brusa, M., Kartaltepe, J., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 348, The XMM-NEWTON Wide-Field Survey in the Cosmos Field (XMM-Cosmos): Demography and Multiwavelength Properties of Obscured and Unobscured Luminous Active Galactic Nuclei Burke, D.L., Claver, C., Saha, A., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 811, Precision Determination of Atmospheric Extinction at Optical and Near-Infrared Wavelengths Burke, D.L., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7737, ed. D.R. Silva, A. Peck, B.T. Soifer (SPIE), 77371D, Calibration of the LSST Instrumental and Atmospheric Photometric Passbands Cargile, P.A.., James, D.J. 21, AJ, 14, 677, Employing a New, BVIс Photometric Survey of IC4665 to Investigate the Age of this Young Open Cluster Chandar, R., Fall, S., Whitmore, B.C. 21, ApJ, 711, 1263, New Tests for Disruption Mechanisms of Star Clusters: the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds 123

129 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Chatterjee, P., Antia, H.M. 29, ApJ, 77, 28, Solar Flows and Their Effect on Frequencies of Acoustic Modes Cid Fernandes, R., Gonzalez, R.M. 21, MNRAS, 43, 78, Testing Spectral Models for Stellar Population with Star Clusters I. Methodology Clem, J.L., Landolt, A.U. 21, PASP, 122, 27, The Eclipsing Binary PG A (GSC ) Cobb, B.E., et al. 21, ApJ, 718, L15, Discovery of SN 29nz Associated with GRB Collazzi, A.C., et al. 29, AJ, 138, 1846, The Behavior of Novae Light Curves before Eruption Corbet, U.H.D., Pearlman., A.B., Buxton, M., Levine, A.M. 21, ApJ, 719, 979, Properties of the 24 Day Modulation in GX 13+1 from Near-Infrared and X-Ray Observations Davidson Jr., J.W., Baptista, B.J., Horch, E.P., Franz, O., van Altena, W.F. 29, AJ, 138, 1354, A Photometric Analysis of Seventeen Binary Stars Using Speckle Imaging Davis, C.J., Gell, R., Khanzadyan, T., Smith, M.D., Jenness, T. 21, A&A, 511, A24, A General Catalogue of Molecular Hydrogen Emission-Line Objects (MHOs) in Outflows from Young Stars De Propris, R., Rich, R.M., Mallery, R.C. Howard, C.D. 21, ApJ, 714, L249, A Radial Velocity and Calcium Triplet Abundance Survey of Field Small Magellanic Cloud Giants De Propis, R., Christlein, D. 29, Astronomische Nachrichten, 33, 943, A Composite K-Band Luminosity Function for Cluster Galaxies Desai, K.M., et al. 21, AJ, 14, 584, Supernova Remnants and Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud Dessart, L., Hillier, D.J. 21, MNRAS, 45, 2141, Supernova Radiative-Transfer Modeling: A New Approach Using Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Full Time Dependence Diehl, H.T., Abbott, T.M.C., Walker, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77353I, Testing the Dark Energy Camera on a Telescope Simulator Elias-Rosa, N., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, L254, The Massive Progenitor of the Type II-Linear Supernova 29kr Elias-Rosa, N., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 1174, On the Progenitor of the Type II-Plateau SN 28cn in NGC 463 Els, S.G., Abbott, T.M.C., Berdja, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7733, ed. L.M. Stepp, R. Gilmozzi, Helen J. Hall (SPIE), 77333X, Monitoring of the Environmental Conditions inside the Dome of the 4m Telescope at CTIO Estrada, J., Abbott, T., Walker, A., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 77351R, Focal Plane Detectors for Dark Energy Camera (DECam) 124

130 PUBLICATIONS USING DATA FROM NOAO TELESCOPES Faúndez-Abans, M., Fernandes, I.F., de Oliveira-Abans, M., Poppe, P.C.R., Martin, V.A.F. 29, A&A, 57, 133, The Ring Galaxy HRG 54 13: A First Study Fekel, F.C., Hinkle, K.H., Joyce, R.R., Wood, P.R. 21, AJ, 139, 1315, Infrared Spectroscopy of Symbiotic Stars. VIII. Orbits for Three S-Type Systems AE Arae, Y Coronae Australis, and SS Finch, C.T., Zacharias, N., Wycoff, G.L. 21, AJ, 139, 22, UCAC3: Astrometric Reductions Fingerhut, R.L., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 792, Deep K ѕ -Near-Infrared Surface Photometry of 8 Dwarf Irregular Galaxies in the Local Volume Flaugher, B.L., Abbott, T.M.C., Smith, R.C., Walker, A.R., et al. 21, SPIE Proc. 7735, ed. I. McLean, S. Ramsay, H. Takami (SPIE), 7735D, Status of the Dark Energy Survey Camera (DECam) Project Fleener, C.E., Payne, J.T., Chu, Y-H., Chen, C.-H.R., Gruendl, R.A., 21, AJ, 139, 158, Massive Star Formation in NGC 274 Fouqué, P., et al. 21, A&A, 518, A51, OGLE 28-BLG-29: An Accurate Measurement on the Limb Darkening of a Galactic Bulge K Giant Spatially Resolved by Microlensing Gamen, R.C., Fernández-Lajús, E., Niemela, V.S., Barbá, R.H. 29, A&A, 56, 1269, The Massive Wolf-Rayet Binary LSS 1964 (=WR 29). II. The V Light Curve Garg, A.., Olsen, K., et al. 21, AJ, 14, 328, High-Amplitude δ-scutis in the Large Magellanic Cloud Gelino, D.M., Gelino, C.R., Harrison, T.E. 21, ApJ, 718, 1, SPITZER Observations of Black Hole Low- Mass X-Ray Binaries: Assessing the Non-Stellar Infrared Component Gilbert, A.M., Wiegert, P.A., Unda-Sanzana, E., Vaduvescu, O. 21, MNRAS, 41, 2399, Spectroscopic Observations of New Oort Cloud Comet 26 VZ13 and Four Other Comets Goddard, Q.E., Kennicutt, R.C., Ryan-Weber, E.V. 21, MNRAS, 45, 2791, On the Nature of Star Formation at Large Galactic Radii Gonzalez Hernández, I., Howe, R., Komm, R., Hill, F. 21, ApJ, L16, Meridional Circulation during the Extended Solar Minimum: Another Component of the Torsional Oscillation? Green, P.J., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 1578, SDSS J : A Binary Quasar Caught in the Act of Merging Grouchy, R.D., Buta, R.J., Salo, H., Laurikainen, E. 21, AJ, 139, 2465, Ring Star Formation Rates in Barred and Nonbarred Galaxies Guaita, L, et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 255, Lyα-Emitting Galaxies at z = 2.1 in ECDF-S: Building Blocks of Typical Present-Day Galaxies? Guijarro, A., et al. 21, A&A, 519, A53, Near-Infrared and Optical Observations of Galactic Warps: A Common, Unexplained Feature of Most Discs 125

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146 PUBLICATIONS USING DATA FROM NOAO TELESCOPES Indriolo, N., Hobbs, L.M., Hinkle, K.H., McCall, B.J. 29, ApJ, 73, 2131, Interstellar Metastable Helium Absorption as a Probe of the Cosmic-ray Ionization Rate Jönsson, J., et al. 21, MNRAS, 45, 535, Constraining Dark Matter Halo Properties Using Lensed Supernova Legacy Survey Supernovae Kilic, M., et al. 21, ApJS, 19, 77, A Detailed Model Atmosphere Analysis of Cool White Dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Kronborg, T., et al. 21, A&A, 514, A44, Gravitational Lensing in the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) Kubota, K., et al. 21, ApJ, 79, 1374, Subaru and Gemini Observations of SS 433: New Constraint on the Mass of the Compact Object Levesque, E.M., et al. 21, MNRAS, 41, 963, GRB9426: The Environment of a Rest-Frame.35-s Gamma-ray Burst at a Redshift of 2.69 Martin, J.C., Davidson, K., Humphreys, R.M., Hehner, A. 21, AJ, 139, 256, Mid-Cycle Changes in Eta Carinae Maurer, J.I.,. Matheson, T., et al. 21, MNRAS, 42, 161, Characteristic Velocities of Stripped- Envelope Core-Collapse Supernova Cores McLeod, K.K., Bechtold, J. 29 ApJ, 74, 415, Host Galaxies of z = 4 Quasars Mehner, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 717, L22, A Sea Change in Eta Carinae Mentuch, E., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 12, A Near-Infrared Excess in the Continuum of High-Redshift Galaxies: A Tracer of Star Formation and Circumstellar Disks? Morlok, A., et al. 21, Icarus, 27, 45, Mid-Infrared Spectra of the Shocked Murchison CM Chondrite: Comparison with Astronomical Observations of Dust in Debris Disks Mothé-Diniz, T., et al. 21, A&A, 514, 86, Re-assessing the Ordinary Chondrites Paradox Nielsen, E.L., Close, L.M. 21, ApJ, 717, 878, A Uniform Analysis of 118 Stars with High-Contrast Imaging: Long-Period Extrasolar Giant Planets are Rare around Sun-like Stars Palanque-Delabrouille, N., et al. 21, A&A, 514, 63, Photometric Redshifts for Type Ia Supernovae in the Supernova Legacy Survey Perley, D.A., et al. 29, AJ, 138, 169, The Host Galaxies of Swift Dark Gamma-ray Bursts: Observational Constraints on Highly Obscured and Very High Redshift GRBs Perrett, K., et al. 21, AJ, 14, 518, Real-Time Analysis and Selection Biases in the Supernova Legacy Survey Rice, E.L., Faherty, J.K., Cruz, K.L. 21, ApJ, 715, L165, The Lowest-Mass Member of the β Pictoris Moving Group 141

147 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Rothberg, B., Fischer, J. 21, ApJ, 712, 318, Unveiling the σ-discrepancy in Infrared-Luminous Mergers. I. Dust and Dynamics Scarlata, C., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 1241, He II Emission in Lyα Nebulae: Active Galactic Nucleus or Cooling Radiation? Sesar, B., Vivas, A.K., Duffau, S., Ivezić, A. 21, ApJ, 717, 133, Halo Velocity Groups in the Pisces Overdensity Seth, A.C.,, Olsen, K., Blum, R.D., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 713, The NGC 44 Nucleus: Star Cluster and Possible Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Skemer, A.J., et al. 21, ApJ, 711, 128, ISM Dust Grains and N-Band Spectral Variability in the Spatially Resolved Subarcsecond Binary UY Aur Smith, N., et al. 29, MNRAS, 399, 952, Massive Star Formation and Feedback in W49A: The Source of Our Galaxy s Most Luminous Water Maser Outflow Sullivan, M., et al. 21, MNRAS 46, 782, The Dependence of Type Ia Supernovae Luminosities on Their Host Galaxies Sun, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, 946, Spectacular X-ray Tails, Intracluster Star Formation, and ULXs in A3627 Tanvir, N.R., et al. 29, Nature, 461, 1254, A γ-ray Burst at a Redshift of z ~ 8.2 Thompson, S.E., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 296, Pulsational Mapping of Calcium across the Surface of a White Dwarf Tokovinin, A., Hartung, M., Hayward, T.L. 21, AJ, 14, 51, Subsystems in Nearby Solar-Type Wide Binaries Vilardell, F., et al. 21, A&A, 59, A7, The Distance to the Andromeda Galaxy from Eclipsing Binaries D.4 W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY: KECK I AND II During FY1 (Oct. 29 Sept. 21), 12 publications used data taken at the Keck telescopes: Bakos, G., et al. 29, ApJ, 77, 446, HAT-P-13b,c: A Transiting Hot Jupiter with a Massive Outer Companion on an Eccentric Orbit Bakos, G., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 1724, HAT-P-11b: A Super-Neptune Planet Transiting a Bright K Star in the Kepler Field Gelino, C., Burgasser, A. 21, AJ, 14, 11, 2MASS J : An Unresolved L.5 + T6 Spectral Binary Time allocation from Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP) award or Facilities Instrumentation Program (FIP). 142

148 PUBLICATIONS USING DATA FROM NOAO TELESCOPES Hartman, J., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 785, HAT-P-12b: A Low-Density Sub-Saturn Mass Planet Transiting a Metal-Poor K Dwarf Kacprzak, G.G., et al. 21, ApJ, 711, 533, Halo Gas and Galaxy Disk Kinematics Derived from Observations and ΛCDM Simulations of Mg II Absorption-selected Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift Latham, D., et al. 29, ApJ, 74, 117, Discovery of a Transiting Planet and Eight Eclipsing Binaries in HATNet Field G25 McLeod, K., Bechtold, J. 29, ApJ, 74, 415, Host Galaxies of z = 4 Quasars Pál, A., et al. 21, MNRAS, 41, 2665, Refined Stellar, Orbital and Planetary Parameters of the Eccentric HAT-P-2 Planetary System Rivera, E.J., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, 1492, A Super-Earth Orbiting the Nearby Sun-like Star HD 1461 Torres, G., et al. 21, ApJ, 715, 458, HAT-P-14b: A 2.2 M J Exoplanet Transiting a Bright F Star Vogt, S.S., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, 1366, A Super-Earth and Two Neptunes Orbiting the Nearby Sun-like Star 61 Virginis Willott, C.J., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 96, The Canada-France High-z Quasar Survey: Nine New Quasars and the Luminosity Function at Redshift 6 D.5 HET AND MMT During FY1 (Oct. 29 Sept. 21), 9 publications used data taken at the HET and MMT telescopes: Friel, E.D., Jacobson, H.R., Pilachowski, C.A. 21, AJ, 139, 1942, Abundances of Red Giants in Old Open Clusters. V. Be 31, Be 32, Be 39, M 67, NGC 188, and NGC 1193 Hennawi, J.F., et al. 21, ApJ, 719, 1672, Binary Quasars at High Redshift. I. 24 New Quasar Pairs at z ~ 3 4 Israel, H., et al. 21, A&A, 52, A58, The 4d Galaxy Cluster Survey Weak Lensing Programme. I. MMT/Megacam Analysis of CL at z =.5 King, J.R., Schuler, S.C., Hobbs, L.M., Pinsonneault, M.H. 21, ApJ, 71, 161, Li I and K I Scatter in Cool Pleiades Dwarfs Lawler, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 711, 1297, Gas Absorption in the KH 15D System: Further Evidence for Dust Settling in the Circumbinary Disk Magrini, L., Stanghellini, L., et al. 21, A&A, 512, A63, Metal Production in M 33: Space and Time Variations Moran, S.M., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 1126, UGC882: A Massive Disk Galaxy in Formation Time allocation from Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP) award or Facilities Instrumentation Program (FIP). 143

149 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Poleski, R., et al. 21, ApJS, 189, 134, The XO Planetary Survey Project: Astrophysical False Positives Schuler, S.C., Plunkett, A.L., King, J.R., Pinsonneault, M.H. 21, PASP, 122, 766, Fe I and Fe II Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in the Pleiades Open Cluster1 D.6 MAGELLAN During FY1 (Oct. 29 Sept. 21), 4 publications used data taken at the Magellan telescopes: Chen, H.-W., et al. 21, ApJ, 714, 1521, An Empirical Characterization of Extended Cool Gas around Galaxies Using Mg II Absorption Features Papovich, C., Lotz, J., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 153, A Spitzer-Selected Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.62 Tran, K.-V.H., Lotz, J., et al. 21, ApJ, L126, Reversal of Fortune: Confirmation of an Increasing Star Formation-Density Relation in a Cluster at z = 1.62 Wang, J.-X., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 762, Lyα-Emitting Galaxies at Redshift z ~ 4.5 in the LALA Cetus Field D.7 CHARA AND HALE During FY1 (Oct. 29 Sept. 21), zero publications used data taken at the CHARA and Hale telescopes from time assigned through the NOAO TAC. D.8 NOAO SCIENCE ARCHIVE During FY1 (Oct. 29 Sept. 21), 23 publications used data stored in the NOAO Science Archive: Assef, R.J., et al. 21, ApJ, 713, 97, Low-Resolution Spectral Templates for Active Galactic Nuclei and Galaxies from.3 to 3 μm Brown, M. 29, 5th International Workshop on the Dark Side of the Universe, eds. C. Balazs and F. Weing (AIP), 57, Slow Galaxy Growth within Rapidly Growing Dark Matter Halos Bussmann, R., Dey, A. 29, ASP Conf. 48, eds. W. Wang, et al. (ASP), 461, HST Morphologies of z ~ 2 Dust Obscured Galaxies Bussmann, R., Dey, A., Jannuzi, B., et al. 29, ApJ, 75, 184, Infrared Luminosities and Dust Properties of z 2 Dust-Obscured Galaxies Calchi Novati, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 717, 987, M31 Pixel Lensing Event OAB-N2: A Study of the Lens Proper Motion Dey, A., et al. 29, ASP Conf. 48, eds. W. Wang, et al. (ASP), 411, The Pedigrees of DOGs (Dust- Obscured Galaxies) Time allocation from Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP) award or Facilities Instrumentation Program (FIP). 144

150 PUBLICATIONS USING DATA FROM NOAO TELESCOPES Eisenhardt, P. Dey, A., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 2455, Ultracool Field Brown Dwarf Candidates Selected at 4.5 μm El Bouchefry, K. 29, Astronomische Nachrichten, 33, 871, The K-z Diagram of FIRST Radio Sources Identified in the Boötes and Cetus Fields Freedman Woods, D., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 1857, Triggered Star Formation in Galaxy Pairs at z =.8.38 Geller, M., et al. 21, ApJ, 79, 832, SHELS: Testing Weak-Lensing Maps with Redshift Surveys Glikman, E., Dey, A., Jannuzi, B., et al. 21, ApJ, 71, 1498, The Faint End of the Quasar Luminosity Function at z ~ 4 Hickox, R., et al. 29, ASP Conf. 48, eds. W. Wang, et al. (ASP), 341, Clustering, Host Galaxies, and Evolution of AGN Kozlowski, S., Dey, A., Jannuzi, B.T., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 53, Mid-Infrared Variability from the Spitzer Deep Wide-Field Survey Long, K.S., et al. 21, ApJS, 187, 495, The Chandra ACIS Survey of M33: X-ray, Optical, and Radio Properties of the Supernova Remnants Mancone, C.L., et al. 21, ApJ, 72, 284, The Formation of Massive Cluster Galaxies Merluzzi, P., et al. 21, MNRAS, 42, 753, ACCESS: NIR Luminosity Function and Stellar Mass Function of Galaxies in the Shapley Supercluster Environment Meusinger, H., et al. 21, A&A, 512, A1, J (Sharov 21): Not a Remarkable Nova in M 31 but a Background Quasar with a Spectacular UV Flare Muchovej, S., et al. 21, ApJ, 716, 521, Radio Sources from a 31 GHz Sky Survey with the Sunyaev- Zel dovich Array Rujopakarn, W., Jannuzi, B.T., Dey, A., et al. 21, ApJ, 718, 1171, The Evolution of the Star Formation Rate of Galaxies at. z 1.2 Sánchez-Blázquez, P., et al. 29, MNRAS, 4, 1264, Are Dry Mergers Dry, Moist or Wet? Wang, J.-X., et al. 29, ApJ, 76, 762, Lyα -Emitting Galaxies at Redshift z ~ 4.5 in the LALA Cetus Field Werk, J., Knezek, P.M., Smith, R.C., et al. 21, AJ, 139, 279, Outlying H II Regions in H I- Selected Galaxies Westra, E., et al. 21, ApJ, 78, 534, Evolution of the Hα Luminosity Function 145

151 E USAGE STATISTICS FOR ARCHIVED DATA The first two tables below illustrate access to and usage of reduced data in the NOAO Science Archive (R2) from NOAO Survey programs. The table on the left shows the data download volume in gigabytes, the number of files retrieved and the number of unique visitors (for that month) who downloaded archive data through the ftp site. The table on the right shows the Web activity logged from the NOAO Science Archive Web site. It includes users (visitors) collecting additional information before or after downloading data, as well as visualization of the data online. Archive Data Retrieval Activity (ftp) NOAO Science Archive Web Site Activity Retrieved Files Unique Bandwidth Pages Unique Date (GB) Retrieved Visitors Date (GB) Viewed Visitors Oct , Oct , Nov Nov , Dec ,966 9 Dec , Jan ,6 26 Jan , Feb Feb , Mar , Mar ,886 1,56 Apr , Apr ,52 91 May ,895 3 May , Jun Jun , Jul , Jul , Aug ,13 63 Aug , Sep , Sep , Total: 1, , Total: 1, ,854 1,461 The NOAO SkyNode provides access to catalogs and is complementary to the NOAO Science Archive, which provides access to images. Tucson NOAO SkyNode Bandwidth Pages Unique Date (MB) Viewed Visitors Oct , Nov , Dec , Jan , Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Total: ,898 3,88 146

152 USAGE STATISTICS FOR ARCHIVED DATA The NOAO Portal provides principal investigators (PIs) access to their raw data from all instruments and to pipeline-reduced products from the Mosaic instruments at the CTIO and KPNO 4- meter telescopes and the NEWFIRM instrument. After the requisite proprietary period (usually 18 months), the data become accessible to the general public. Portal Data Retrieval Activity (ftp) NVO Portal Data Retrieval Activity Bandwidth Pages Unique Bandwidth Pages Unique Date (GB) Viewed Visitors Date (MB) Viewed Visitors Oct Oct , Nov , Nov , Dec Dec , Jan ,118 4 Jan , Feb , Feb 21 1, , Mar ,635 2 Mar , Apr , Apr , May , May , Jun Jun , Jul , Jul , Aug , Aug , Sep , Sep Total: 2, , Total: 7, ,625 5,89 147

