UCOAC Meeting 40

University of California Observatories Advisory Committee
Fortieth Meeting
20 May, 2004, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Interdisciplinary Sciences Bldg, Room 102
UC Santa Cruz

I. Chair’s Remarks (Filippenko)

II. Director's remarks: the state of the UCO (Miller)

III. Report on NSF/NASA AAAC (Astronomy & Astrophysics Advisory Committee): GMST, etc. (Illingworth)

IV. Status of the TMT (Nelson)

V. UCLA/UCO IR Lab update; Gemini upgrade update (McLean)

VI. Lunch

VII.Keck instruments, brief status reports:

  • HIRES upgrade (Miller, Vogt)
  • ADC; Sol-gel coatings (Drew Phillips)
  • OSIRIS (McLean or Larkin)

VIII. KIRMOS: results of PDR, discussion of UC position

IX. Discussion of how we select instruments for Keck (Tytler)

X. Making Keck remote observing routine (Tytler)

XI. Automated Planet Finder update (Marcy)

XII. CfAO update (Nelson)

XII. Other business

XII. Executive Session

XII. Adjourn

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