Feasibility of using NOIRlab platforms for Spec-S5 instruments

Venue

The workshop will start Monday morning on October 23 , 2023, and run until afternoon coffee on Wednesday March 25, 2023. There will be an additional trip to the KP summit on Thursday for anybody who wants to visit.

• ​https://noirlab.edu/public/about/contacts/tucson/

We have a hotel block

• [TBD]

Travel

We recommend flying into Tucson and taking an Uber/Taxi? to the Hotel. It is also possible to fly into Phoenix and then rent a car to get to Tuscon.

Agenda

• ​Draft agenda Edit permission: ​arjundey@noirlab.edu, ​djschlegel@lbl.gov, ​clpoppett@lbl.gov
• DocDB presentations

Zoom Connections

• Zoom Room 1 -
• Zoom Room 2 -

Platform considerations

• Can we put a mirror larger than 4m on the Blanco / Mayall ?
• What does the secondary look like and how can we hold it?

R&D updates

• Fiber positioners
• Gratings
• CCDs
• Fiber System
• Spectrographs