153 F TELESCOPE PROPOSAL STATISTICS F.1 STANDARD PROPOSALS FOR 21A The following tables list 21A observing request statistics for resources in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only new standard proposals submitted to the 21A NOAO TAC are included here. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Subscription Scheduled for Rate for New New Programs Programs CT-4m SOAR CT-1.5m CT-1.3m CT-1.m CT-.9m Kitt Peak National Observatory Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Subscription Scheduled for Rate for New New Programs Programs KP-4m WIYN KP-2.1m KP-.9m Gemini Observatory Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Subscription Scheduled for Rate for New New Programs Programs GEM-N GEM-S

154 TELESCOPE PROPOSAL STATISTICS Community-Access Telescopes Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Subscription Scheduled for Rate for New New Programs Programs CHARA Magellan-I Magellan-II MMT Hale * - Nights allocated by NOAO Director F.2 SURVEY PROPOSALS FOR 21A The following table lists 21A observing request statistics for resources in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only new survey proposals submitted to the 21A NOAO TAC are included here. NOAO 21A Survey Proposals Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Scheduled for Subscription New Programs Rate for New ( ) Programs KP-4m WIYN KP-2.1m KP-.9m CT-4m SOAR CT-1.5m CT-.9m GEM-S * - Nights allocated by NOAO Director - Calculated using a maximum of 2% of available nights on the particular telescope 149

155 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 F.3 STANDARD PROPOSALS FOR 21B The following tables list 21B observing request statistics for resources in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only new standard proposals submitted to the 21B NOAO TAC are included here. Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Scheduled for New Programs Subscription Rate for New Programs CT-4m SOAR CT-1.5m CT-1.3m CT-1.m CT-.9m Kitt Peak National Observatory Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Scheduled for New Programs Subscription Rate for New Programs KP-4m WIYN KP-2.1m Gemini Observatory Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Scheduled for New Programs Subscription Rate for New Programs GEM-N GEM-S

156 TELESCOPE PROPOSAL STATISTICS Community-Access Telescopes Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Scheduled for New Programs Subscription Rate for New Programs Keck-I Keck-II Magellan-I Magellan-II MMT Hale * - Nights allocated by NOAO Director F.4 SURVEY PROPOSALS FOR 21B The following table lists 21B observing request statistics for resources in the US ground-based observing system coordinated by NOAO. Only new survey proposals submitted to the 21B NOAO TAC are included here. NOAO 21B Survey Proposals Telescope Requests Nights Requested Average Request Nights Allocated DD Nights (*) Nights Previously Allocated Nights Scheduled for Subscription New Programs Rate for New ( ) Programs KP-2.1m KP-.9m CT-4m SOAR CT-1.5m CT-.9m GEM-S * - Nights allocated by NOAO Director - Calculated using a maximum of 2% of available nights on the particular telescope 151

157 G OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Demographics for the 499 observing programs and their investigators are provided below. Following these statistics are lists of the observing programs by observatory and semester. Annual Summary Data Observing Programs for Semesters 21A/B (Excludes NOAO Staff) Description US Foreign Number of U.S. observing programs scheduled on NOAO telescopes (includes programs under TSIP/FIP on private telescopes) Number of investigators (PIs + Co-Is) associated with approved observing programs Number of Ph.D. thesis observers Number of non-thesis graduate students Number of discrete institutions represented Number US states represented (including District of Columbia & Puerto Rico) 39 NA Number of foreign countries represented NA 34 States of Origin of US Investigators of Approved Observing Programs Semesters 21A/B (Excludes NOAO Staff) 7 2 NH VT MA 4 RI NJ 1 DE 56 MD 13 DC 27 CT HI Investigators by State to 1, 12 1 to 5, 12 5 to 15, 9 15 to 4, 15 4 to 25, PR 152

158 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Investigators by Country Observing Programs for Semesters 21A/B (Excludes NOAO Staff) Country* # USA 96 United Kingdom 16 Chile 68 Canada 53 Germany 46 France 38 Australia 33 Japan 2 Italy 16 Spain 14 Taiwan 13 The Netherlands 12 Brazil 1 Korea 1 Israel 9 India 7 Argentina 5 Switzerland 5 South Africa 4 Austria 3 China 3 Czech Republic 3 Denmark 3 Sweden 3 Greece 2 Hungary 2 Ireland 2 Russia 2 Ukraine 2 Belgium 1 Mexico 1 New Zealand 1 Poland 1 Portugal 1 * The location of the investigator s institution determines the country of origin for the investigator. Top 1 US Institutions with the Most Unique Investigators Observing Programs for Semesters 21A/B (Excludes NOAO Staff) # of Rank US Institution Investigators 1 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 38 2 University of Wisconsin, Madison 36 3 University of California, Berkeley 33 4 California Institute of Technology 32 5 University of Arizona 29 6 University of Florida 27 7 Indiana University 24 8 Yale University 22 9 Space Telescope Science Institute 21 1 California Institute of Technology-JPL 18 Top 1 Foreign Institutions with the Most Unique Investigators Observing Programs for Semesters 21A/B (Excludes NOAO Staff) # of Rank Foreign Institution Investigators 1 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile 17 2 Gemini Observatory South, Chile 16 3 Australian National University, Australia; Max Planck Institut für Astronomie, Germany 14 4 University of Toronto, Canada 13 5 University of Oxford, England 12 6 European Southern Observatory, Germany; Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Canada 11 7 Universidad de Chile, Chile 1 8 Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain; Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille, France; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Cambridge, England; University of Durham, England; Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 8 9 Instituto Nazionale di Astrofísica, Italy; Max-Planck Institute für extraterrestrische Physik, Germany; Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; University of Hertfordshire, England; University of Leicester, England; University of Montreal, Canada; University of Nottingham, England 7 1 Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, ROC; University of Exeter, England 6 153

159 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 G.1 CERRO TOLOLO INTER-AMERICAN OBSERVATORY Blanco 4-m: 9% of time available to public through NOAO TAC; 1% to Chilean proposers SOAR 4.1-m Telescope: The U.S. community has access to approximately 3% of SOAR time. CTIO Small Telescopes: NOAO has access to 25% time on each of the four telescopes now operated by the SMARTS consortium: CTIO 1.5-m, 1.3-m (former 2MASS), 1.-m, and.9-m telescopes. CTIO Semester 21A CTIO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (44), and US Theses (22) Telescope Nights K. Allers (Bucknell U.), M. Liu (U. of Hawai i): A Novel Approach to Finding New Brown Dwarfs in Ophiuchus B. Anthony-Twarog, B. Twarog (U. of Kansas): Extended Stromgren Photometry in the Intermediate-age Open Cluster, NGC 5822 B. Barlow (G) (U. of North Carolina), S. Geier (Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg), P. Maxted (Keele University), U. Heber (Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg), T. Marsh (University of Warwick), R. Oestensen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), A. Tillich (G), S. Mueller (U), T. Kupfer (U) (Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte Bamberg), B. Gaensicke (University of Warwick), R. Napiwotzki (University of Hertfordshire): HYPER-MUCHFUSS Follow up J. Bauer, A. Mainzer (JPL), T. Grav (Johns Hopkins U.), T. Team (JPL): Physical Characterization of WISE Discoveries B. Biller, K. Allers (U. of Hawai i): A Systematic Survey for Very Young Planetary Mass Objects CT-4m 2 CT-.9m 5 SOAR 4 SOAR 4 CT-4m 2 H. Bond (STScI): SMARTS Monitoring of the Exotic Variable Star V838 Monocerotis CT-1.5m-SVC CT-1.3m R. Campbell, R. Students (U), R. Smith, N. van der Bliek (CTIO): CTIO REU/PIA Observations: Photometry of Polars B. Cobb (UC Berkeley), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), J. Bloom (UC Berkeley): Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS CT-1.m 8 CT-1.3m 3 A. Crotts (Columbia U.): The Echo from Supernova 1987A CT-.9m-SVC 2 N. Elias-Rosa (O), S. Van Dyk (O) (SSC): Observations of Core-Collapse Supernovae with Candidate Progenitor Identifications CT-1.3m SOAR-TOO 1.4 H. Flohic (UC Irvine), M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.), K. Lewis (Dickinson College): Determining the Structure of an AGN Accretion Disk through Spectroscopic Monitoring of a Double-Peaked Emitter L. French (Illinois Wesleyan U.), S. Lederer (Cal State San Bernadino), R. Stephens (O) (Riverside Astronomical Society): Phase Curves of Jovian Trojan Asteroids CT-1.5m-SVC 2.8 CT-.9m-SVC 4.5 D. Gies, S. Williams (G), R. Matson (G) (Georgia State U.): Massive Eclipsing Binary Stars CT-1.5m-SVC 5 Key: (T) = Thesis Student; (G) = Graduate; (U) = Undergraduate; (O) = Other 154

160 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B CTIO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (44), and US Theses (22) Telescope Nights M. Hanson (U. of Cincinnati), P. Massey (Lowell Observatory), N. Melena (U) (U. of Arizona), L. Penny (College of Charleston): Massive Binaries in the Local Group s Most Massive Young Cluster T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), G. Benedict, T. Barnes (U. of Texas, Austin), M. Feast (University of Cape Town): An Astrometric Calibration of Population II Distance Indicators P. Hartigan, J. Palmer (G) (Rice U.), B. Blue (General Atomics), M. Douglas (LANL), A. Frank (U. of Rochester), J. Foster, P. Rosen (AWE): Star Formation, Globules, Outflows and Clusters in Carina OB1 L. Hebb, K. Stassun (Vanderbilt U.), D. Pollacco (Queens University Belfast), A. Cameron (University of St. Andrews), J. Pepper (Vanderbilt U.), S. Fleming (G) (U. of Florida): Calibrating Stellar Evolution Models and Defining the Radius-Activity and -Metallicity Relations for M dwarfs K. Hinkle (NOAO), F. Fekel (Tennessee State U.), R. Joyce (NOAO): Orbital Survey of Red Giant - White Dwarf SNe Ia Progenitors A. Landolt, J. Clem (Louisiana State U.): Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star Fields: CTIO S. Lepine (American Museum of Natural History), K. Cruz (Hunter College), I. Reid (STScI): Completing the Inventory of the Nearest 2pc: Spectral Classification of 1,31 candidate Nearby Stars K. Long (STScI), P. Rodriguez-Gil (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), L. Schmidtobreick (ESO), B. Gaensicke (University of Warwick): Fighting for Accretion: the Origins of Low States in Cataclysmic Variables J. Mauerhan (California Institute of Technology), S. Van Dyk (IPAC), P. Morris (NASA Herschel Science Center): Obscured Massive Stellar X-ray Sources in the Galactic Plane S. Meibom (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Barnes (Lowell Observatory), R. Mathieu (U. of Wisconsin Madison): The Connections between Binarity, Circumstellar Disks, and Stellar Rotation T. Metcalfe (HAO), T. Henry (Georgia State U.), D. Soderblom (STScI), S. Basu (Yale U.), P. Judge, M. Knolker, M. Rempel (HAO): Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets C. Miller (CTIO), P. Gomez (Gemini Observatory), N. Miller (Johns Hopkins U.), G. Morrison (U. of Hawai i): Near-Infrared Survey of the Abell 1882 Super-Group M. Norris, S. Kannappan (U. of North Carolina): Unified Analysis of Spheroid and Disk Dynamics in Ss A. Rest (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Becker (U. of Washington), M. Bergmann (None), S. Blondin (ESO), P. Challis (O) (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Clocchiatti (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), K. Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), G. Damke (G) (CTIO), R. Foley, A. Garg (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Huber (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), T. Matheson (NOAO), D. Minniti (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), K. Olsen (NOAO), J. Prieto (Ohio State U.), B. Sinnott (G) (McMaster University), R. Smith (CTIO), N. Suntzeff (Texas A&M U.), D. Welch (McMaster University), M. Wood-Vasey (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Echoes of Historical Supernovae in the Milky Way Galaxy CT-1.3m 2.5 CT-.9m-SVC.5 CT-4m 8 CT-1.m 7 CT-1.5m-SVC 4 CT-1.m 26 CT-4m 1 CT-1.3m 1 SOAR 2 CT-4m-PRE 2 CT-1.5m-SVC 4.4 CT-4m 1 SOAR 6 CT-4m 8 A. Rivkin (Johns Hopkins U.): Quantifying Rotational Variation on the Dwarf Planet Ceres CT-1.5m-SVC 1 155

161 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 CTIO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (44), and US Theses (22) Telescope Nights K. Sahu, H. Bond, J. Anderson (STScI), M. Dominik (University of St. Andrews), A. Udalski (Warsaw University Observatory), P. Yock (University of Auckland): Detecting Isolated Black Holes through HST Astrometry and SMARTS Photometry of Microlensing Events S. Sakai (UCLA), L. van Zee (Indiana U.), J. Lee (Carnegie Observatories), R. Kennicutt, Jr (University of Cambridge), J. Funes (Vatican Observatory): Surface Photometry of Local Volume Galaxies A. Sarajedini (U. of Florida), S. Kanbur (SUNY at Oswego), K. Kinemuchi (U. of Florida), C. Ngeow (National Central University): Unlocking the Secrets of the Oosterhoff Effect: A Period-Amplitude-Color Analysis of RR Lyrae Variables CT-1.3m 3 CT-1.m 9 CT-1.m 1 M. Schwamb (G), M. Brown (California Institute of Technology): Monitoring Cometary Activity in the Centaur Population S. Sheppard (Carnegie Institution of Washington), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory): A Survey for L5 Neptune Trojans CT-1.5m-SVC CT-1.3m CT-.9m-SVC SOAR CT-4m S. Sheppard (Carnegie Institution of Washington), J. Elliot (MIT), S. Kern (STScI), C. Zuluaga (G), A. Gulbis (MIT): Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations J. Stauffer (IPAC), M. Morales-Calderon, L. Rebull (SSC), K. Covey (Cornell U.), L. Allen (NOAO), J. Carpenter (California Institute of Technology), D. Ciardi (NEXScI), K. Wood (University of St. Andrews), P. Plavchan (NEXScI), B. Whitney (Space Science Institute): Synoptic Monitoring of Star-Forming Cores J. Stauffer, P. Plavchan, M. Morales-Calderon, L. Rebull (California Institute of Technology), B. Whitney (Space Science Institute): New Constraints for YSO Inner Accretion Disks with Spitzer and Spartan G. Stringfellow, J. Bally (U. of Colorado), R. Probst, L. Allen (NOAO): A Deep Emission Line Study of the Ophiuchus Cloud CT-.9m-SVC 4.2 CT-1.3m 4 SOAR 3 CT-4m 1 A. Tokovinin (CTIO): Complete Census of Wide Companions to Nearby Stars CT-1.3m 2.8 D. Trilling, C. Thomas (Northern Arizona U.), J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), B. Penprase (Pomona College), J. Emery (U. of Tennessee), J. Kistler (G) (Northern Arizona U.), T. Spahr (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): High Quality Optical Photometry of NEOs in Support of a Warm Spitzer Program SOAR CT-.9m 2 7 D. Tucker (FNAL), D. Depoy (Texas A&M U.), R. Schmidt (O) (CTIO), B. Flaugher (FNAL), J. Smith (Austin Peay State University), S. Allam (FNAL): Calibration and Characterization of Stars, Galaxies, and Quasars in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) grizy Filter System S. Veilleux, M. Trippe, R. Swaters (U. of Maryland), D. Rupke (U. of Hawai i), A. McCormick (G) (U. of Maryland): Deep Emission-Line Imaging of Local Galactic Winds with NEWFIRM S. Wachter (California Institute of Technology), S. Van Dyk, J. Mauerhan, D. Hoard (SSC), P. Morris (NASA Herschel Science Center): The Nature of Mid-Infrared Circumstellar Shells Discovered with the Spitzer Space Telescope A. Walker (CTIO), G. Bono (University of Rome Tor Vergata), A. Calamida (ESO), P. Stetson (National Research Council of Canada): Accurate and Precise IR Photometry of Omega Centauri P. Winkler (Middlebury College), K. Long (STScI), W. Blair (Johns Hopkins U.), R. Smith (CTIO): Young SNRs, Nonradiative Shocks, and Cosmic Rays: Measuring the Expansion of SN 16 and RCW 86 CT-1.m 7 CT-4m 5 SOAR 3 CT-4m 1 CT-4m 5 156

162 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B CTIO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (44), and US Theses (22) Telescope Nights US Thesis Programs (22) L. Allen (NOAO), T. Megeath (U. of Toledo), L. Bronfman (Universidad de Chile), R. Probst (NOAO), S. Willis (T) (Iowa State U.), L. Chavarria (Universidad de Chile), M. Marengo (Iowa State U.), G. Stringfellow, J. Bally (U. of Colorado), S. Carey (SSC): The Fourth Galactic Quadrant: NEWFIRM Imaging of Southern Massive Star Forming Regions J. Bornak (T), T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), K. Gordon (STScI): Evolution of Classical Novae Dust Shells J. Carlin (T), S. Majewski (U. of Virginia), R. Munoz (Yale U.): Fixing the Extragalactic Reference Frame for the Proper Motion of the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal S. Dieterich (T), T. Henry (Georgia State U.): Probing Stellar Physics at the Bottom of the Main Sequence: Continuing to Map the Optical Color Space for Spectral Types M6V to L5 B. Donehew (T), S. Brittain (Clemson U.): Balmer Discontinuity Veiling as a Measure of Mass Accretion Rates in Herbig Ae/Be Stars E. Ellingson, E. Zekis (T) (U. of Colorado), T. Webb (McGill University), R. Yan, H. Yee (University of Toronto), A. Muzzin (Yale U.), D. Gilbank (University of Waterloo): A Wide-Field Multi-Wavelength Study of RCS Galaxy Clusters: Tracing Star Formation from the Field to Cluster Cores L. Esch (T), C. Bailyn, S. Basu (Yale U.): Determining the Helium Abundance of Pulsating Blue Subdwarfs in Clusters through Asteroseismology J. Faherty (G) (American Museum of Natural History), D. Looper (T) (U. of Hawai i), S. Mohanty (Imperial College London), A. Burgasser (UC San Diego): Deciphering the Classical T Tauri Phase in Very Low Mass Stars: Photometric Monitoring of TWA3AB J. Faherty (T) (American Museum of Natural History), A. Burgasser (UC San Diego), N. van der Bliek (CTIO), K. Cruz (Hunter College), F. Vrba (US Naval Observatory), S. Schmidt (G) (U. of Washington), M. Shara (American Museum of Natural History), A. West (Boston U.), J. Bochanski (MIT): The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project: Parallaxes for Southern Low Luminosity Brown Dwarfs A. Fraisse (T) (Princeton U.), A. Magalhaes (IAGUSP), D. Spergel (Princeton U.), R. Patterson, S. Majewski (U. of Virginia): Towards a Complete View of the High Galactic Latitude Dust Polarization Pattern E. Gawiser, J. Walker-Soler (T), N. Bond (Rutgers U.), C. Gronwall, R. Ciardullo, A. Matkovic (Pennsylvania State U.), J. Feldmeier (Youngstown State U.), L. Guaita (G), H. Francke, N. Padilla (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), P. Kurczynski, M. Berry (G) (Rutgers U.): Ly-α Emitting Galaxies at z = 2.1: Characterizing the Progenitors of Typical Present-Day Galaxies J. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Crook (T) (MIT), T. Jarrett (IPAC), K. Masters (University of Portsmouth), L. Macri (Texas A&M U.): Mapping the Nearby Universe: The 2MASS Redshift Survey R. Hynes, C. Britt (T) (Louisiana State U.), P. Jonker (Space Research Institute), G. Nelemans (Radboud University Nijmegen), D. Steeghs (University of Warwick), T. Maccarone (University of Southampton), C. Bassa (University of Manchester), V. Mikles, L. Gossen (U) (Louisiana State U.): Eclipsing and Variable X-ray Binaries in the Galactic Bulge Survey CT-4m 7 CT-1.m 4 CT-4m 3 SOAR 4 CT-1.5m-SVC 4.5 CT-4m 4 SOAR 3 CT-1.3m 1 CT-4m 4 CT-.9m 1 CT-4m 4 CT-1.5m-SVC 4 CT-4m 8 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 157

163 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 CTIO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (44), and US Theses (22) Telescope Nights B. Mason, W. Hartkopf (US Naval Observatory), T. Henry, W. Jao (Georgia State U.), J. Subasavage (CTIO), A. Riedel (T), J. Winters (T) (Georgia State U.): Nearby Dwarf Stars: Duplicity, Binarity, and Masses N. Richardson (T), D. Gies (Georgia State U.): Spectroscopic Monitoring of Luminous Blue Variables J. Song (T), J. Mohr, S. Desai, R. Armstrong (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), C. Stubbs (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), J. Carlstrom, R. Keisler (T) (U. of Chicago), B. Holzapfel (UC Berkeley), A. Zenteno (G) (Loyola Marymount University): Optical/NIR Studies of South Pole Telescope Galaxy Clusters and Point Sources R. Stevenson (T) (UCLA), H. Hsieh (Queens University Belfast), D. Jewitt (UCLA), Y. Fernandez (University of Central Florida): Albedos of Small Hilda Asteroids CT-4m-PRE 3 CT-1.5m-SVC 4.9 CT-4m 12 SOAR 3 R. Stevenson (T), D. Jewitt (UCLA): The Thermal History of the Themis Family SOAR 3 D. Tytler, D. Kirkman, C. Zeisse, D. Lubin, A. Day (T), J. Lee (G), B. Ou (U) (UC San Diego): QSO Light on New Physics B. Zuckerman, D. Rodriguez (T) (UCLA), C. Melis (UC San Diego), I. Song (U. of Georgia): Hunting the Coolest Substellar Dwarfs R. de Propris (NOAO), P. Lah (Australian National University), J. Chengalur (NCRA), F. Briggs, J. Rhee (T) (Australian National University), M. Colless (Anglo-Australian Observatory), O. Le Fevre (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), B. Garilli (INAF), M. Pracy (Swinburne University): Gas in Galaxies at Redshift z ~.32 P. van Dokkum, R. Bezanson (T), G. Brammer (T) (Yale U.), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory), G. Illingworth (UC Santa Cruz), M. Kriek (Princeton U.), I. Labbe (Carnegie Observatories), B. Lundgren, D. Marchesini, A. Muzzin (Yale U.), R. Quadri (Leiden Observatory), G. Rudnick (U. of Kansas), T. Tal (T), D. Wake, K. Whitaker (T) (Yale U.): The NEWFIRM Medium Band Survey II: Hunting Monster Galaxies CT-4m 3 CT-4m 6 CT-4m 7 CT-4m 12 CTIO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Foreign Programs (18), and Foreign Theses (1) Telescope Nights P. Aguirre (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) SOAR 2 L. Barrera (UMCE) SOAR 2.5 M. Catelan (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) SOAR 4 A. Day-Jones (Universidad de Chile) SOAR 1 G. Folatelli (LCO) SOAR 2.5 H. Francke (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 4 M. Hempel (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 4 R. Kurtev (Universidad de Valparaíso) SOAR 2 J. Lee, J. Lee (G) (Sejong University), Y. Lee, S. Han (G) (Yonsei University), B. Carney, B. Pohl (G) (U. of North Carolina): Globular Clusters as Galaxy Building Blocks CT-1.m 1 P. Lira (Universidad de Chile) CT-4m 2 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 158

164 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B CTIO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Foreign Programs (18), and Foreign Theses (1) Telescope Nights C. Ngeow (National Central University), S. Kanbur (SUNY at Oswego), L. Macri (Texas A&M U.): Observations of Southern Galactic Cepheids in Sloan Filters CT-.9m-SVC 15 N. Padilla (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 4 M. Rabus (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 2 T. Richtler (Universidad de Concepción) CT-4m 2 T. Richtler (Universidad de Concepción) CT-4m 2 A. Scholz (University of St. Andrews), R. Jayawardhana, V. Geers, K. Muzic (University of Toronto): SONYC: The Bottom of the IMF in the Lupus Star Forming Region CT-4m 4 S. Sharma (Universidad de Valparaíso) CT-4m 2 E. Valenti (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 3 Foreign Thesis Programs (1) L. Malo (T), R. Doyon, E. Artigau, D. Lafreniere (University of Montreal): Lithium Test of Low-Mass Candidate Members of Nearby Young Associations CT-4m 4 CTIO Semester 21B CTIO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (37), and US Theses (16) Telescope Nights G. Aldering (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), M. Childress (G) (UC Berkeley), R. Thomas, S. Perlmutter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory): Host Galaxies of Hubble Flow Type Ia Supernovae J. Bauer, A. Mainzer (CalTech-JPL), T. Grav (Johns Hopkins U.), R. Cutri (California Institute of Technology), J. Masiero, T. Team (O) (CalTech-JPL): Physical Characterization of Southern WISE Discoveries (to the End of Cryogenic Mission) D. Clowe (Ohio U.), D. Johnston (FNAL), M. Ulmer (Northwestern U.), J. Annis, J. Kubo (FNAL), K. Murphy (G) (Ohio U.), C. Adami (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), S. Allam (FNAL), R. Kron (U. of Chicago), D. Tucker (FNAL), V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), H. Lin (FNAL), C. Schimd (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), C. Benoist (Observatoire de la Cote d Azur), R. Gavazzi (IAP), T. Schrabback (Leiden University), L. Guennou (G) (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), R. Santana (G) (Ohio State U.): Photometric Redshifts of Weak Lensing Tomography of Galaxy Clusters B. Cobb (UC Berkeley), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), J. Bloom (UC Berkeley): Optical/IR Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts from SMARTS SOAR 3 SOAR 4 SOAR 2 CT-1.3m 3.6 A. Crotts (Columbia U.): The Echo from Supernova 1987A CT-.9m-SVC 4 A. Day-Jones SOAR 3 L. French (Illinois Wesleyan U.), S. Lederer (Cal State San Bernadino), P. Abell (PSI), D. Rohl (U) (Illinois Wesleyan U.), R. Stephens (O) (Riverside Astronomical Society): Photometry of an Object in a Comet-Like Orbit and Jovian Trojan Asteroids CT-.9m 7 Key: (T) = Thesis Student; (G) = Graduate; (U) = Undergraduate; (O) = Other 159

165 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 CTIO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (37), and US Theses (16) Telescope Nights L. Hebb, K. Stassun (Vanderbilt U.), A. Collier-Cameron (U. of St. Andrews), D. Pollacco (Queens U. Belfast), J. Pepper (Vanderbilt U.), S. Fleming (G) (U. of Florida): Measuring metallicities of Benchmark Eclipsing Binaries and Eclipsing M dwarfs J. Homan (MIT), M. Van Den Berg (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), D. Maitra (U. of Michigan), J. Fridriksson (G) (MIT), E. Cackett (U. of Michigan): What powered the most luminous neutron-star transient? CT-.9m-SVC 7 CT-1.3m 1.9 H. Hsieh (U. of Hawai i): Nucleus Characterization of Main-Belt Comet P/Read SOAR 2 C. Johnson (G) (Indiana U.), M. Rich (UCLA), C. Pilachowski (Indiana U.), R. De Propris (CTIO): Chemical Abundances and the Formation and Evolution of the Galactic Bulge J. Johnson, K. Schlesinger (G), J. Orwig (U) (Ohio State U.): The Metallicity of the Halo: Calibration of M giants B. Keeney, J. Stocke, S. Penton, J. Green (U. of Colorado), B. Savage (U. of Wisconsin Madison): Gas and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines D. Kelson, P. McCarthy, A. Dressler, J. Mulchaey, S. Shectman, A. Oemler (Carnegie Observatories), H. Yan (Ohio State U.): The Carnegie Spitzer IMACS Survey A. Kunder, R. de Propris (CTIO), A. Walker (NOAO): The Oosterhoff period shift effect in NGC1851 and NGC288: nature or nurture? M. Lacy (NRAO), S. Oliver (University of Sussex), M. Jarvis (University of Hertfordshire), R. Norris (CSIRO), C. Lonsdale (NRAO), G. Wilson (UC Riverside), C. Maraston (University of Portsmouth), E. Middelberg (Ruhr Universitat, Bochum), D. Farrah (University of Sussex), J. Surace (SSC), J. Pforr (G) (University of Portsmouth), E. Van Kampen (ESO), M. Vaccari (Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova), S. Ridgway (CTIO), J. Mauduit (IPAC): Optical imaging of southern extragalactic fields with multiwavelength coverage A. Landolt, J. Clem (Louisiana State U.): Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: CTIO K. Long (STScI), P. Rodriguez-Gil (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), L. Schmidtobreick (ESO), B. Gaensicke (University of Warwick): Fighting for accretion: the origin of low states in cataclysmic variables B. Mason (US Naval Observatory), A. Tokovinin (CTIO), W. Hartkopf (US Naval Observatory), D. Gies (Georgia State U.), J. Patience (University of Exeter): Stellar Multiplicity and Masses P. Massey, K. Neugent (U) (Lowell Observatory), K. Olsen (NOAO), B. Skiff (O) (Lowell Observatory), G. Meynet, A. Maeder (Geneva Observatory): A Census of Yellow Supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds: Testing Massive Star Evolutionary Models R. McMillan (U. of Arizona), A. Mainzer, J. Masiero (CalTech-JPL), J. Larsen (US Naval Academy), J. Scotti (O) (U. of Arizona): Astrometric Search and Recovery of Asteroids and Comets Discovered by WISE S. Meibom (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Barnes (Lowell Observatory), A. Geller, R. Mathieu (U. of Wisconsin Madison): The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation CT-4m 4 CT-1.5m-SVC 6 CT-4m 6 CT-4m 11 CT-1.m 6 CT-4m 7 CT-1.m 29 CT-1.3m 1.2 SOAR 4 CT-4m 8 CT-4m-TOO CT-4m 3 E. Olszewski (U. of Arizona), A. Saha, K. Olsen (NOAO): A Sensitive Test of Whether the LMC Contains a Tidal Streamer That Extends All the Way to the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal CT-1.m CT-4m

166 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B CTIO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (37), and US Theses (16) Telescope Nights C. Papovich, D. Depoy (Texas A&M U.), M. Dickinson (NOAO), K. Finkelstein, S. Finkelstein (Texas A&M U.), J. Lotz (NOAO), I. Momcheva (Carnegie Observatories), A. Muzzin (Yale U.), G. Rudnick (U. of Kansas), K. Tran (Texas A&M U.), P. van Dokkum (Yale U.), C. Willmer (University of Arizona): NEWFIRM Observations of a Massive Conglomeration of Galaxy Cluster Candidates at 1.3 < z < 2. R. Probst (NOAO), R. Barba (Universidad de La Serena), A. Bolatto (U. of Maryland), Y. Chu (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), S. Points (CTIO), M. Rubio (Universidad de Chile), R. Smith (CTIO): A Deep H_2 Imaging Survey of Star Forming Regions in the Magellanic Clouds K. Sahu, H. Bond, J. Anderson (STScI), M. Dominik (U. of St. Andrews), A. Udalski (Warsaw University Observatory), P. Yock (University of Auckland): Detecting Isolated Black Holes through HST Astrometry and SMARTS Photometry of Microlensing Events S. Sheppard (Carnegie Institution of Washington), J. Elliot (MIT), S. Kern (STScI), C. Zuluaga (G), A. Gulbis (MIT): Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations CT-4m 5 CT-4m 11 CT-1.3m 2 CT-.9m-SVC 4.2 M. Smith (CTIO): Spectroscopic status of Light Pollution at CTIO CT-1.5m-SVC.2 J. Stauffer, M. Morales-Calderon, P. Plavchan (California Institute of Technology): Synoptic Monitoring of Star-Forming Cores C. Thomas, D. Trilling (Northern Arizona U.), J. Emery (U. of Tennessee), J. Hora (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Delbo (Observatoire de la Cote d Azur): Physical Characterization of Warm Spitzer Observed Near-Earth Objects A. Tokovinin (CTIO), D. Latham, G. Torres (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Comprehensive statistics of multiple stars CT-1.3m 4 CT-1.5m-SVC 3 CT-1.5m-SVC 11 D. Trilling, C. Thomas (Northern Arizona U.), J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), B. Penprase (Pomona College), J. Emery (U. of Tennessee), J. Kistler (G) (Northern Arizona U.), T. Spahr (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program SOAR CT-.9m 2 1 C. Tsai, L. Yan, T. Jarrett (IPAC), S. Petty (UCLA), S. Stanford (UC Davis), P. Eisenhardt (CalTech-JPL), E. Wright (UCLA), C. Lonsdale (NRAO), D. Benford (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), A. Blain (California Institute of Technology), R. Cutri (IPAC): Probing the Most Luminous, High-Redshift Galaxies Discovered by WISE S. Veilleux, M. Trippe (U. of Maryland), R. Swaters (NOAO), D. Rupke (U. of Hawai i), A. McCormick (G) (U. of Maryland): Deep Emission-Line Imaging of Local Galactic Winds with NEWFIRM: Part II. A. Walker (NOAO), G. Andreuzzi (TNG), G. Bono, A. Cecco (Universita tor Vergata de Roma), A. Kunder (NOAO), P. Stetson (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics): Multipopulations in NGC 288: helium or not helium? SOAR 4 CT-4m 5 CT-4m 1 L. Wasserman (Lowell Observatory): Colors of Distant Solar System Objects CT-4m 2 L. Winter (U. of Colorado), S. Veilleux (U. of Maryland), D. Rupke (U. of Hawai i), J. Stocke, B. Keeney (U. of Colorado), M. Koss (G) (U. of Maryland): Determining the Optical Outflow Properties of an Unbiased Sample of Low Redshift Seyfert 1s SOAR 4 161

167 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 US Thesis Programs (16) D. Batuski, M. Batiste (T), N. Meek (G) (U. of Maine), D. Proust, C. Balkowski (Observatoire de Paris): Imaging the Aquarius and Microscopium Superclusters of Galaxies J. Carlin (T), S. Majewski (U. of Virginia), R. Munoz (Yale U.): Fixing the Extragalactic Reference Frame For the Proper Motion of the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal J. Davidson, Jr (T), K. Bjorkman (U. of Toledo), J. Wisniewski (U. of Washington), A. Magalhaes (University of São Paulo), J. Bjorkman, U. Vijh (U. of Toledo): A Polarimetric Study of Potential Extragalactic Protoplanetary Disk Systems C. Dewitt (T), R. Bandyopadhyay, S. Eikenberry (U. of Florida), R. Blum, K. Olsen (NOAO), K. Sellgren (Ohio State U.), F. Bauer (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile): Spectroscopic follow-up of NIR candidate counterparts to Galactic Center X-ray sources S. Dieterich (T), T. Henry (Georgia State U.): Probing Stellar Physics at the Bottom of the Main Sequence: Continuing to Map the Optical Color Space for Spectral Types M6V to L5V J. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Crook (T) (MIT), T. Jarrett (IPAC), K. Masters (University of Portsmouth), L. Macri (Texas A&M U.): Mapping the Nearby Universe: The 2MASS Redshift Survey S. Kannappan, M. Norris, K. Eckert (T), G. Cecil (U. of North Carolina), M. Haynes (Cornell U.), J. Sellwood (Rutgers U.), S. Khochfar (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), C. Maraston (University of Portsmouth), D. Stark (T), A. Moffett (T) (U. of North Carolina): Toward a Cosmic Mass Census: Galaxy Dynamics in the RESOLVE Survey B. Mason, W. Hartkopf (US Naval Observatory), T. Henry, W. Jao (Georgia State U.), J. Subasavage (CTIO), A. Riedel (T), J. Winters (T) (Georgia State U.): Nearby Dwarf Stars: Duplicity, Binarity, and Masses T. Megeath (U. of Toledo), L. Allen (NOAO), C. Poteet (T) (U. of Toledo), R. Gutermuth (U. Mass), E. Kryukova (T) (U. of Toledo), A. Stutz (Max Planck Institute für Astronomie), W. Fischer (U. of Toledo), S. Wolk (SAO), B. Ali (NASA Herschel Science Center), R. Probst (NOAO), T. Stanke (ESO): A Deep NEWFIRM Survey of the Orion A Cloud A. Moffett (T), S. Kannappan, M. Norris (U. of North Carolina), S. Khochfar (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), A. Berlind (Vanderbilt U.): Secondary Disks and Disk Regrowth in S Galaxies N. Richardson (T), D. Gies (Georgia State U.): Spectroscopic Monitoring of Luminous Blue Variables A. Romanowsky (UC Santa Cruz), Vanderbeke (T), M. Baes (University of Ghent): The multiwavelength Fundamental Plane in the Fornax Cluster R. Smith (T), A. Baran, S. Kawaler (Iowa State U.): Testing new theoretical models of M dwarfs J. Song (T), R. Armstrong, S. Desai (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), J. Mohr (Ludwig- Maximilian Universitat-Muchen), J. Carlstrom (U. of Chicago), A. Zenteno (T) (Loyola Marymount U.), C. Stubbs (Harvard U.), M. Brodwin (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), W. Holzapfel (UC Berkeley): Optical/NIR Confirmation and Redshift Measurements for South Pole Telescope Selected Galaxy Clusters CT-1.m 6 CT-4m 4 CT-.9m 7 SOAR 2 SOAR 6 CT-1.5m-SVC 4 SOAR 1.5 CT-4m 3 CT-4m 5 SOAR 4 CT-1.5m-SVC 3.9 CT-1.m 6 CT-1.m 5 CT-4m 11 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 162

168 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B B. Zuckerman, D. Rodriguez (T) (UCLA), C. Melis (UC San Diego), I. Song (U. of Georgia): Hunting the Coolest Substellar Dwarfs P. van Dokkum, R. Bezanson (T), G. Brammer (T) (Yale U.), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory), G. Illingworth (UC Santa Cruz), M. Kriek (Princeton U.), I. Labbe (Carnegie Observatories), B. Lundgren, D. Marchesini, A. Muzzin (Yale U.), R. Quadri (Leiden Observatory), G. Rudnick (U. of Kansas), T. Tal (T), D. Wake, K. Whitaker (T) (Yale U.): The NEWFIRM Medium Band Survey II: Hunting Monster Galaxies CT-4m 5 CT-4m 2 CTIO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Foreign Programs (18), and Foreign Theses (4) Telescope Nights L. Barrera (UMCE) SOAR 3 M. Bidin (Universidad de Concepción) CT-4m 1 M. Catelan (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 3 M. Cure (Universidad de Valparaíso) CT-4m 1 G. Folatelli (Universidad de Chile) SOAR 6 A. Glocchiatti (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 4 M. Hempel (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 3.5 S. Hidalgo, A. Aparicio, C. Gallart, M. Monelli (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), P. Stetson (DAO), A. Walker (NOAO): Toward a detailed, reliable and comprehensive star formation history of the Small Magellanic Cloud CT-1.m CT-4m 6 6 S. Hoyer (Universidad de Chile) SOAR 3 J. Karr, N. Ohashi, M. Takami, S. Takakuwa (ASIAA), S. Lai, M. Hiramatsu, T. Hseih (G), C. Hung (G) (NTHU): Probing the Mystery of VeLLOs SOAR 1 S. Kim, H. Park, J. Lee, J. Kyeong (KASI): Origin of the Outer Galactic Disk Open Clusters CT-1.m 4 J. Lee (Sejong University), B. Carney (U. of North Carolina): Chemical Self-Enrichment History of 47 Tuc (NGC 14) CT-4m 3 R. Mendez (Universidad de Chile) CT-4m 2 M. Mouhcine (Liverpool John Moores University), R. Ibata (Observatoire de Strasbourg), M. Rejkuba (ESO), I. Minchev (Observatoire de Strasbourg): The panoramic view of galaxies: the nature of the outskirts of spirals J. Nemec (Camosun College), A. Walker (CTIO), Y. Jeon (KASI), A. Kunder (CTIO): RR Lyrae Stars in NGC1841, Reticulum & NGC1466 C. Ngeow (National Central University), S. Kanbur (SUNY at Oswego), L. Macri (Texas A&M U.): Continuing Observations of Cepheids in Sloan Filters CT-4m 3 CT-.9m-PRE 2 CT-.9m-SVC 25 N. Padilla (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) CT-4m 3 E. Paunzen (Universitat Wien (University of Vienna)), M. Netopil (Universitat Wien (University of Vienna)): The global content of chemically peculiar stars in the Milky Way. CT-1.m 8 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 163

169 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Foreign Thesis Programs (4) W. Corradi, W. Reis (T), G. Franco (UFMG): Interstellar Dust and Magnetic Field towards the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble R. De Rosa (T), J. Patience (University of Exeter), I. Song (U. of Georgia), C. Marois (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), B. Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory): Southern A-Star Survey with Spartan IR L. Malo (T), R. Doyon, E. Artigau, D. Lafreniere, M. Naud (T) (University of Montreal): Photometric Observations of Low-mass Candidates Members of Nearby Young Associations S. Yeh (T), E. Seaquist, C. Matzner (University of Toronto), D. Crabtree (Gemini Observatory - South), T. Davidge (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics): Molecular Hydrogen in 3 Doradus CT-.9m 7 SOAR 4 CT-.9m-SVC 1.6 CT-4m 1.5 G.2 KITT PEAK NATIONAL OBSERVATORY Mayall 4-m: The U.S. community has access to 1% of science time on the Mayall. WIYN 3.5-m Telescope: The U.S. community has access to approximately 4% of WIYN time. Kitt Peak Small Telescopes: KP 2.1-m (1% community access) and the KP.9-m (1%). KPNO Semester 21A KPNO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (41), and US Theses (19) Telescope Nights D. An (California Institute of Technology), J. Stauffer (SSC): Pleiades-like Stars in the Hipparcos Catalog T. Boroson (NOAO), M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.): A Systematic Search for the Dynamical Signature of Close Supermassive Binary Black Holes F. Bresolin (U. of Hawai i), R. Kennicutt, Jr (University of Cambridge): Testing for azimuthal abundance gradients in spiral galaxies: M11 M. Briley (U. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh), G. Smith (University of California Observatories): Observational Constraints on Deep Mixing in Globular Red Giants E. Bubar, E. Mamajek, M. Pecaut (G) (U. of Rochester): Tracing Supernova Enrichment of the Nearest Young Star Forming Complex with High Resolution Stellar Spectroscopy D. Ciardi (NEXScI), M. Deleuil (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), S. Howell (NOAO), S. Kane, K. Von Braun (NEXScI), H. Deeg (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), E. Horch (SCSU), D. Rouan (Observatoire de Paris): High Spatial Resolution Observations of CoRoT Exo-planetary Candidates KP-4m 4.5 KP-4m 6 KP-4m 3 KP-4m 4.5 KP-4m 3 WIYN 3 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate Key: TOO: Target of Opportunity scheduling; (G): Graduate; (O): Other; (T): Thesis Student; (U): Undergraduate 164

170 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B KPNO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (41), and US Theses (19) Telescope Nights R. Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State U.), J. Feldmeier (Youngstown State U.), G. Jacoby (NOAO), C. Mihos (Case Western Reserve U.), K. Herrmann (Lowell Observatory): The Kinematics of Virgo s Intracluster Stars K. Covey (Cornell U.), J. Stauffer (SSC), E. Winston (University of Exeter), R. Gutermuth (Smith College), P. Plavchan (California Institute of Technology), L. Rebull, M. Morales- Calderon (SSC), B. Whitney (Space Science Institute): Testing Models of YSO Disk Heating via Accretion Shocks I. Dell Antonio, R. Cook (G), P. Huwe (G), V. Dao (G) (Brown U.): OPTIC Observations of Clusters: Testing PSF-Induced Biases in OT Guided Weak Lensing Analyses D. Deming, J. Jennings (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), P. Sada (Unviersidad de Monterrey): An Exoplanet Radius and Transit Timing Survey A. Dey, N. Reddy (NOAO), M. Prescott (UC Santa Barbara), L. Xu (G) (U. of Arizona), M. Brodwin (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Probing the Low-Mass End of the Galaxy Mass Function at z~2: A Survey for Low-z Ly(alpha) Emitters M. Dietrich (O), S. Mathur (O) (Ohio State U.): Probing early stages of AGN evolution: Narrow-Line Seyfert 1s and Broad Absorption Line Quasars E. Freeland (Texas A&M U.), L. Chomiuk (G), R. Keenan (G) (U. of Wisconsin Madison), T. Nelson (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): Confirmation of an End-On Bar in NGC-653 R. Gutermuth (Smith College), J. Stauffer (IPAC), K. Covey (Cornell U.), P. Plavchan (California Institute of Technology), M. Morales-Calderon (SSC), T. Megeath (U. of Toledo): Synoptic Monitoring of YSOs in Four Young Custers with FLAMINGOS and Spitzer L. Hebb, K. Stassun (Vanderbilt U.), D. Pollacco (Queens University Belfast), A. Cameron (University of St. Andrews), J. Pepper (Vanderbilt U.), S. Fleming (G) (U. of Florida): Calibrating Stellar Evolution Models and Defining the Radius-Activity and -Metallicity Relations for M dwarfs K. Herrmann (Lowell Observatory), R. Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State U.), J. Feldmeier (Youngstown State U.): The Stellar Kinematics of Outer Disks: Evidence for Halo Substructure? WIYN 4 KP-4m 7 WIYN 3 KP-2.1m 6.5 KP-4m 4 KP-4m 3 KP-4m 3 KP-4m 4 KP-2.1m 7 KP-4m 3 S. Howell (NOAO), W. Sherry (National Solar Observatory), E. Horch (SCSU), L. Doyle (SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center): Speckle Imaging and Spectroscopy of Kepler Exoplanet Transit Candidate Stars KP-2.1m KP-4m WIYN G. Jacoby (NOAO), E. Kaplan (U) (Vassar College): Spectroscopic Confirmation of Very Old Planetary Nebula Candidates W. Keel (University of Alabama), K. Schawinski (Yale U.), C. Lintott (University of Oxford), V. Bennert (UC Santa Barbara), M. Maier (Gemini Observatory): The Galaxy Zoo sample of AGN-ionized clouds - history and obscuration B. Keeney, J. Stocke, S. Penton, J. Green (U. of Colorado), B. Savage (U. of Wisconsin Madison): Gax and Galaxies in the Cosmic Web: A Galaxy Redshift Survey around HST/COS Target Sight Lines A. Landolt, J. Clem (Louisiana State U.): Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: KPNO WIYN 3.5 KP-2.1m 7 WIYN 7 KP-2.1m

171 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 KPNO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (41), and US Theses (19) Telescope Nights R. Mandelbaum (Institute for Advanced Study), R. Nakajima (UC Berkeley), G. Bernstein (U. of Pennsylvania), M. Donahue (Michigan State U.), C. Keeton, J. Hughes (Rutgers U.), N. Bahcall (Princeton U.), T. Schrabback (Leiden University), N. Padmanabhan (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), S. Miyazaki (NAOJ), A. Kravtsov (U. of Chicago), K. Cavagnolo (University of Waterloo): Normalization and scatter of the mass-temperature relation for supermassive galaxy clusters P. Massey (), B. Jannuzi (), R. Joyce (), D. Harmer (O) (), N. Melena (U) (): Long-term Monitoring of the Spectrum of the Nght Sky over Kitt Peak R. McMillan, J. Scotti (O) (U. of Arizona), J. Larsen (US Naval Academy), A. Mainzer, J. Masiero (JPL): Astrometric Search and Recovery of Asteroids and Comets Discovered by WISE KP-4m 7 KP-2.1m 4 KP-4m-TOO S. Meibom (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Howell (NOAO), S. Barnes (Lowell Observatory), R. Gilliland (STScI): Resolving and characterizing stars in the cores of NGC6819 and NGC6791 S. Meibom (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Barnes (Lowell Observatory), R. Mathieu, A. Geller (G) (U. of Wisconsin Madison), J. Hartman, M. Holman (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation B. Mueller (PSI), T. Farnham (U. of Maryland), N. Samarasinha (PSI), M. A Hearn (U. of Maryland): Imaging of the Stardust target, comet 81P/Wild 2 at its best perigee in 6 years: A unique opportunity. T. Oswalt (Florida Institute of Technology), J. Zhao (National Astronomical Observatory of China), J. Holberg (U. of Arizona): An Investigation of Post-main-sequence Mass Loss Using Wide Binary Stars J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), L. Jones (U. of Washington), J. Petit, P. Rousselot (Observatoire de Besancon): Scrutinizing the Extreme TNO 29 MS9 M. Reed (Missouri State University), S. O Toole (Anglo-Australian Observatory), J. Bean (U) (Missouri State University): Constraining the evolution of the pulsating subdwarf B star Feige 48 (KL UMa). WIYN 3 WIYN 2 KP-2.1m 11 KP-4m 4.5 WIYN 3 KP-4m 4 J. Rhee, M. Fink (U) (Purdue U.): Search for r-process Enhanced Very Metal-Poor Stars KP-4m 5.5 I. Roederer (G), C. Sneden (U. of Texas, Austin): Characterizing the Age and Chemical Enrichment of the Heaviest Elements in Globular Cluster M92 S. Sakai (UCLA), L. van Zee (Indiana U.), J. Lee (Carnegie Observatories), R. Kennicutt, Jr (University of Cambridge), J. Funes (Vatican Observatory): H(alpha) and Optical Imaging of Local Volume Galaxies in the Northern Hemisphere M. Shara, D. Zurek (O), J. Faherty (G) (American Museum of Natural History): Old Nova Shells around Z Cam Dwarf Novae: A Prediction of the Hibernation Scenario A. Sheffield (Vassar College), S. Majewski (U. of Virginia), R. Wagner-Kaiser (Vassar College): Exploring the Chemical Nature and Origin of Potential Galactic Substructures L. Strolger, S. Wolff (U), A. Pease (U) (Western Kentucky U.): Tests of Environmental Effects on SN Ia Production M. Trippe (U. of Maryland), D. Crenshaw (Georgia State U.): Variability of Seyfert Type and the Nature of Seyfert 1.8 and 1.9 Galaxies WIYN 4 KP-.9m 1 KP-4m 5.5 KP-4m 4.5 KP-4m 4 KP-2.1m

172 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B KPNO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (41), and US Theses (19) Telescope Nights M. Trueblood (O) (NOAO), R. Crawford (O) (Rincon-Ranch Observatory), L. Lebofsky (U. of Arizona): Extended Follow-up of Near Earth Objects KP-2.1m 3 K. Von Braun (California Institute of Technology), G. Schaefer (Georgia State U.), G. Van Belle (ESO), D. Ciardi (California Institute of Technology), M. Lopez-Morales (Carnegie Institution of Washington): Distances to Eclipsing M-Dwarf Binary Systems KP-.9m WIYN 3 4 R. Wade (Pennsylvania State U.): Early F dwarfs with hidden hot subdwarf companions KP-2.1m 4.5 S. Williams (G), D. Gies, R. Matson (G) (Georgia State U.): Spectroscopic Orbits for Eclipsing Binaries Among the NASA Kepler Observatory Targets KP-4m 4 US Thesis Programs (19) G. Bryngelson (T), M. Leising (Clemson U.), P. Milne (U. of Arizona), A. Updike (G) (Clemson U.): Physics of Supernovae Ia at Late Epochs G. Bryngelson (T), M. Leising (Clemson U.), P. Milne (U. of Arizona), A. Updike (G) (Clemson U.): Physics of Supernovae Ia at Late Epochs D. Capellupo (T), F. Hamann (U. of Florida), J. Shields (Ohio U.): Probing Quasar Outflows via Short-Time Variability J. Coughlin (T), T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), M. Lopez-Morales (Carnegie Institution of Washington), J. Rogers (G) (Johns Hopkins U.): Near-Infrared Secondary Eclipse Measurements of Multiple Transiting Exoplanets S. Dhital (T) (Vanderbilt U.), A. West (Boston U.), K. Stassun (Vanderbilt U.): Measuring the Magnetic Activity and Dynamical Evolution of M dwarfs K. Erickson (T), B. Wilking (U. of Missouri St. Louis), M. Meyer (ETH), W. Sherry (National Solar Observatory), S. Kim (U. of Arizona): Spectroscopic Confirmation of Young Stars in the Serpens Molecular Cloud: Placing Spitzer and Chandra in Context J. Ge, B. Lee, S. Fleming (T), P. Jiang (T), N. De Lee, J. Wang (T), J. Xie (T) (U. of Florida): Follow-up studies of SDSS-III MARVELS survey planet candidates A. Geller (T), R. Mathieu, N. Gosnell (G) (U. of Wisconsin Madison), D. Latham (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): A Study Of Anomalous Stars and Binary Populations Within Open Clusters: Tests Of Theoretical Models J. Hargis (T), K. Rhode (Indiana U.): Mosaic Imaging of Globular Cluster Systems in the Outer Regions of Elliptical Galaxies W. Keel, A. Manning (T) (University of Alabama), B. Holwerda (University of Cape Town), C. Lintott (University of Oxford): Dust in backlit galaxies - completing the UV sample P. Kelly (T) (Stanford U.), D. Burke (SLAC), A. Von Der Linden (Stanford U.): Shifting Standards: SN Ia Calibration Across Host Environments M. Koss (T) (U. of Maryland), R. Mushotsky (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), S. Veilleux (U. of Maryland), L. Winter (U. of Colorado), C. Reynolds (U. of Maryland), N. Gehrels (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): Near-IR Spectroscopy of AGN from the SWIFT BAT Survey KP-4m 5 KP-4m 1 KP-2.1m 5 KP-2.1m 6.5 KP-2.1m 6.5 WIYN 4 KP-2.1m 16 WIYN 7 KP-4m 5 WIYN 4 KP-2.1m 8.5 KP-4m 4 S. Lepine (American Museum of Natural History), P. Bergeron, M. Limoges (T) (University of Montreal), A. Gianninas (), N. Giammichele (University of Montreal): A complete census of Galactic white dwarfs to 4 parsecs of the Sun. KP-2.1m KP-4m 7 4 G. Liu (T), D. Calzetti (U. Mass): Exploring the Scaling Laws of Star Formation: the High Den- KP-2.1m

173 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 KPNO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (41), and US Theses (19) Telescope Nights sity Centers of Galaxies L. Macri, S. Hoffmann (T) (Texas A&M U.): Cepheids and Long-Period Variables in NGC 4258 R. Mallery (T), R. Rich (UCLA), J. Deharveng (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille): Star Formation Feedback and Radiative transfer of Ly(alpha) E. Moran (Wesleyan U.), M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.), R. Becker (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), L. Kay (Barnard College), J. Bechtold, H. Sugarman (G) (U. of Arizona), A. Langford (T) (Wesleyan U.): Black Holes in the Milky Way s Backyard WIYN 3 KP-4m 4 KP-4m 7 J. Wing (T), E. Blanton (Boston U.): Radio Selected Clusters of Galaxies at High Redshift KP-4m 4 A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), P. Boumis, I. Leonidaki (T) (National Observatory of Athens): Investigation of Supernova Remnants in nearby galaxies KP-4m 3.5 KPNO Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Foreign Programs (7), and Foreign Theses (1) Telescope Nights J. Davies (Cardiff University), R. Minchin (Arecibo Observatory), M. Disney, L. Cortese (Cardiff University): H (alpha) observations of NGC4254 and its surrounding regions. A. De Luca (INAF): A Deep Chandra/NOAO Investigation to Identify the Counterpart of an old pulsar discovered in Gamma Rays O. De Marco (Macquarie U.), T. Hillwig (Valparaiso U.), G. Jacoby (NOAO), M. Moe (G) (Harvard U.), D. Frew (Macquarie U.): Do most planetary nebulae come from binaries? KP-4m 3.5 KP-4m 1 WIYN 4.5 A. Kawka, S. Vennes (Astronomicky ustav): Properties of high proper motion white dwarfs KP-4m 4 T. Sakamoto (Japan Spaceguard Association), T. Hasegawa (Gunma Astronomical Observatory): Stellar dynamics in the Milky Way out to the solar radius T. Vaccaro (Francis Marion University), S. Vennes, A. Kawka (Astronomical Institute): Low Mass Eclipsing Binaries J. Van Eymeren, R. Beswick (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics), J. Gallagher (U. of Wisconsin Madison), A. Lopez-Sanchez (Australia Telescope National Facility), J. Meaburn (O) (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics): The kinematics of ionised gas shells in nearby irregular dwarf galaxies KP-2.1m 5.5 KP-4m 5 WIYN 3 Foreign Thesis Programs (1) R. Ibata, A. Varghese (T) (Observatoire de Strasbourg), M. Irwin (University of Cambridge), G. Lewis (U. of Sydney), S. Chapman (University of Cambridge): What is the nature of the dark matter: cold or warm? Imprints on the tidal stream of Pal 5 KP-4m

174 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B KPNO Semester 21B KPNO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (38), and US Theses (2) Telescope Nights M. A Hearn (U. of Maryland), B. Mueller (PSI), T. Farnham (U. of Maryland), N. Samarasinha (PSI), A. Gersch (G) (U. of Maryland): Cometary science bonanza: Comet 13P/Hartley 2 s very close approach to Earth and EPOXI mission flyby B. Anthony-Twarog (U. of Kansas), C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.), B. Twarog (U. of Kansas): Probing Stellar Structure and Evolution via Li Abundances J. Baldwin, E. Loh (Michigan State U.), G. Ferland (U. of Kentucky): What are the Crab Nebula Filaments? A multi-wavelength study of their molecular content. D. Benford (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), A. Stanford (UC Davis), T. Jarrett, L. Yan (IPAC), P. Eisenhardt (CalTech-JPL), C. Lonsdale (NRAO), N. Wright (UCLA), C. Tsai (IPAC), A. Blain (California Institute of Technology), R. Cutri (IPAC): Identifïcations of The Most Luminous Highest-Redshift Objects Discovered by WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) E. Bubar, M. Pecaut (G), E. Mamajek (U. of Rochester): Chemically Tagging Kinematic Structure in the Solar Neighborhood R. Campbell (CTIO), T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), P. Szkody (U. of Washington), S. Howell (NOAO): Addressing Fundamental Issues in LARPS D. Clowe (Ohio U.), D. Johnston (FNAL), M. Ulmer (Northwestern U.), J. Annis, J. Kubo (FNAL), K. Murphy (G) (Ohio U.), C. Adami (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), S. Allam (FNAL), R. Kron (U. of Chicago), D. Tucker (FNAL), V. Le Brun, O. Ilbert (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), H. Lin (FNAL), C. Schimd (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), C. Benoist (Observatoire de la Cote d Azur), R. Gavazzi (IAP), T. Schrabback (Leiden University), L. Guennou (G) (Laboratoire d Astrophysique de Marseille), R. Santana (G) (Ohio State U.): Photometric Redshifts of Weak Lensing Tomography of Galaxy Clusters A. Dey, N. Reddy (NOAO), M. Prescott (UC Santa Barbara), M. Brodwin (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), L. Xu (G) (U. of Arizona): Probing the Low-Mass End of the Galaxy Mass Function at z~2: A Survey for Low-z Ly(alpha) Emitters R. Fesen, D. Milisavljevic (G) (Dartmouth College): Spectra of Cas A s Highest Velocity Ejecta P. Garnavich, K. Thorne (G) (U. of Notre Dame): A New Polar with a Very Low Accretion Rate KP-2.1m 19.5 WIYN 5 KP-2.1m 5.5 KP-4m 4 KP-4m 4 KP-4m 2.5 WIYN 5 KP-4m 7 KP-4m 5.5 KP-4m 3 L. Hebb, K. Stassun (Vanderbilt U.), A. Collier-Cameron (U. of St. Andrews), D. Pollacco (Queens U. Belfast), J. Pepper (Vanderbilt U.), S. Fleming (G) (U. of Florida): Measuring metallicities of Benchmark Eclipsing Binaries and Eclipsing M dwarfs KP-2.1m KP-4m A. Henry (UC Santa Barbara), C. Scarlata (IPAC), B. Siana (California Institute of Technology), M. Malkan, N. Ross (G) (UCLA): Galaxies at the Epoch of Peak Star Formation: Stellar Mass measurements of a WFC3 spectroscopically selected sample S. Howell (NOAO), J. Rowe (NASA Ames Research Center), J. Holberg (U. of Arizona), K. Mighell (NOAO), D. Ciardi (California Institute of Technology), P. Szkody (U. of Washington), D. Silva (NOAO): Spectroscopy of Kepler Exo-planet Transit Candidates WIYN 4 KP-4m 16 Key: TOO: Target of Opportunity scheduling; (G): Graduate; (O): Other; (T): Thesis Student; (U): Undergraduate 169

175 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 KPNO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (38), and US Theses (2) Telescope Nights S. Howell (NOAO), E. Horch (SCSU), W. Sherry (National Solar Observatory), D. Ciardi (California Institute of Technology): Speckle Imaging of Kepler and CoRoT Exo-planet Transit Candidate Stars H. Jacobson (Michigan State U.), E. Friel (Lowell Observatory), C. Pilachowski (Indiana U.): Neutron-Capture Element Abundances of Open Clusters at Rgc 9-12 kpc in the Milky Way Disk A. Landolt, J. Clem (Louisiana State U.): Faint UBVRI Photometric Standard Star fields: KPNO X. Liu (G), J. Greene (Princeton U.), Y. Shen (SAO), M. Strauss (Princeton U.): Unveiling Binary Supermassive Black Holes in Double-Peaked Narrow-line AGNs R. Mathieu, K. Milliman (G), A. Geller (G), N. Gosnell (G) (U. of Wisconsin Madison): A Study of The Binary and Anomalous Stellar Populations in Two Intermediate-Aged Open Clusters D. McIntosh, X. Her (U), H. Sprigler (U) (University of Missouri, Kansas City): Spectroscopy of Gas-rich Major Mergers from the SDSS D. McIntosh, J. Nielsen (U), A. Cooper (U) (University of Missouri, Kansas City): Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Ongoing Assembly of Giant Ellipticals D. McIntosh, A. McConnell (G) (University of Missouri, Kansas City), A. Pasquali (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), A. Cooper (U) (University of Missouri, Kansas City): Survey of Massive Galaxy Pairs in Local Groups R. McMillan (U. of Arizona), A. Mainzer, J. Masiero (CalTech-JPL), J. Larsen (US Naval Academy), J. Scotti (O) (U. of Arizona): Astrometric Search and Recovery of Asteroids and Comets Discovered by WISE S. Meibom (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Barnes (Lowell Observatory), A. Geller (G), R. Mathieu (U. of Wisconsin Madison), J. Hartman, M. Holman (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): The connections between binarity, circumstellar disks, and stellar rotation M. Reed (Missouri State University), S. O Toole (Anglo-Australian Observatory), A. Quint (U), L. Farris (U) (Missouri State University): Constraining compact binary stars from the Kepler field. A. Rest (Harvard U.), C. Badenes (Weizmann Institute of Science), S. Blondin (ESO), P. Challis (O) (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Clocchiatti (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Huber (Johns Hopkins U.), T. Matheson (NOAO), P. Mazzali (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik), K. Olsen (NOAO), D. Sauer (Stockholm University), B. Sinnott (G) (McMaster U.), R. Smith (CTIO), N. Suntzeff (Texas A&M U.), D. Welch (McMaster U.), M. Bergmann (None), B. McDonald (G) (McMaster U.): Echoes of Historical Supernovae in the Milky Way Galaxy R. Rich (UCLA), A. Koch (University of Leicester): The C/M Star Ratio in M31 Halo Fields from Narrow-Band Imaging WIYN 7 KP-4m 6 KP-2.1m 22 WIYN 3 WIYN 5.5 KP-2.1m 6.5 KP-2.1m 3 WIYN 2 WIYN-TOO WIYN 1.5 KP-4m 5 KP-4m 7 WIYN 3 E. Schmidt (U. of Nebraska): Type II Cepheids and Related Variables KP-2.1m 5.5 S. Schuler (Clemson U.), C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.), J. King (Clemson U.), S. Kafka (CTIO), S. Barnes (Lowell Observatory): The Striking Li Dispersions in Pleiades G & K Dwarfs: Real or Illusory? WIYN 2 17

176 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B KPNO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (38), and US Theses (2) Telescope Nights J. Stauffer (California Institute of Technology), D. An (EWHA Woman s University), D. Terndrup, C. Epstein (G) (Ohio State U.): Pleiades-like Stars in the Hipparcos Catalog J. Stauffer, M. Morales-Calderon, L. Rebull, L. Hillenbrand (California Institute of Technology), L. Hartmann (U. of Michigan): Synoptic Monitoring of YSOs in Orion, NGC2264 and Mon R2 with Flamingos and Spitzer L. Strolger (Western Kentucky U.), S. Van Dyk (IPAC), S. Wolff (U), L. Campbell, A. Pease (U), S. Sadler (U) (Western Kentucky U.): Tests of Environmental Effects on SN Ia Production C. Thomas, D. Trilling (Northern Arizona U.), J. Emery (U. of Tennessee), J. Hora (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Delbo (Observatoire de la Cote d Azur): Physical Characterization of Warm Spitzer Observed Near-Earth Objects M. Trueblood (O) (NOAO), R. Crawford (O) (Rincon-Ranch Observatory), L. Lebofsky (U. of Arizona), P. Trueblood (O) (): Long-Term Follow-up of Near Earth Objects R. Wade (Pennsylvania State U.): Early F dwarfs with hidden hot subdwarf companions: completing the `winter sample F. Walter (SUNY, Stony Brook), W. Sherry (National Solar Observatory), S. Kim (U. of Arizona), S. Brittain (Clemson U.): Spectroscopy of Intermediate Mass Members of the Orion OB1a and b associations KP-4m 3.5 KP-2.1m 9.5 KP-4m 6 KP-4m 4 KP-2.1m 4 KP-2.1m 4.5 WIYN 4 L. Wasserman (Lowell Observatory): Colors of Distant Solar System Objects KP-4m 3 R. Wilhelm, J. Adkins (G), S. Uddin (G) (U. of Kentucky): Exploring Chemically Peculiar A/Ftype Stars at Low Galactic Latitudes S. Williams (G), D. Gies, R. Matson (G) (Georgia State U.): Spectroscopic Orbits for Kepler FOV Eclipsing Binaries WIYN 5 KP-4m 6 US Thesis Programs (2) L. Allen (NOAO), T. Megeath (U. of Toledo), J. Tobin (G) (U. of Michigan), C. Poteet (T), W. Fischer (U. of Toledo), L. Hartmann, N. Calvet (U. of Michigan): High Resolution Imaging of Orion protostars C. Aragona (T), M. McSwain, R. Roettenbacher (G), A. Marsh (G) (Lehigh U.): A Study of Balmer Emission in Be Stars R. Beaton (T), S. Majewski, R. Patterson (U. of Virginia), P. Guhathakurta (UC Santa Cruz), J. Kalirai (STScI), J. Bullock, E. Tollerud (G), J. Wolf (UC Irvine): Completing the SPLASH Survey of M31 dsphs WIYN 5 KP-2.1m 7 KP-4m 5 G. Bryngelson (T), M. Leising (Clemson U.), P. Milne (U. of Arizona): Physics of Supernovae Ia at Late Epochs KP-4m WIYN J. Coughlin (T), T. Harrison (New Mexico State U.), M. Lopez-Morales (Carnegie Institution of Washington), J. Rogers (G) (Johns Hopkins U.), D. Apai (STScI): Near-Infrared Secondary Eclipse Measurements of Multiple Transiting Exoplanets II S. Fleming (T), E. Lada, N. Marinas, J. Ybarra (T) (U. of Florida): A Spectroscopic Survey of the ClassII YSO Population in the LkH(alpha)11 Region S. Fleming (T), J. Ge (U. of Florida), L. Hebb, T. Mack (G), M. Paegert, J. Pepper, K. Stassun (Vanderbilt U.), J. Wang (G), A. Delgado-Navarro (U) (U. of Florida): More BiRDS: The Mass:Radius Relationship Of Long-Period Eclipsing Binaries KP-2.1m 7.5 KP-4m 3 KP-2.1m 6 171

177 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 KPNO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (38), and US Theses (2) Telescope Nights J. Ge, B. Lee, N. De Lee, S. Fleming (T), P. Jiang (T), J. Wang (T), B. Ma (G), A. Delgado- Navarro (U), H. Jakeman (U) (U. of Florida): SDSS-III MARVELS Planet Candidate RV Follow-up R. Hamper (T), R. Honeycutt (Indiana U.): Discrimination among M Dwarf Dynamos Using Hyades Spectroscopy and Photometry P. Kelly (T) (Stanford U.), D. Burke (SLAC): Shifting Standards: SN Ia Calibration Across Host Environments C. Kobulnicky, C. Vargas (T) (U. of Wyoming), C. Kerton, K. Arvidsson (G) (Iowa State U.): Intermediate-Mass Star-Forming Regions: What are the Most Massive Stars Formed? I. Konstantopoulos (Pennsylvania State U.), N. Bastian (University of Exeter), J. Charlton (Pennsylvania State U.), S. Gallagher (University of Western Ontario), K. Knierman (Arizona State U.), B. Mullan (T) (Pennsylvania State U.), M. Westmoquette (University College London): Testing star formation and galaxy evolution through the tidal tails of interacting galaxies S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology), D. Fox (Pennsylvania State U.), A. Gal-Yam, I. Arcavi (T) (Weizmann Institute of Science), M. Kasliwal (T), R. Quimby, E. Ofek (California Institute of Technology), T. Matheson (NOAO), P. Nugent (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), B. Cenko (UC Berkeley), D. Xu, S. Ben-Ami (G) (Weizmann Institute of Science): Cosmic Explosions: Census, Systematics, and Beyond N. Mahmud (T) (Rice U.), C. Crockett (T) (Lowell Observatory), C. Johns-Krull (Rice U.), L. Prato (Lowell Observatory), P. Hartigan (Rice U.), D. Jaffe (U. of Texas, Austin): Brown Dwarf and Giant Planet Companions to Young Stars in Taurus N. Marinas, E. Lada, J. Ybarra (T), S. Fleming (T) (U. of Florida): Constraining the Star Forming History in Monoceros: A Study of Embedded Cluster Ages and Spatial Structure A. Prsa, E. Guinan, F. Maloney, S. Engle (T), B. Kirk (U), C. Villamil (U) (Villanova U.): Follow-up Spectroscopy of Prime W-UMa Type Binary Stars Observed by Kepler J. Salzer (Indiana U.), M. Haynes (Cornell U.), E. Wilcots (U. of Wisconsin Madison), R. Giovanelli (Cornell U.), A. Parker (T), N. Haurberg (G) (Indiana U.): Making Hay With ALFALFA: The Star-Formation Properties of an HI-Selected Galaxy Sample J. Wang (T), J. Ge, S. Fleming (T), B. Ma (G) (U. of Florida): Searching For Planets Around M Dwarfs with EXPERT KP-2.1m 16.5 KP-2.1m 4 KP-2.1m 6 KP-4m 4 WIYN 2 KP-4m 1 KP-4m 7.5 KP-4m 7.5 KP-4m 5 KP-2.1m 8 KP-2.1m 7 J. Wing (T), E. Blanton (Boston U.): Radio Selected Clusters of Galaxies at High Redshift KP-4m 4 B. Zuckerman, D. Rodriguez (T) (UCLA), C. Melis (UC San Diego), I. Song (U. of Georgia): Hunting the Coolest Substellar Dwarfs in the Northern Hemisphere KP-4m 4.5 KPNO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Foreign Programs (3), and Foreign Theses (2) Telescope Nights C. Badenes (Weizmann Institute of Science), M. Kilic (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), T. Matheson (NOAO), F. Mullally (Princeton U.), S. Thompson (U. of Delaware): Spectroscopic follow-up of the SWARMS survey S. Takita (G), H. Kataza, Y. Kitamura (JAXA), D. Ishihara (Nagoya University), S. Oyabu (ISAS), T. Kamizuka (G) (University of Tokyo): Spectroscopic follow-up observations of the AKARI T Tauri star candidates around the Taurus region S. Vennes, A. Kawka (Astronomicky ustav), P. Nemeth (G) (Florida Institute of Technology): Properties of hot subluminous stars in the GALEX survey KP-4m 4 KP-2.1m 5 KP-4m

178 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B KPNO Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Foreign Programs (3), and Foreign Theses (2) Telescope Nights Foreign Thesis Programs (2) M. Limoges (T) (University of Montreal), S. Lepine (American Museum of Natural History), P. Bergeron (University of Montreal): A continuing census of Galactic white dwarfs to 4 parsecs of the Sun KP-2.1m KP-4m J. Ludwig (T) (Heidelberg University), J. Gallagher (U. of Wisconsin Madison), E. Grebel (Heidelberg University): The Galaxy Group Environment: A Survey for Dwarfs & Tidal debris KP-4m 2 G.3 GEMINI OBSERVATORY Gemini North and Gemini South. The U.S. community has access to approximately 4% of the science time on each of the 8-m Gemini telescopes. Gemini Semester 21A Gemini Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Programs for US Time (51), and Theses (15) + Telescope Nights P. Allen (Franklin & Marshall College), L. Close (U. of Arizona): A Multi-Epoch Survey for Faint, Close, Low-Mass Tertiaries to Nearby Spectroscopic Binaries: The Second Epoch G. Bakos, G. Torres, D. Latham, R. Noyes, J. Hartman (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Confirmation spectroscopy of HATNet transiting exoplanet candidates using Keck-I/HIRES J. Bock (California Institute of Technology), S. Oliver (University of Sussex): First Science from HerMES: the final starbursts in massive galaxies at.5<z<1. J. Carson, C. Thalmann (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), M. Janson (University of Toronto), M. Goto (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), M. McElwain (Princeton U.), M. Feldt, T. Henning (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), M. Tamura (NAOJ): Coldest Imaged Companion of a Sun-Like Star B. Cobb, J. Bloom, B. Cenko, D. Perley (UC Berkeley), H. Chen (U. of Chicago), J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz), K. Glazebrook (Swinburne University), C. Matzner (University of Toronto), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), M. Pettini (University of Cambridge), A. Bunker (University of Oxford), A. Morgan, M. Modjaz, D. Poznanski (UC Berkeley), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), E. Ramirez-Ruiz (UC Santa Cruz), N. Butler, A. Miller (UC Berkeley): Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini South Targets of Opportunity GEM-NQ 1.8 GEM-K.5 GEM-NQ 2 GEM-NQ.5 GEM-SQ.3 + Key: GEM-NQ = Gemini N Queue; GEM-SQ = Gemini S Queue; GEM-N = Gemini N classical; GEM-S = Gemini S classical; GEM-K = Gemini/Keck time exchange; GEM-Su = Gemini/Subaru time exchange; * = poor weather program; (T) = Thesis student; (G) = Graduate student; (U) = Undergraduate; (O) = Other 173

179 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Gemini Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Programs for US Time (51), and Theses (15) + Telescope Nights B. Cobb, J. Bloom, B. Cenko, D. Perley (UC Berkeley), H. Chen (U. of Chicago), J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz), K. Glazebrook (Swinburne University), C. Matzner (University of Toronto), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), M. Pettini (University of Cambridge), A. Bunker (University of Oxford), A. Morgan, M. Modjaz, D. Poznanski (UC Berkeley), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), E. Ramirez-Ruiz (UC Santa Cruz), N. Butler, A. Miller (UC Berkeley): Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini North Targets of Opportunity A. Cochran (U. of Texas, Austin), N. Russo, R. Vervack (Johns Hopkins U.), W. Harris (UC Davis), H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins U.), W. Jackson (UC Davis): Keck HIRESb Observations of Comet 81P/Wild2: Unraveling the Chemistry of Comets A. Constantin (James Madison University), A. Seth (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Cappellari (University of Oxford), J. Shields (Ohio U.): Deciphering the least luminous AGN-like LINER and constraining the M BH -σ * relation J. Cook, C. Olkin, L. Young (Southwest Research Institute): Searching for Gaseous CO in Pluto s Atmosphere D. Crenshaw (Georgia State U.), T. Bergmann (UFRGS), S. Kraemer (Catholic U. of America), H. Schmitt (Naval Research Laboratory), R. Riffel (UFRGS), T. Fischer (G) (Georgia State U.): The Connection Between Fueling Flows and Outflows in Active Galaxies: The Case of Markarian 3 A. Dupree (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), G. Smith (UC Santa Cruz), J. Strader (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Sleuthing the Abundance of Helium in Omega Centauri E. Egami, A. Lisetsky, J. Portouw (U) (U. of Arizona): Gemini/Palomar Near-IR Spectroscopy of Powerful H 2 Emission from Brightest Cluster Galaxies D. Fox (Pennsylvania State U.), B. Schmidt (Australian National University), E. Berger (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology), K. Roth (Gemini Observatory), R. Rutledge (McGill University), P. Podsiadlowski (University of Oxford), M. Dopita (Australian National University), A. Soderberg (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Gal-Yam (California Institute of Technology), C. Wolf (University of Oxford), B. Penprase (Pomona College), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes D. Fox (Pennsylvania State U.), B. Schmidt (Australian National University), E. Berger (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology), K. Roth (Gemini Observatory), R. Rutledge (McGill University), P. Podsiadlowski (University of Oxford), M. Dopita (Australian National University), A. Soderberg (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Gal-Yam (California Institute of Technology), C. Wolf (University of Oxford), B. Penprase (Pomona College), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes A. Frebel, A. Dupree (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), G. Meynet (Geneva Observatory): Testing for the existence of massive Population III stars with stellar archaeology A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science), D. Leonard (San Diego State U.), D. Fox (Pennsylvania State U.): Identifying progenitors of core-collapse supernovae GEM-NQ.58 GEM-K.5 GEM-NQ.3 GEM-S 1.5 GEM-NQ.6 GEM-S 3 GEM-NQ 2.3 GEM-SQ.31 GEM-NQ.34 GEM-SQ 1.1 GEM-NQ.1 B. Gerke (SLAC), J. Comerford (UC Berkeley), R. Griffith (O), D. Stern (JPL), M. Cooper (U. of Arizona), J. Newman (U. of Pittsburgh), M. Davis (UC Berkeley): Follow-up of candidate dual-smbh galaxies with long-slit spectroscopy GEM-SQ GEM-NQ

180 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Gemini Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Programs for US Time (51), and Theses (15) + Telescope Nights T. Hillwig (Valparaiso U.), O. De Marco, D. Frew (Macquarie University): Determining the System Parameters for Poorly Studied Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae: Spectroscopy K. Hinkle, US Lead Scientist for D. Yong, A. Karakas (Australian National University), K. Hinkle (NOAO), J. Melendez (Universidade do Porto), C. Kobayashi (Australian National University), J. Lee (Sejong University): Fluorine abundances in thin and thick disk stars D. Howell (UC Santa Barbara), M. Sullivan (University of Oxford), P. Nugent (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), R. Ellis (California Institute of Technology), A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science), I. Hook (University of Oxford): UV and Early-time Studies of the Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae D. Howell (UC Santa Barbara), M. Sullivan (University of Oxford), P. Nugent (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), R. Ellis (California Institute of Technology), A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science), I. Hook (University of Oxford): UV and Early-time Studies of the Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae B. Hrivnak (Valparaiso U.), K. Hinkle (NOAO): Testing the Binary Hypothesis for Bipolar Proto-Planetery Nebulae W. Jao, T. Henry, R. White, A. Riedel (G) (Georgia State U.): The Dancing Partners of Seven Dwarfs D. Jewitt (UCLA), H. Hsieh (Queens University Belfast), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory): Ice Near the Sun: The Main Belt Comets J. Liu, J. McClintock (SAO), J. Bregman (U. of Michigan), L. Ho (Carnegie Observatories): The first direct mass measurement for the black hole in an ultraluminous X-ray source B. Macintosh, US Lead Scientist for C. Marois (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), B. Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), J. Patience (University of Exeter), J. Roy (Gemini Observatory), I. Song (U. of Georgia), T. Barman (Lowell Observatory), B. Zuckerman (UCLA), D. Lafreniere, R. Doyon (University of Montreal): IDPS: a direct imaging survey of Jovian planets around young and close massive stars. T. Matheson (NOAO), R. Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Blondin (ESO), P. Mazzali (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik), E. Pian (INAF), M. Modjaz (UC Berkeley): Revealing the Heart of the Explosion: Nebular-Phase Spectroscopy of Type I Supernovae K. Meech (U. of Hawai i), O. Hainaut (ESO), D. Prialnik (Tel Aviv University), G. Sarid (U. of Hawai i): Investigating the Early Solar System with Distant Comet Nuclei GEM-SQ 1 GEM-SQ.37 GEM-SQ.65 GEM-NQ.7 GEM-SQ 1.5 GEM-SQ 1.7 GEM-SQ.74 GEM-NQ 2.1 GEM-SQ 1 GEM-NQ.88 GEM-S 3 W. Merline (Southwest Research Institute), J. Drummond (AFRL), A. Conrad (Keck), P. Tamblyn (Southwest Research Institute), B. Carry (Observatoire de Paris), C. Chapman (Southwest Research Institute), J. Christou (Gemini Observatory), C. Dumas (ESO): High- Resolution AO Imaging of Asteroids/Satellites J. Mulchaey (Carnegie Observatories), H. Chen (U. of Chicago): Casting Light on the Warm- Hot Intergalactic Medium GEM-S GEM-N GEM-NQ GEM-N J. Mulchaey, US Lead Scientist for M. Balogh, S. McGee (G) (University of Waterloo), L. Parker (McMaster University), R. Bower (University of Durham), J. Mulchaey (Carnegie Observatories), A. Finoguenov, D. Wilman, J. Connelly (G) (Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik): The transition of galaxy groups from an invigorating environment to a suffocating one GEM-SQ

181 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Gemini Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Programs for US Time (51), and Theses (15) + Telescope Nights J. Xavier Prochaska, US Lead Scientist for S. Ellison (University of Victoria), J. Hennawi (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz): Accurate redshifts for distant quasars: probing massive galaxies through QSO absorption lines S. Ravindranath (IUCAA), J. Rajagopal, S. Ridgway (CTIO): Mid-IR Mapping of Nuclear Rings: Does Star Formation proceed by Sequential Triggering? M. Reynolds (U. of Michigan), P. Callanan, D. Hurley (G) (University College Cork), J. Miller (U. of Michigan): The Mass of the Black Hole in the Galactic Microquasar GRS H. Roe (Lowell Observatory), E. Schaller (U. of Arizona), M. Brown (California Institute of Technology), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory): Titan s Methane Weather post-equinox: Seasonal climate change and surface geology A. Saha (NOAO), G. Fiorentino, E. Tolstoy (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute), A. Cole (University of Tasmania): The Ancient stellar population of Leo A. K. Schawinski (Yale U.), E. Treister (U. of Hawai i), C. Urry (Yale U.), M. Sarzi (University of Hertfordshire): Deep spectroscopy of a sample of local obscured AGN K. Sellgren (Ohio State U.), K. Cunha, R. Blum (NOAO), S. Ramirez (NEXScI), V. Smith (NOAO): Stellar Abundances within 2 pc of the Central Black Hole in the Galactic Center A. Seth (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), N. Neumayer (ESO), N. Caldwell (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Cappellari (University of Oxford), V. Debattista (University of Central Lancashire), K. Olsen (NOAO), R. McDermid (Gemini Observatory), N. Bastian (IfO Cambridge), R. Blum (NOAO), T. Puzia (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), A. Stephens (Gemini Observatory): Surveying Nearby Nuclear Star Clusters S. Sheppard, US Lead Scientist for C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory), S. Sheppard (Carnegie Institution of Washington), E. Schaller (U. of Arizona): Primordial Solar System Ices J. Simpson, A. Cotera (SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center), M. Burton, M. Cunningham (University of New South Wales), I. Bains (Swinburne University), N. Lo (CEA): G (IRAS ) - A Cluster of Massive Young Stellar Objects GEM-NQ 1.3 GEM-S 1 GEM-NQ 1 GEM-SQ 1 GEM-N 3 GEM-SQ 1.1 GEM-S 4 GEM-NQ 2.5 GEM-NQ 1.1 GEM-SQ.6 N. Smith, W. Li, A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley): Late-time Photometry of Recent Optical Transients GEM-SQ GEM-NQ K. Stapelfeldt, D. Mawet (JPL), P. Plavchan (California Institute of Technology), D. Koerner (Northern Arizona U.): Coronagraphic Imaging Survey of a New Spitzer Debris Disk Sample L. Trafton (U. of Texas, Austin), S. Kim (Kyunghee University), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory): Search for Enhancement of Unidentified Titan Absorption Features over Xanadu and for Titan CH4 Humidity Gradients GEM-SQ 2.25 GEM-NQ 1.5 D. Trilling, C. Thomas (Northern Arizona U.), J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), B. Penprase (Pomona College), J. Emery (U. of Tennessee), J. Kistler (G) (Northern Arizona U.), T. Spahr (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program GEM-SQ GEM-NQ

182 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Gemini Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Programs for US Time (51), and Theses (15) + Telescope Nights G. Wilson (UC Riverside), H. Yee (University of Toronto), A. Muzzin (Yale U.), M. Balogh (University of Waterloo), K. Blindert (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik), D. Burke (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Bursick (UC Riverside), R. Demarco (Universidad de Concepción), E. Ellingson (U. of Colorado), J. Gardner (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), D. Gilbank (University of Waterloo), M. Gladders (U. of Chicago), A. Hicks (Michigan State U.), H. Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory), M. Lacy (NRAO), S. Majumdar (Tata Institute for Fundamental Research), A. Rettura (UC Riverside), J. Surace (SSC), T. Webb (McGill University), R. Yan (University of Toronto): The Gemini Cluster Astrophysics Spectroscopic Survey (GCLASS) G. Worseck, X. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz), J. O Meara (St. Michael s College), S. Ellison (University of Victoria), A. Meiksin (University of Edinburgh), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), M. Murphy (Swinburne University), G. Becker (University of Cambridge), B. Menard (University of Toronto), F. Hamann (U. of Florida): Surveying the Post-Reionization Universe with Quasar Spectroscopy G. Worseck, X. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz), J. O Meara (St. Michael s College), S. Ellison (University of Victoria), A. Meiksin (University of Edinburgh), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), M. Murphy (Swinburne University), G. Becker (University of Cambridge), B. Menard (University of Toronto), F. Hamann (U. of Florida): Surveying the Post-Reionization Universe with Quasar Spectroscopy L. Young (Southwest Research Institute), H. Roe (Lowell Observatory), E. Young, J. Cook (Southwest Research Institute): Pluto s Atmospheric CH 4 : Variations in time, space, and altitude A. Young, D. Worrall (University of Bristol), B. Fosbury (Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility), R. Morganti (ASTRON), C. Tadhunter (University of Sheffield): The Jet- Cloud Interaction of PKS B A. Zabludoff (U. of Arizona), Y. Yang (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), D. Eisenstein, R. Dave (U. of Arizona): Resolving the Nature of Newly Discovered Lyman-(alpha) Blobs in the NOAO Boötes Field GEM-NQ 1.9 GEM-SQ.6 GEM-NQ 2.8 GEM-SQ 1.5 GEM-SQ 2 GEM-N 2 Thesis Programs (15) + L. Close (U. of Arizona), D. Apai (STScI), I. Pascucci (Johns Hopkins U.), A. Skemer (T) (U. of Arizona): The First Thermal Images of the Planetary Mass Prototype Object 2M127b: Does it have an Edge-On Disk? A. Fruchter, US Lead Scientist for N. Tanvir (University of Leicester), A. Levan (University of Warwick), A. Fruchter (STScI), K. Wiersema (University of Leicester), E. Rol (University of Amsterdam), J. Graham (T) (STScI), D. Reichart (U. of North Carolina), D. Bersier (Liverpool John Moores University), P. Jakobsson (University of Iceland), P. O Brien (University of Leicester), J. Rhoads (Arizona State U.), J. Hjorth (University of Copenhagen): Investigating gamma-ray bursts and their use as cosmological probes GEM-S 2 GEM-NQ.8 + Key: GEM-NQ = Gemini N Queue; GEM-SQ = Gemini S Queue; GEM-N = Gemini N classical; GEM-S = Gemini S classical; GEM-K = Gemini/Keck time exchange; GEM-Su = Gemini/Subaru time exchange; * = poor weather program; (T) = Thesis student; (G) = Graduate student; (U) = Undergraduate; (O) = Other 177

183 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Gemini Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Programs for US Time (51), and Theses (15) + Telescope Nights A. Fruchter, US Lead Scientist for N. Tanvir (University of Leicester), A. Levan (University of Hertfordshire), K. Wiersema (University of Leicester), A. Fruchter (STScI), E. Rol (University of Amsterdam), D. Reichart (U. of North Carolina), J. Graham (T) (STScI), D. Bersier (Liverpool John Moores University), P. Jakobsson (University of Iceland), J. Greiner (Max- Planck Institute fürextraterrestrische Physik), J. Rhoads (Arizona State U.), J. Hjorth (University of Copenhagen): Rapid observations of gamma-ray bursts with Gemini-S D. Hanes, US Lead Scientist for D. Hanes, A. Campbell (T) (Queen s University), K. Gebhardt (U. of Texas, Austin), D. Forbes (Swinburne University), T. Bridges (Queen s University), J. Forte, F. Faifer (Universidad Nacional de la Plata), R. Sharples (University of Durham), M. Norris (U. of North Carolina), S. Zepf (Michigan State U.): Dynamical Modelling of the Dark Halo, Black Hole, and Orbital Structure in NGC4649 N. Indriolo (T), B. McCall (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory), T. Oka (U. of Chicago), K. Hinkle (NOAO): Using H 3 + Observations to Estimate the Interstellar H 2 Temperature M. Kasliwal (T), S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology): Transients in the Local Universe D. Law, US Lead Scientist for K. Glazebrook (Swinburne University), P. McGregor (Australian National University), R. Abraham (University of Toronto), D. Law (UCLA), P. McCarthy (Carnegie Observatories), K. Roth (Gemini Observatory), A. Green (T), G. Poole (Swinburne University), I. Damjanov (G) (University of Toronto), R. McDermid (Gemini Observatory): Resolving the kinematics of high-redshift galaxy assembly B. Macintosh, US Lead Scientist for J. Patience, R. De Rosa (T) (University of Exeter), C. Marois (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), B. Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), J. Graham (UC Berkeley), I. Song (U. of Georgia), R. Doyon (University of Montreal), M. Bessell (Australian National University): Resolving the A-star Binary Population with Gemini AO R. Matson (T), D. Gies, N. Richardson (G) (Georgia State U.): The Structure of Mass Loss from Massive Stars J. Newman (U. of Pittsburgh), B. Weiner, C. Willmer (U. of Arizona), A. Tyson, D. Wittman (UC Davis), M. Strauss (Princeton U.), M. Ashby (SAO), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Guhathakurta (UC Santa Cruz), S. Schmidt (UC Davis), S. Kahn (SLAC), D. Matthews (T) (U. of Pittsburgh): Y-band Imaging in the Extended Groth Strip T. Oka (U. of Chicago), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory), M. Goto (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), N. Indriolo (T), B. McCall (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign): Exploring the Central Molecular Zone by H 3 + and CO Spectroscopy along New Sight lines B. Peterson, C. Grier (T) (Ohio State U.), M. Bentz (UC Irvine), K. Dasyra (IPAC), L. Ferrarese (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), P. Martini, R. Pogge (Ohio State U.), L. Tacconi (Max-Planck Institute fürextraterrestrische Physik), L. Watson (G) (Ohio State U.): The High Mass End of the Black Hole Mass - Stellar Velocity Dispersion Relation in AGNs T. Rawle, US Lead Scientist for J. Lucey (University of Durham), T. Rawle (U. of Arizona), R. Smith (University of Durham), M. Norris (U. of North Carolina), G. Pender (T) (University of Durham): The origin of S discs in the dense cluster environment GEM-SQ.9 GEM-SQ.55 GEM-SQ.4 GEM-SQ.7 GEM-NQ 1.5 GEM-NQ.23 GEM-NQ 5 GEM-Su 2 GEM-S 4 GEM-NQ 1.11 GEM-NQ.9 178

184 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Gemini Telescopes: 21A Scheduled Programs for US Time (51), and Theses (15) + Telescope Nights J. Rhoads, US Lead Scientist for A. Levan (University of Warwick), N. Tanvir (University of Leicester), J. Rhoads, S. Malhotra (Arizona State U.), M. Bremer, E. Stanway (University of Bristol), K. Wiersema (University of Leicester), J. Fynbo (University of Copenhagen), P. Jakobsson (University of Iceland), A. Fruchter (STScI), J. Hjorth (University of Copenhagen), K. Svensson (T) (University of Warwick): Lyman-alpha imaging of a known z=8.2 field M. Richardson (T), E. McLinden (T), S. Malhotra, J. Rhoads (Arizona State U.): Metallicities and kinematics of Lyman-alpha Galaxies at z = 3.1 GEM-NQ 2 GEM-N 2 Gemini Semester 21B Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights C. Abia (Universidad de Granada), K. Cunha, V. Smith (NOAO): The origin of fluorine: The first determination of fluorine abundances in extragalactic AGB carbon stars P. Allen (Franklin & Marshall College), L. Close (U. of Arizona): A Multi-Epoch Survey for Faint, Close, Low-Mass Tertiaries to Nearby Spectroscopic Binaries: The Second Epoch F. Bresolin (U. of Hawai i), R. Kennicutt, Jr (University of Cambridge): Testing for a variable upper IMF in star-forming galaxies S. Brittain (Clemson U.), J. Najita (NOAO), J. Carr (Naval Research Laboratory), G. Doppmann (NOAO): Observation of Ro-vibrational OH Emission in Transitional Disks S. Cenko, J. Bloom, E. Quataert, L. Strubbe (G), A. Miller (G), N. Butler, A. Morgan (G), A. Merritt (U) (UC Berkeley): Probing the Central Black Holes of Distant, Quiescent Galaxies via Tidal Disruption Flares B. Cobb, J. Bloom, B. Cenko, D. Perley (UC Berkeley), H. Chen (U. of Chicago), J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz), K. Glazebrook (Swinburne U.), C. Matzner (University of Toronto), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), M. Pettini (University of Cambridge), A. Bunker (University of Oxford), A. Morgan, M. Modjaz, D. Poznanski (UC Berkeley), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), E. Ramirez-Ruiz (UC Santa Cruz), N. Butler, A. Miller (UC Berkeley): Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini South Targets of Opportunity B. Cobb, J. Bloom, B. Cenko, D. Perley (UC Berkeley), H. Chen (U. of Chicago), J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz), K. Glazebrook (Swinburne U.), C. Matzner (University of Toronto), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), M. Pettini (University of Cambridge), A. Bunker (University of Oxford), A. Morgan, M. Modjaz, D. Poznanski (UC Berkeley), C. Bailyn (Yale U.), E. Ramirez-Ruiz (UC Santa Cruz), N. Butler, A. Miller (UC Berkeley): Exceptional Swift and Fermi GRBs: Gemini North Targets of Opportunity GEM-S 2 GEM-NQ.85 GEM-SQ GEM-S 1 GEM-SQ.3 GEM-SQ.35 GEM-NQ.7 J. Comerford (UC Berkeley), B. Gerke (SLAC), M. Cooper (U. of Arizona), J. Newman (U. of Pittsburgh), M. Davis (UC Berkeley): Follow-up of Candidate Dual AGN Galaxies with Longslit Spectroscopy GEM-NQ GEM-SQ Key: GEM-NQ = Gemini N Queue; GEM-SQ = Gemini S Queue; GEM-N = Gemini N classical; GEM-S = Gemini S classical; GEM-K = Gemini/Keck time exchange; GEM-Su = Gemini/Subaru time exchange; * = poor weather program; (T) = Thesis student; (G) = Graduate student; (U) = Undergraduate; (O) = Other 179

185 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights J. Cook, D. Cruikshank, R. Mastrapa, D. Wooden (NASA Ames Research Center): Icy grain halos: amorphous or crystalline water ice? D. Crenshaw (Georgia State U.), T. Storchi-Bergmann (USFRGS), S. Kraemer (Catholic U. of America), H. Schmitt (Naval Research Laboratory), R. Riffel (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria), T. Fischer (G) (Georgia State U.): The Connection Between Fueling Flows and Outflows in Active Galaxies: Ionized Spirals in Markarian 573 A. Crotts (Columbia U.), S. Lawrence (Hofstra University), S. Heathcote (SOAR): Evolution of Supernova Remnant 1987A K. Cunha, V. Smith (NOAO): Chemical Evolution at the Edge of the Bar: Abundances at the base of the Scutum-Crux arm J. De Buizer, W. Vacca (SOFIA), C. Cyganowski (G) (U. of Wisconsin Madison): Investigating the Connection Between Green Fuzzy Emission and Molecular Outflows I. de Pater (UC Berkeley), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory - South), F. Marchis (UC Berkeley), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), A. Davies (CalTech-JPL), D. Williams (Arizona State U.), G. Leone (Unknown), M. Wong, M. Adamkovics (UC Berkeley), R. Lopes, D. Matson (CalTech-JPL), J. Spencer (Southwest Research Institute): ALTAIR/NIRI AO Imaging of Volcanic Eruptions on Io GEM-NQ.9 GEM-NQ 2 GEM-SQ 1 GEM-SQ 1.9 GEM-NQ.68 GEM-NQ.8 A. Drake, A. Mahabal, G. Djorgovski (California Institute of Technology), E. Christensen (O) (Gemini Observatory - South), E. Beshore (O) (Lunar and Planetary Lab), M. Catelan (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), J. Prieto (Carnegie Observatories): The Nature of Extreme Supernova Explosions GEM-NQ GEM-SQ.5 1 G. Duchene (UC Berkeley), C. De Oliveira, E. Moraux, J. Bouvier (LAOG), H. Bouy (European Space Agency): Identification of Very Low Mass Brown Dwarfs in IC348 G. Duchene (UC Berkeley), S. Correia, H. Zinnecker (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam): The physical properties of visual binaries in the Orion Nebula Cluster J. Gallagher, G. Clayton, J. Andrews (G) (Louisiana State U.), B. Sugerman (Goucher College), M. Barlow (University College London), B. Ercolano (University of Cambridge), R. Wesson, J. Fabbri (G) (University College London), M. Meixner, M. Otsuka (STScI), D. Welch (McMaster U.): Analysis of Early Dust Formation in SNe with Strong CSM Interaction P. Goudfrooij, US Lead Scientist for P. Pessev, R. Diaz, G. Trancho (Gemini Observatory - South), T. Puzia (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), P. Goudfrooij (STScI): Abundances and kinematics of intermediate-age LMC clusters. E. Guinan, E. Fitzpatrick (Villanova U.), F. Vilardell (Universitat d Alacant), I. Ribas (IEEC), C. Jordi (Universitat de Barcelona): The fundamental properties and internal structure of massive stars D. Harker (UC San Diego), C. Woodward (U. of Minnesota), M. Kelley (U. of Maryland), D. Wooden (NASA Ames Research Center): Mid-IR Observations of EPOXI Mission Target Comet 13P/Hartley 2 W. Herbst (Wesleyan U.), C. Hamilton (Dickinson College), C. Johns-Krull (Rice U.), J. Winn (MIT), R. Mundt (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), S. Leggett (Gemini Observatory - South): Near Infrared Spectroscopy of the Unique T Tauri Binary System KH 15D K. Hinkle, R. Joyce (NOAO), T. Lebzelter (Universitat Wien (University of Vienna)): Luminosities for Final Flash Stars GEM-NQ 2.48 GEM-NQ.45 GEM-NQ.93 GEM-SQ.6 GEM-NQ 1.4 GEM-NQ.7 GEM-NQ.4 GEM-NQ.63 18

186 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights D. Howell (UC Santa Barbara), M. Sullivan (University of Oxford), P. Nugent (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), R. Ellis (California Institute of Technology), A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science), I. Hook (University of Oxford), J. Cooke (California Institute of Technology): Progenitor Signatures in Early Spectra of Type Ia Supernovae B. Hrivnak (Valparaiso U.), K. Hinkle (NOAO): Testing the Binary Hypothesis for Bipolar Proto-Planetery Nebulae W. Jao, T. Henry (Georgia State U.), J. Subasavage (CTIO): Fingerprinting a Mysterious Unseen Companion in the Solar Neighborhood GEM-SQ.5 GEM-SQ.7 GEM-SQ.13 S. Jha (Rutgers U.), T. Matheson (NOAO), B. Dilday (Rutgers U.), A. Rest (Harvard U.), R. Kirshner, P. Challis (O), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): CluLeSS: Cluster and Lensed Supernova Search GEM-NQ GEM-SQ D. Kaplan (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), S. Howell (NOAO), J. Steinfadt (G), A. Shporer, L. Bildsten (UC Santa Barbara): Constraining the First Eclipsing Double White Dwarf Binary in the Infrared J. Kartaltepe (NOAO), D. Sanders (U. of Hawai i): Probing the Most Extreme Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the Universe D. Lambert (U. of Texas, Austin), N. Rao (Indian Institute of Astrophysics), D. Garcia- Hernandez (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), K. Hinkle (NOAO): Exploring the Evolution of RCB stars from White Dwarf Mergers M. Lopez-Morales (Carnegie Institution of Washington), I. Ribas, E. Herrero (G) (IEEC), E. Palle (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias), M. Swain (CalTech-JPL), G. Tinetti (University College London): Search for methane fluorescence in the transiting exoplanet XO-2 b J. Lowenthal (Smith College), J. Higdon, S. Higdon (Georgia Southern U.), D. Kunth (IAP), H. Atek (California Institute of Technology), D. Schaerrer, M. Hayes (Geneva University): Deep Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Galaxy Proto-Cluster at z=2.3 F. Marchis (SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center), J. Berthier, P. Descamps, V. Lainey (IMCCE), J. Durech (Charles University, Prague), J. Enriquez (G) (SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center): Refining the Mutual Orbits of Known Multiple Asteroid Moonlets J. Masiero, A. Mainzer, J. Bauer (CalTech-JPL), T. Grav (Johns Hopkins U.), R. McMillan (U. of Arizona): Faint, dark and small: a new population of near-earth objects Y. Matsuoka (Nagoya University), B. Peterson (Australian National U.), K. Murata (G), M. Fujiwara (G), H. Naito (Nagoya University), N. Asami (G), K. Kawara (University of Tokyo): A Search for z ~ 7 Quasars F. Menanteau, J. Hughes (Rutgers U.), F. Barrientos, L. Infante (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), T. Marriage (Princeton U.), J. Gonzalez (G), J. Juin (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Y. Lin (University of Tokyo), M. Hilton, K. Moodley (University of KwaZulu-Natal): Mass Calibration and Gas Physics of a Complete Sample of ACT SZE- Selected Galaxy Clusters GEM-NQ.9 GEM-NQ 1.8 GEM-SQ.7 GEM-N 1 GEM-NQ 2.6 GEM-NQ.95 GEM-SQ 1.13 GEM-NQ 4.4 GEM-S 3 W. Merline (Southwest Research Institute), J. Drummond (AFRL), A. Conrad (Keck), P. Tamblyn (Southwest Research Institute), B. Carry (Observatoire de Paris), C. Chapman (Southwest Research Institute), J. Christou (Gemini Observatory - South), C. Dumas (ESO): High-Resolution AO Imaging of Asteroids/Satellites GEM-N GEM-S

187 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights C. Miller, US Lead Scientist for K. Romer (University of Sussex), C. Miller (U. of Michigan), R. Ogando (Observatorio Nacional Brazil), M. Hilton (University of KwaZulu-Natal), C. Benoist (Observatoire de la Cote d Azur), C. Collins (Liverpool John Moores University), L. da Costa (Observataorio Nacional, Brazil), E. Lloyd-Davies (University of Sussex), M. Maia (Observatorio Nacional Brazil), M. Sahlen (Stockholm University), A. Stanford (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), J. Stott (Liverpool John Moores University): The Evolution of X-ray Scaling Relations Over Half A Hubble Time GEM-NQ GEM-SQ D. Norman (NOAO), G. Coldwell (ICATE), I. Soechting (University of Oxford): X-ray selected AGN in a Merging Cluster Environment E. Ofek (California Institute of Technology), E. Waxman, I. Rabinak (Weizmann Institute of Science): Spectroscopic followup of shock breakout events G. Orton (CalTech-JPL), L. Fletcher (University of Oxford), T. Encrenaz (Observatoire de Paris), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), P. Irwin (University of Oxford), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory - South): Neptune s Wandering Hot Polar Anomaly G. Orton (CalTech-JPL), L. Fletcher (University of Oxford), T. Encrenaz (Observatoire de Paris), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory - South), I. de Pater (UC Berkeley): Meridional Variability of Radiative vs Dynamical Forcing in Neptune GEM-S 1.5 GEM-NQ.25 GEM-SQ.13 GEM-SQ.2 R. Quimby (California Institute of Technology): The Decline of Luminous Supernovae GEM-NQ.28 R. Rich, US Lead Scientist for G. Lewis (U. of Sydney), A. McConnachie (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), M. Irwin (University of Cambridge), R. Rich (UCLA), R. Ibata (Observatoire de Strasbourg): Cubs in the Litter: Spectroscopy of New Andromodean Dwarfs from PAndAS GEM-NQ.8 H. Roe (Lowell Observatory), E. Schaller (U. of Arizona), M. Brown (California Institute of Technology), C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory - South): Titan s Methane Weather post- Equinox: Seasonal climate change and surface geology GEM-NQ GEM-SQ.6.4 A. Saha (NOAO), G. Fiorentino (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute), A. Aloisi, R. Van Der Marel (STScI), F. Annibali, G. Clementini, M. Tosi, M. Marconi, I. Musella (INAF): Ultra Long Period Cepheids: a primary standard candle up to the Hubble flow. R. Sahai (CalTech-JPL), K. Hinkle (NOAO): Caught in the Act II: A High-Velocity Outflow in ^1Gru, an S-type AGB star evolving into a Bipolar Planetary Nebula R. Sahai (CalTech-JPL), K. Hinkle (NOAO), M. Morris (UCLA): A Stellar Interloper Speeding through a Dense Interstellar Cloud C. Salyk (U. of Texas, Austin), K. Pontoppidan, G. Blake (California Institute of Technology), R. Meijerink (Leiden Observatory): Water vapor in planet-forming regions: A new ground-based window on disk chemistry A. Seth, US Lead Scientist for N. Bastian (University of Exeter), M. Meyer (ETH), J. Greissl (G) (U. of Arizona), A. Seth (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Testing IMF universality through the direct detection of low mass stars in starburst galaxies H. Shang, C. Liu (G) (ASIAA), F. Walter (SUNY, Stony Brook), A. Glassgold (UC Berkeley): Resolving [NeII] μm Line Profiles toward Jet-Driving Young Stars I. Song (U. of Georgia), J. Patience (University of Exeter), A. Schneider (G) (U. of Georgia): Resolving the Asteroid Belt of HR 8799 GEM-SQ 2 GEM-SQ.6 GEM-SQ 1 GEM-NQ 1.4 GEM-NQ.5 GEM-NQ.7 GEM-SQ.4 182

188 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights L. Sromovsky, P. Fry (O) (U. of Wisconsin Madison): Characterization of Seasonal Changes on Uranus J. Stocke, C. Froning, J. Khargharia (G) (U. of Colorado), B. Joshi (NCRA), A. Gopakumar (Tata Institute for Fundamental Research): A Unique Milli-Second Pulsar System M. Stritzinger (Carnegie Institution of Washington), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), G. Folatelli (Universidad de Chile), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Hamuy (Universidad de Chile), W. Li (UC Berkeley), P. Mazzali (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik), M. Phillips (Carnegie Observatories), G. Pignata (Universidad Andres Bello): Multi-wavelength spectroscopic study of young Type Ia supernovae C. Telesco, US Lead Scientist for C. Wright (U. of New South Wales), C. Telesco (U. of Florida), R. Smith (U. of New South Wales), C. Packham (U. of Florida): Magnetic fields toward massive Young Stellar Objects C. Thomas, D. Trilling (Northern Arizona U.), J. Emery (U. of Tennessee), J. Hora (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Delbo (Observatoire de la Cote d Azur): Physical Characterization of Warm Spitzer Observed Near-Earth Objects L. Trafton (U. of Texas, Austin), S. Kim (Kyunghee University), T. Geballe (Gemini Observatory - North): Search for Enhancement of Unidentified Titan Absorption Features over Xanadu and for Titan CH4 Humidity Gradients D. Trilling, C. Thomas (Northern Arizona U.), J. Hora (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), B. Penprase (Pomona College), J. Emery (U. of Tennessee), J. Kistler (G) (Northern Arizona U.), T. Spahr (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): High quality optical photometry of NEOs in support of a Warm Spitzer program C. Trujillo (Gemini Observatory - North), S. Sheppard (Carnegie Institution of Washington): Primordial Solar System Ices F. Walter (SUNY, Stony Brook), G. Herczeg (Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik), S. Edwards (Smith College), J. Valenti (STScI), D. Ardila (NASA Herschel Science Center), A. Brown (U. of Colorado): Simultaneity of Accretion and Outflow in Young Stars G. Wilson (UC Riverside), H. Yee (University of Toronto), A. Muzzin (Yale U.), M. Balogh (University of Waterloo), K. Blindert (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik), D. Burke (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Bursick (UC Riverside), R. Demarco (Universidad de Concepción), E. Ellingson (U. of Colorado), J. Gardner (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), D. Gilbank (University of Waterloo), M. Gladders (U. of Chicago), A. Hicks (Michigan State U.), H. Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory), M. Lacy (NRAO), S. Majumdar (Tata Institute for Fundamental Research), A. Rettura (UC Riverside), J. Surace (SSC), T. Webb (McGill University), R. Yan (University of Toronto): The Gemini Cluster Astrophysics Spectroscopic Survey (GCLASS) G. Wilson (UC Riverside), H. Yee (University of Toronto), A. Muzzin (Yale U.), M. Balogh (University of Waterloo), K. Blindert (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik), D. Burke (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Bursick (UC Riverside), R. Demarco (Universidad de Concepción), E. Ellingson (U. of Colorado), J. Gardner (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), D. Gilbank (University of Waterloo), M. Gladders (U. of Chicago), A. Hicks (Michigan State U.), H. Hoekstra (Leiden Observatory), M. Lacy (NRAO), S. Majumdar (Tata Institute for Fundamental Research), A. Rettura (UC Riverside), J. Surace (SSC), T. Webb (McGill University), R. Yan (University of Toronto): The Gemini Cluster Astrophysics Spectroscopic Survey (GCLASS) GEM-NQ 1 GEM-NQ.9 GEM-NQ 1.2 GEM-NQ.75 GEM-SQ 3.69 GEM-NQ.47 GEM-SQ 1.5 GEM-NQ 1.1 GEM-SQ 3 GEM-SQ 1.45 GEM-NQ

189 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights R. Wilson (U. of Florida), W. van Hamme (Florida International U.), F. Vilardell (Universitat d Alacant): The extinction and the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy D. Winget, US Lead Scientist for S. Kepler (USFRGS), A. Corsico, L. Althaus (Ciencias Astronomicas y Geofisicas), D. Winget (U. of Texas, Austin), S. Kleinman (Gemini Observatory - South), A. Nitta (Gemini Observatory - North), B. Castanheira (U. of Texas, Austin), D. Koester (Universitat Kiel): Spectroscopy of magnetic white dwarf stars C. Woodward, US Lead Scientist for M. Rushton (University of Central Lancashire), C. Woodward (U. of Minnesota), N. Evans (Keele University), Y. Pavlenko, B. Kaminsky (Ukranian Academy of Sciences): Pollution of the Secondary in the RS Ophiuchi System G. Worseck, J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz), J. O Meara (St. Michael s College), S. Ellison (University of Victoria), A. Meiksin (University of Edinburgh), S. Lopez (Universidad de Chile), M. Murphy (Swinburne U.), G. Becker (University of Cambridge), B. Menard (University of Toronto), F. Hamann (U. of Florida): Surveying the Post-Reionization Universe with Quasar Spectroscopy II N. Zakamska (Institute for Advanced Study), J. Greene, B. Draine (Princeton U.): Anomalous molecular hydrogen emission in ultraluminous infrared galaxies N. Zakamska (Institute for Advanced Study), J. Greene, X. Liu (G) (Princeton U.), N. Nesvadba (Institut d Astrophysique Spatiale): Is there feedback from radio-quiet quasars? GEM-NQ.9 GEM-SQ 2.9 GEM-SQ.19 GEM-SQ 1 GEM-NQ.6 GEM-N 2 Thesis Programs (3) + T. Beck, US Lead Scientist for P. McGregor (Australian National U.), T. Beck (STScI), R. Salmeron, G. Bicknell, M. White (T) (Australian National U.): Accretion and Outflow from Young Stellar Disks E. Berger (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), K. Roth (Gemini Observatory - North), C. Stubbs (Harvard U.), A. Soderberg (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), G. Narayan (T) (Harvard U.), W. Fong (T), R. Chornock, R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Rest (Harvard U.), D. Sand (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Exotic Explosions and Eruptions: Exploring a New Transient Phase-Space with Pan-STARRS S. Dieterich (T), T. Henry, W. Jao, A. Riedel (G) (Georgia State U.): Probing Stellar Physics at the Bottom of the Main Sequence: Continuing the Pursuit of Dynamical Masses S. Dieterich (T), T. Henry (Georgia State U.): Probing Stellar Physics at the Bottom of the Main Sequence: Calibrating the Effects of Youth, Gravity, and Metallicity on Luminosity E. Ellingson, US Lead Scientist for T. Webb (McGill University), E. Ellingson (U. of Colorado), F. Barrientos (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), H. Yee (University of Toronto), A. Faloon (T), A. Noble (T) (McGill University), E. Zekis (T) (U. of Colorado), M. Balogh (University of Waterloo), A. Muzzin (Yale U.), R. Yan (University of Toronto), D. Gilbank (University of Waterloo), M. Gladders (U. of Chicago): Spectroscopy of Infrared Galaxies in Clusters to z = 1 GEM-NQ.6 GEM-SQ.6 GEM-NQ.59 GEM-SQ 4.13 GEM-SQ Key: GEM-NQ = Gemini N Queue; GEM-SQ = Gemini S Queue; GEM-N = Gemini N classical; GEM-S = Gemini S classical; GEM-K = Gemini/Keck time exchange; GEM-Su = Gemini/Subaru time exchange; * = poor weather program; (T) = Thesis student; (G) = Graduate student; (U) = Undergraduate; (O) = Other 184

190 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights E. Ellingson, US Lead Scientist for T. Webb (McGill University), E. Ellingson (U. of Colorado), F. Barrientos (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), H. Yee (University of Toronto), A. Faloon (T), A. Noble (T) (McGill University), E. Zekis (T) (U. of Colorado), M. Balogh (University of Waterloo), A. Muzzin (Yale U.), R. Yan (University of Toronto), D. Gilbank (University of Waterloo), M. Gladders (U. of Chicago): Spectroscopy of Infrared Galaxies in Clusters to z = 1 D. Fox (Pennsylvania State U.), B. Schmidt (Australian National U.), E. Berger (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology), K. Roth (Gemini Observatory - North), R. Rutledge (McGill University), P. Podsiadlowski (University of Oxford), W. Fong (T), T. Laskar (T), R. Chornock (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Dopita (Australian National U.), A. Soderberg (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Gal-Yam (California Institute of Technology), C. Wolf (University of Oxford), B. Penprase (Pomona College), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes D. Fox (Pennsylvania State U.), B. Schmidt (Australian National U.), E. Berger (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology), K. Roth (Gemini Observatory - North), R. Rutledge (McGill University), P. Podsiadlowski (University of Oxford), W. Fong (T), T. Laskar (T), R. Chornock (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Dopita (Australian National U.), A. Soderberg (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), C. Wolf (University of Oxford), B. Penprase (Pomona College), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Gamma-Ray Bursts: From Progenitors to Probes A. Fruchter, US Lead Scientist for N. Tanvir (University of Leicester), A. Levan (University of Warwick), A. Fruchter (STScI), K. Wiersema, R. Starling (University of Leicester), J. Graham (T) (STScI), D. Reichart (U. of North Carolina), D. Bersier (Liverpool John Moores University), P. Jakobsson (University of Iceland), P. O Brien (University of Leicester), J. Rhoads (Arizona State U.), J. Hjorth (University of Copenhagen): Investigating gamma-ray bursts and their use as cosmological probes A. Fruchter, US Lead Scientist for N. Tanvir (University of Leicester), A. Levan (University of Hertfordshire), K. Wiersema (University of Leicester), A. Fruchter (STScI), R. Starling (University of Leicester), D. Reichart (U. of North Carolina), J. Graham (T) (STScI), D. Bersier (Liverpool John Moores University), P. Jakobsson (University of Iceland), J. Greiner (Max-Planck Institute für extraterrestrische Physik), J. Rhoads (Arizona State U.), J. Hjorth (University of Copenhagen): Rapid observations of gamma-ray bursts with Gemini-S A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science), D. Leonard (San Diego State U.), D. Fox (Pennsylvania State U.), Y. Green (T) (Weizmann Institute of Science): Identifying progenitors of core-collapse supernovae K. Gebhardt, J. Adams (T), G. Blanc (G), G. Hill (U. of Texas, Austin), N. Drory (Max- Planck Institute für extraterrestrische Physik), S. Finkelstein (Texas A&M U.), C. Gronwall (Pennsylvania State U.): Rest-frame Optical Spectroscopy of Ly-alpha Emmitting Galaxies S. Guha Niyogi (T), A. Speck (U. of Missouri, Columbia), K. Volk (STScI): Testing dust condensation hypotheses using Gemini Michelle spatially resolved spectroscopy of O-rich AGB stars. D. Howell, US Lead Scientist for M. Sullivan (University of Oxford), D. Howell (UC Santa Barbara), P. Nugent (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), I. Hook, S. Blake (T) (University of Oxford): The Host Galaxies of Local PTF Type Ia Supernovae GEM-NQ.95 GEM-SQ.35 GEM-NQ.7 GEM-NQ.2 GEM-SQ.2 GEM-NQ.1 GEM-NQ.6 GEM-N 1 GEM-NQ

191 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights S. Jogee, US Lead Scientist for C. Conselice (University of Nottingham), A. Fritz (Gemini Observatory - South), S. Jogee (U. of Texas, Austin), A. Bauer, F. Buitrago (T), A. Bluck (T), R. Grutzbauch, I. Trujillo (University of Nottingham), T. Weinzirl (U. of Texas, Austin): The Star Formation Rates in Ultra-Massive z > 2 Galaxies M. Kasliwal (T), S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology): Transients in the Local Universe M. Kasliwal (T), S. Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology): Transients in the Local Universe C. Kennedy (T), T. Beers (Michigan State U.), J. Johnson (Ohio State U.), F. Herwig (University of Victoria), N. Christlieb (Heidelberg University): Nitrogen Abundances for Carbon- Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars R. Matson (T), D. Gies, N. Richardson (G) (Georgia State U.): The Structure of Mass Loss from Massive Stars N. McConnell (T), J. Graham (UC Berkeley), K. Gebhardt (U. of Texas, Austin), T. Lauer (NOAO), C. Ma (UC Berkeley), D. Richstone (U. of Michigan), R. Van Den Bosch (U. of Texas, Austin): Weighing Black Holes in the Most Luminous Galaxies D. Narayanan, US Lead Scientist for S. Chapman, C. Casey (T) (University of Cambridge), M. Swinbank, I. Smail (University of Durham), R. Ivison (Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and ATC), K. Coppin (University of Durham), T. Muxlow, R. Beswick (University of Manchester), M. Bothwell (G) (University of Cambridge), R. Dave (U. of Arizona), D. Narayanan, C. Hayward (Harvard U.), J. Younger (Princeton U.): NIFS observations of high-redshift ULIRGs (submm and radio selected): a detailed comparison of cold and hot-dust z~2 ULIRGs with hydrodynamical simulations B. Peterson, C. Grier (T) (Ohio State U.), M. Bentz (UC Irvine), K. Dasyra (CEA), L. Ferrarese (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), P. Martini, R. Pogge (Ohio State U.), L. Tacconi (Max-Planck Institute für extraterrestrische Physik), L. Watson (G) (Ohio State U.): The High Mass End of the Black Hole Mass - Stellar Velocity Dispersion Relation in AGNs A. Riedel (T), T. Henry, J. Wei-Chun, R. White (Georgia State U.): The Motions of Motionless Stars A. Romanowsky, J. Arnold (T) (UC Santa Cruz), J. Bullock (UC Irvine), R. Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State U.), D. Martinez-Delgado (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), C. Purcell (G) (UC Irvine), J. Strader (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), M. Merrifield (University of Nottingham): Resolved Tracers of Substructure in Galaxy Halos J. Schlieder (T), M. Simon (SUNY, Stony Brook), E. Rice, S. Lepine (American Museum of Natural History): Low Mass Members in Nearby Young Moving Groups Revealed K. Soto (T), C. Martin (UC Santa Barbara): Integral Field Spectroscopy of Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxies A. Stanford (UC Davis), J. Mohr (Universitats-Sternwarte Munchen), M. Brodwin (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), G. Bazin (Universitats-Sternwarte Munchen), J. Ruel (T) (Harvard U.), J. Carlstrom (U. of Chicago), W. High (G), C. Stubbs (Harvard U.), B. Holzapfel (UC Berkeley), G. Holder (McGill University): Dynamical Mass Estimates of South Pole Telescope SZE Selected Galaxy Clusters GEM-NQ.6 GEM-SQ.8 GEM-NQ.8 GEM-SQ 3 GEM-NQ 3 GEM-NQ.7 GEM-NQ 2.2 GEM-NQ.45 GEM-SQ 2 GEM-N 1 GEM-S 1 GEM-N 1 GEM-SQ

192 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Gemini Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Programs for US Time (69), and Theses (3) + Telescope Nights K. Stassun, US Lead Scientist for N. Law (University of Toronto), S. Dhital (T), K. Stassun (Vanderbilt U.), A. West (Boston U.): The Extremely Extreme: Searching for Companions in Wide M-dwarf Binaries C. Telesco, D. Li (T) (U. of Florida), M. Moerchen (ESO), C. Wright (U. of New South Wales), S. Fisher (NSF): Resolving an Asteroid Belt in a Multi-Planet System C. Telesco, D. Li (T) (U. of Florida), M. Moerchen (ESO), C. Wright (U. of New South Wales): Revealing the Structure and Mineralogy of the Beta Pic Central Disk GEM-NQ.79 GEM-N 1 GEM-SQ.87 G.4 COMMUNITY ACCESS TO PRIVATE TELESCOPES Under the Telescope System Instrumentation Program (TSIP), access to the telescopes of the major private observatories has been expanded to include, currently: the two Keck telescopes, the MMT, the Magellan telescopes, the CHARA telescope, and the Palomar Hale 2-inch telescope. However, not every one of these telescopes is available to the public in every semester, and a maximum of 12 nights is available on each telescope in any given semester. Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Semester 21 CHARA Telescope: 21 Scheduled US Programs (2) Telescope Nights S. Ragland (Keck), W. Danchi (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), L. Hillenbrand (California Institute of Technology), S. Ridgway (NOAO), W. Traub (JPL): Multi-color interferometric investigations of YSO disks M. Simon (SUNY, Stony Brook), G. Schaefer (The CHARA Array of Georgia State University): Angular Diameters of Stars in the Beta Pic Moving Group CHARA 2 CHARA 3 CHARA Telescope: 21 Scheduled Foreign Programs (2) Telescope Nights S. Csizmadia (German Aerospace Center), T. Borkovits (Baja Astronomical Observatory), Z. Paragi (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe), L. Mosoni (Konkoly Observatory), J. Cabrera (German Aerospace Center): 3D Orbits in the Hierarchical Triple System Lambda Tauri M. Kishimoto (Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie), R. Antonucci (UC Santa Barbara), R. Barvainis (NSF), S. Hoenig, F. Millour, K. Tristram, G. Weigelt (Max Planck Institut für Radioastronomie): Probing the innermost infrared emission in the brightest Type 1 AGN with the CHARA array CHARA 1.6 CHARA.8 187

193 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 W.M. Keck Observatory: Keck I and II Semester 21B Keck Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (8), and US Theses (2) Telescope Nights G. Bakos, G. Torres, D. Latham, R. Noyes, J. Hartman (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Confirmation spectroscopy of HATNet transiting exoplanet candidates using Keck-I/HIRES B. Bonev (Catholic U. of America), E. Gibb (U. of Missouri St. Louis), M. Disanti (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), G. Villanueva (Catholic U. of America), M. Mumma (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Y. Kuan (National Taiwan Normal University), S. Charnley (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), K. Magee-Sauer (Rowan College of New Jersey), M. Combi (U. of Michigan): Cosmogonic Indicators in the Jupiter-family Comet 13P/Hartley-2: Deuterium Abundance and Nuclear Spin Temperature A. Dey, N. Reddy (NOAO), M. Prescott (UC Santa Barbara), M. Brodwin (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), L. Xu (G) (University of Arizona): The Origin and Evolution of Low-Redshift (z<2) Lyman Alpha Emitting Galaxies T. Dupuy (G), M. Liu (U. of Hawai i): Testing Ultracool Atmospheres with Mass Benchmarks Keck-I 2 Keck-II 1.5 Keck-I 1 Keck-II 1 P. Hartigan (Rice U.): Dynamics Within the Collimation Region of the HH 444 Stellar Jet Keck-I 1 N. Russo, R. Vervack, H. Weaver (Johns Hopkins U.), H. Kawakita, H. Kobayashi (G) (Kyoto Sangyo University), N. Biver, D. Bockelee-Morvan, J. Crovisier (Observatoire de Paris), W. Harris (UC Davis), A. Cochran (U. of Texas, Austin): Determining the volatile composition of Jupiter family comets 13P/Hartley 2 and 1P/Tempel 2 G. Schaefer (Georgia State U.), L. Prato (Lowell Observatory), M. Simon (SUNY, Stony Brook): Precise Masses of Young Stars in Taurus: Finishing the Job on Elias 12 P. van Dokkum (Yale U.), C. Conroy (Princeton U.): The stellar initial mass function in elliptical galaxies Keck-II 1 Keck-II 1.5 Keck-I 1 US Thesis Programs (2) J. Howk, K. Rueff (T), N. Lehner (U. of Notre Dame), J. O'Meara (St. Michael s College): Probing Star Formation and Primordial Infall in the Thick Disks of Spiral Galaxies J. Schlieder (T), M. Simon (SUNY, Stony Brook), E. Rice, S. Lepine (American Museum of Natural History): Low Mass Members in Nearby Young Moving Groups Revealed Keck-I 1 Keck-II 1 Keck Telescopes: 21B Scheduled Foreign Programs (1) Telescope Nights S. Martell, E. Grebel (Heidelberg University), D. Lai (UC Santa Cruz): Globular Cluster Contributions to the Galactic Halo Keck-I 1 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 188

194 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B MMT Observatory Semester 21A MMT Telescope: 21A Scheduled US Programs (3), and US Theses (1) Telescope Nights K. Long (STScI): The Luminous Supernova Remnant in NGC4449: Charting the Fughre for SN 1987A B. Twarog, B. Anthony-Twarog (U. of Kansas), C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.), A. Szentgyorgyi (SAO): Probing Stellar Structure and Evolution via Li Abundances J. Wright (Pennsylvania State U.): Determining Distance, Age, and Activity in a New Benchmark Cluster: Ruprecht 147 MMT 1 MMT 1 MMT 1 US Thesis Programs (1) R. Maderak (T), C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.), A. Szentgyorgyi (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Oxygen Abundances at the Extremes of the Open Cluster Metallicity Range: NGC 256 MMT 1 MMT Telescope: 21A Scheduled Foreign Programs (2) Telescope Nights J. Farihi (University of Leicester), S. Redfield (Wesleyan U.), D. Koester (Universitat Kiel), M. Barstow (University of Leicester), N. Hambly (Royal Observatory, Edinburgh), R. Napiwotzski (University of Hertfordshire): The Origin of Metals in Cool White Dwarfs: Disrupted Minor Planets or Interstellar Gas? E. Peng (Peking University), L. Ferrarese, J. Blakeslee, P. Cote (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), P. Durrell (Youngstown State U.), J. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), C. Mihos (Case Western Reserve U.), T. Beers (Michigan State U.), N. Ball (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), S. Courteau (Queen s University), P. Duc (CEA), A. Jordan (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), E. Emsellem (CRAL), A. Lancon (Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg), C. Liu (Peking University), L. Macarthur, A. McConnachie (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), D. McLaughlin (Keele University), T. Puzia (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), N. Caldwell (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), B. Yanny (FNAL): NGVS-S: A Comprehensive Spectroscopic Survey of Virgo MMT 1 MMT 2 MMT Observatory Semester 21B MMT Telescope: 21B Scheduled US Programs (3), and US Theses (3) Telescope Nights P. Abell (NASA Johnson Space Flight Center), Y. Fernandez (University of Central Florida), S. Larson (U. of Arizona): Mineralogical Characterization and Source Region Determination of Near- Earth Objects and Extinct Comet Candidates A. Brown (U. of Colorado), L. Walkowicz (UC Berkeley), S. Hawley, A. Kowalski (G) (U. of Washington), L. Ramsey (Pennsylvania State U.), S. Saar, G. Furesz (Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): MMT Hectochelle Spectral Variability Study of Active Late-type Stars in the Kepler Field P. Massey (Lowell Observatory), E. Levesque (G) (U. of Hawai i), A. Maeder, G. Meynet (Geneva Observatory), K. Neugent (U) (Lowell Observatory), K. Olsen, D. Silva (NOAO): MMT 2 MMT 2 MMT 2 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 189

195 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Massive Star Evolution as a Function of Metallicity: Closing the Loop in the Local Group US Thesis Programs (3) T. Allen (T), T. Megeath (U. of Toledo), J. Pipher (U. of Rochester), R. Gutermuth (Smith College), E. Winston, T. Naylor (University of Exeter), G. Furecz, S. Wolk (SAO), F. Adams (U. of Michigan), R. Jeffries (Keele University): Hectospec and Hectochelle Spectroscopy of the Cep OB3b Cluster J. Cummings (T) (Indiana U.), A. Szentgyorgyi (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.): Initial Li of Metal-Poor Young Open Clusters and its Connection to Primordial Lithium R. Maderak (T), C. Deliyannis (Indiana U.), A. Szentgyorgyi (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Probing Chemical Evolution and Cool Dwarf Atmospheres with Oxygen in M67 MMT 1 MMT 2 MMT.5 MMT Telescope: 21B Scheduled Foreign Programs (1) Telescope Nights J. Farihi (University of Leicester), S. Redfield (Wesleyan U.), D. Koester (Universitat Kiel), M. Barstow (University of Leicester), N. Hambly (University of Edinburgh), R. Napiwotzski (University of Hertfordshire): The Origin of Metals in Cool White Dwarfs: Disrupted Minor Planets or Interstellar Gas? MMT 1 Las Campanas Observatory: Magellan I and II Semester 21A Magellan Telescopes: 21A Scheduled US Programs (1), and US Theses (2) Telescope Nights R. de Propris (CTIO), S. Schuler (NOAO), A. Frebel (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), F. D Antona, P. Ventura (Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma), G. Piotto, A. Milone (Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova): The triple sequence of NGC 288: exploring the stellar abundances Magellan-II 3 US Thesis Programs (2) V. Kulkarni, D. Som (T) (U. of South Carolina), C. Peroux (Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-Provence), J. Meiring, J. Lauroesch (U. of Louisville), P. Khare (Utkal University), D. York (U. of Chicago): Metals, Molecules, and Star Formation in Sub-Damped Lyman-alpha Quasar Absorbers B. Lee, K. Colon (T), E. Ford (U. of Florida), C. Blake (Princeton U.), S. Mahadevan (Pennsylvania State U.): High precision differential photometry of planet transits with the MMTF Magellan-II 1 Magellan-I 1 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 19

196 OBSERVING PROGRAMS & INVESTIGATORS FOR 21A/B Las Campanas Observatory: Magellan I and II Semester 21B Magellan Telescopes: 21B Scheduled US Programs (4) Telescope Nights M. Geha (Yale U.), P. Cote (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics), R. Munoz (Yale U.), G. Djorgovski (California Institute of Technology), P. Stetson (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics): A Megacam Survey of Galactic Halo Substructure A. Mainzer (CalTech-JPL), J. Kirkpatrick (IPAC), M. Cushing (CalTech-JPL), M. Skrutskie (U. of Virginia), P. Eisenhardt (CalTech-JPL), E. Wright (UCLA), C. Gelino (IPAC): A Search for the Coolest Brown Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood D. Marchesini (Tufts U.), I. Labbe (Carnegie Observatories), M. Kriek (Princeton U.), P. van Dokkum, G. Brammer (G), A. Muzzin, R. Bezanson (G) (Yale U.), M. Franx (Leiden Observatory), G. Illingworth (UC Santa Cruz), K. Lee (Yale U.), R. Quadri (Leiden Observatory), G. Rudnick (U. of Kansas), K. Whitaker (G) (Yale U.), R. Williams (Carnegie Institution of Washington): Measuring the Rest-Frame UV Properties and the Number Density of Massive Galaxies at 3<z<4 J. O Meara (Saint Michael s College), J. Prochaska (UC Santa Cruz): The Optical Depth of the Universe and the Search for Missing Metals at 2.5 < z < 3.4 Magellan-II 2 Magellan-I-PRE 1 Magellan-I 1 Magellan-II 2 Palomar Observatory: Hale Semester 21A Hale Telescope: 21A Scheduled US Programs (3), and US Theses (1) Telescope Nights T. Boroson (NOAO), M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.): A Systematic Search for the Dynamical Signature of Close Supermassive Binary Black Holes X. Fan, L. Jiang (U. of Arizona), F. Walter (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie), J. Kurk (Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik), M. Vestergaard (University of Copenhagen), B. Kelly (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics): Probing Black Hole Growth in the Earliest Luminous Quasars G. Stringfellow (U. of Colorado), V. Gvaramadze (Sternberg Astronomical Institution): The Search for New Luminous Blue Variable Stars: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Stars with 24 micron Shells Hale 4 Hale 2 Hale-PRE 1 US Thesis Programs (1) E. Moran (Wesleyan U.), M. Eracleous (Pennsylvania State U.), R. Becker (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), L. Kay (Barnard College), J. Bechtold, H. Sugarman (G) (U. of Arizona), A. Langford (T) (Wesleyan U.): Black Holes in the Milky Way s Backyard Hale 2 Key: (G) = Graduate; (O) = Other; (T) = Thesis Student; (U) = Undergraduate 191

197 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Palomar Observatory: Hale Semester 21B Hale Telescope: 21B Scheduled US Programs (4) Telescope Nights K. Covey (Cornell U.), J. Forbrich (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), R. Gutermuth (Smith College), J. Stauffer, M. Morales-Calderon, L. Rebull (California Institute of Technology), P. Plavchan (NEXScI), T. Megeath (U. of Toledo): Confirming X-ray Triggered Disk Accretion With K Band Spectroscopy S. Howell (NOAO), J. Holberg (U. of Arizona): Spectroscopy of the Unique White Dwarf BOKS G. Marion, K. Krisciunas (Texas A&M U.), P. Garnavich (U. of Notre Dame), R. Foley (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), O. Fox (U. of Virginia): Late Time Near-Infrared Spectra from Type Ia Supernovae A. Myers (U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), J. Hennawi (Max Planck Institut für Astronomie): The Evolution of Small-Scale Quasar Clustering out to z~4.5 Hale 2 Hale 2 Hale 2 Hale 4 192

198 H BROADENING PARTICIPATION NOAO is committed to foster, encourage, and enhance geographic, gender, ethnic, and racial diversity among its employees and programs in promoting astronomical research. NOAO is proud to assist in preparing diverse, globally engaged science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities. The focus is to broaden participation from underrepresented groups, institutions that do not have access to activities in astronomy (especially smaller institutions and institutions with high percentages of underrepresented groups), and geographic areas that have not had the opportunity to participate in the field of astronomy. NOAO s activities in this area are spearheaded by NOAO Diversity Co-Advocates (DAs) K. Garmany and D. Norman, who were appointed in January 29. They participate in a broad range of activities chosen to advance the goals of diversity and broader participation, as well as workplace climate. Activities that occurred in FY1 are described below. AURA Activities Semi-regular telecommunication meetings with AURA Workforce and Diversity Committee (WDC). February 23: DAs telephone interview with Apriel Hodari, retained by AURA as an outside consultant. March 4 5: WDC meeting, Tucson. Funding possibilities were discussed, a presentation on NOAO workplace diversity was made, and the WDC Chair was given a tour of Kitt Peak on the previous day. April 22 24: AURA Board & Members Annual meeting, Annapolis. WDC Chair gave a presentation, and the DAs met to set the agenda for the December WDC meeting. July 7: Norman wrote and circulated a memo to AURA and the WDC Chair regarding the possibility of using engineering interns at NOAO in the NOAO System Technology Center (NSTC) group. This memo listed the requests and requirements needed for such a program to be feasible at NOAO. NOAO Activities Monthly meetings with NOAO Director, regular meetings with the Human Resources Supervisor. October 19: Climate survey results presentation to and discussion with Science Data Management staff. November 16: Climate survey results presentation to and discussion with NSTC staff. September 8: Presentation given to the 21 Goldberg Postdoc Search committee on Excellence and Diversity at NOAO. Garmany served on the NOAO Goldberg Postdoc hiring committee. The evaluation tool used by the committee was based on recommendations from the WDC faculty. Of 64 total applicants, 2 193

199 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 were identified as female. The short list of 11 included 5 females; offers were made to 2 females and 2 males, but all declined. Norman continued her service on the CTIO search committee, which resulted in the hiring of Dr. David James at CTIO. Astronomy Community Outreach Activities October 21 23, 29, Women in Astronomy III conference: A poster by Garmany, N. van der Bliek, P. Knezek, Norman, G. Jacoby, D. Silva titled, NOAO as an equal-opportunity employer Steps taken since Women in Astronomy II, presented ongoing statistics on employment and salaries since Another poster by Norman et al., Tough Talk: Women Giving Colloquia also was presented. The posters also were hung in the main lobby of NOAO s Tucson facility. January 6: Norman organized AAS sessions on mentoring astronomers. April 21: Talk at University of Texas at Austin on the Norman et al. work Tough Talk: Women Giving Colloquia. June 22: Norman proposal for a AAS Special Session titled, Strategies for Addressing Harassment and Prejudice was accepted. August 2 4: Panel session organized by Garmany on Broadening Diversity was held at Astronomical Society of Pacific meeting, Boulder. The resulting report was posted on the AURA diversity Web page. Garmany agreed to assume role of Editor of Status, the AAS newsletter by the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, effective December 21. Norman agreed to serve on AAS Demographics Committee as a Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy representative. Public Outreach Activities October 29 November 1: Norman attended the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers meeting and provided booth and workshop support. January 13: Garmany attended the Tucson Diversity Fair with representatives of the NOAO Human Resources group. February 12 13: Norman attended and gave a talk at the National Society of Black Physicists meeting. July 14: Norman did an interview with film makers about various topics in Astronomy. Norman provided an interview to a reporter for Sally Ride Key Concepts in Science Books on gravitational lensing and dark matter. These short books have been designed to encourage middle-school girls to enter science and engineering fields. At the college level, the NOAO DAs worked closely with the NOAO REU program. Garmany successfully recruited the African-American winner of the Intel Bok astronomy award as an REU applicant. The REU 21 summer program consisted of 6 students, 3 of whom were women and one was a minor- 194

200 BROADENING PARTICIPATION ity. Two African-American students from South Carolina State University, a Historically Black College, participated in the Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education summer program. At the K-12 level, Garmany continued efforts on the Tohono O odham Nation to engage schools and community centers. Classes visited Kitt Peak for the Night Observing Program in April and May. Three Head Start classes from the reservation toured Kitt Peak and engaged in astronomy activities (March, April, and July). The DAs sponsored Astronomy Week (June 14 18) at the Sells recreation center, set up a booth at Schuk Toak District day in April, and supported a Tohono O odham student scholarship to Astronomy Camp (University of Arizona). In June, the Tohono O odham Horse Camp returned to Kitt Peak for the fourth year. Garmany hosted the new school superintendent for a tour of Kitt Peak in November. The DAs held a star party at San Xavier Recreation Center in February and facilitated a Kitt Peak Docents visit to the Tohono O odham Cultural Center in April. Publications S. M. Pompea and D. Norman, The White House Star Party: Reports from the South Lawn, ASP, Astronomy Beat, No. 35, Nov. 2, 29. D. Norman, Expanding Diversity in Professional Astronomy, Sky and Telescope Magazine, Feb. 21, Vol. 119, No. 2, p. 86. D. Norman, et al., Tough Talk: Women Giving Colloquia, to be published in the Proceedings for the Women in Astronomy 29 meeting. Staff Diversity The total number of employees at NOAO North and South is approximately 357. Of those, NOAO has approximately 1 staff in Chile who are local hires employed under a collective bargaining agreement that is re-negotiated every two years. The following tables include numbers for only the US hired staff; those Chilean local hires are not included. Tables H-1a, H-1b and H-1c indicate the number of new employees hired at NOAO (US hired staff) during FY1 by gender and ethnicity. Table H-1a: FY1 NOAO New Hires (excluding Temporary Employees) TOTAL Male Female Minorities Exec/Sr Officials & Mgr First/Mid Officials & Mgr Scientific Staff Professionals Technicians Admin Support Worker Skill Craft/Trade Worker Sales Workers Operatives Laborers & Helpers Service Workers Total New Hires % of New Hires 43% 57% 25% 195

201 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Table H-1b: FY1 NOAO New Hires (excluding Temporary Employees): Ethnic Breakdown of Males MALE Amer Ind Native Haw Two or More Black Asian Native AK White Hispanic Pac Isl Races Exec/Sr Officials & Mgr First/Mid Officials & Mgr Scientific Staff 1 Professionals 3 Technicians 3 Admin Support Worker 1 1 Skill Craft/Trade Worker Sales Workers Operatives Laborers & Helpers Service Workers 3 Total New Hires % of New Hires 1.7% 28.6% 3.6% Table H-1c: FY1 NOAO New Hires (excluding Temporary Employees): Ethnic Breakdown of Females FEMALE Amer Ind Native Haw Two or More Black Asian Native AK White Hispanic Pac Isl Races Exec/Sr Officials & Mgr First/Mid Officials & Mgr Scientific Staff 1 Professionals 3 1 Technicians 1 Admin Support Worker 6 1 Skill Craft/Trade Worker Sales Workers 1 1 Operatives Laborers & Helpers Service Workers 1 Total New Hires % of New Hires 3.6% 46.4% 7.1% 196

202 BROADENING PARTICIPATION Table H-2 indicates the number of promotions at NOAO (US hired staff) during the FY1. Table H-3 on the following page shows the corrected table for FY9. Table H-2: FY1 NOAO Promotions with Breakdowns by Gender and Ethnicity MALE FEMALE Native Native TOTAL Male Female Minorities Black Asian Amer. White Hispanic Black Asian Amer. White Hispanic Exec/Sr Officials & Mgr First/Mid Officials & Mgr Scientific Staff Professionals Technicians Admin Support Worker Skill Craft/Trade Worker Sales Workers Operatives Laborers & Helpers Service Workers # promotions # promotions # promotions 2 1 # promotions # promotions # promotions 1 # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents 1 # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents 7 1 # incumbents Total Promotions Total Incumbents % of Population 68.5% 31.5% 28.4% 1.2% 3.5% 3.1% 57.2% 3.5% 1.2%.4% 2.7% 23.3% 3.9% % Promoted 6.6% 7.6% 29.4% 29.4%.% 11.8%.% 58.8%.%.% 5.9% 11.8% 11.8%.% 197

203 NOAO ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN FY 21 Table H-3: FY9 NOAO Promotions (Corrected) with Breakdowns by Gender and Ethnicity MALE FEMALE Native Native TOTAL Male Female Minorities Black Asian Amer. White Hispanic Black Asian Amer. White Hispanic Exec/Sr Officials & Mgr First/Mid Officials & Mgr Scientific Staff Professionals Technicians Admin Support Worker Skill Craft/Trade Worker Sales Workers Operatives Laborers & Helpers Service Workers # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # promotions # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents # incumbents Total Promotions Total Incumbrents % of Population 7.% 3.% 15.8% 1.1% 3.7% 2.6% 59.2% 3.7%.7%.7% 2.6% 22.5% 3.7% % of Promotions 7.1% 68.4% 31.6% 19.1% 5.3% 5.3% 57.9% 5.3% 26.3% 198

204 I GRANTS OBTAINED IN Q4 The following table lists the grant funding received by NOAO staff from non-nsf agencies during the fourth quarter of FY 21. Principle Investigator Awarding Agency Title Budget Amount Period of Performance Funding Year Naveen Reddy JPL The Dependence of Gallery Feedback on Stellar Populations John Subasavage STScI Calibrating Cosmological Chronometers: White Dwarf Masses John Subasavage STScI Binaries at the Extremes of the High Redshift Diagram Will Goble L3 Communications Star Formation in the 4th Galactic Quadrant $4,4 9/13/21 9/3/213 $4,66 7/1/21 6/3/211 $12,537 7/1/21 6/3/211 $13, 9/7/21 9/3/213 1 of 3 1 of 2 1 of 1 1 of 3 199

205 J SAFETY REPORT FOR Q4 OSHA Recordable Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Other Incidents During the early evening of September 1, an EPO employee was traveling to Safford, Arizona, to give a workshop at Discovery Park. While on Interstate 1 near Texas Canyon, the employee s personal vehicle was struck from behind by a truck. The employee was cut out from the vehicle, evacuated by medical helicopter, and taken to the hospital where he was found to have suffered broken ribs. The employee was not cited by law enforcement. The insurance company totaled the employee s vehicle. Because the employee was on authorized travel, this case is considered an OSHA recordable occupational injury and may be compensated through AURA s workers compensation insurance. Safety and Health A lock-out tag-out violation occurred at the Kitt Peak Mayall 4-m telescope sometime during the late morning of July 13 during the annual summer monsoon shutdown. The 4-m telescope was left in an unbalanced situation the night of Monday, July 12 with a sign in the control room that stated Do Not Operate Telescope or Dome. Tuesday, an employee moved the telescope in the unbalance mode, and it took Kitt Peak employees several hours to put the telescope back into a safe position. No one was injured, and there was no property damage. A formal incident investigation report was submitted to NOAO s senior management and several Incident Learning meetings were conducted to determine actions to prevent this type of event from happening again. C. Gessner, NOAO Risk Manager, assisted NSO with a New Mexico Industrial Commissionmandated safety inspection at Sunspot during the week of August 2. A report of the findings was submitted to the New Mexico Industrial Commission. In addition to the inspection, Gessner helped NSO staff with other safety, health, and environmental compliance tasks. Environmental The Kitt Peak National Observatory received a letter dated September 1 from the Tohono O odham Nation Department of Public Safety Environmental Protection Office (EPO) requesting location and quantities of hazardous materials on Kitt Peak. This request references the federal law Community Right to Know Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III PL Letters will be sent to the Kitt Peak tenants requiring them to comply with the request. The target date for completion is expected to be spring of 211. We are in continuing communication with the Tohono O odham. Nation EPO. Site safety reports for the 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd fiscal quarters are published in the respective NOAO Quarterly Reports. 2

206 SAFETY REPORT FOR Q4 Fire Protection and Prevention The Tohono O odham Department of Public Safety Fire Management Group organized fire severity brush clearing on Kitt Peak in July (Figure J-1). Twelve firefighters worked to clear brush on the east side of the mountain and at the picnic grounds from July 14 to July 21. This work will help reduce fire loading in the picnic area, make defensible space from the valley where the main power feed is located, and help protect the maintenance, visitor center, and helicopter landing areas. Insurance Figure J-1: Brush clearing on Kitt Peak for fire mitigation. K. Ray and C. Gessner completed all insurance applications early this year for AURA, WIYN, SOAR, and LSST. Information from all AURA Centers was received in a timely manner. Ray and Gessner met with Marsh on September 23 for the Renewal Proposal Meeting and bids were favorable. It is expected that all insurance will be bound on October 1. 21

207 Four Amigos 29 by artist Michelle Rouch highlights the Mayall 4-m and a few of the dozens of other telescopes atop Kitt Peak. Rouch was one of eight artists from the International Association of Astronomical Artists who spent a week at Kitt Peak National Observatory creating artwork in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the National Observatory. Artist: Rouch (