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Personnel Updates and Technological Developments at Magellan Observatory

This report details recent personnel changes at the Magellan Observatory, including the hiring of Gabriel Prieto as the new telescope operator following Sergio Vera's resignation. Additionally, Yuri Beletsky was appointed as the Instrumentation Support Engineer/Scientist. Highlights also cover advancements in instrument commissioning with new technologies on the horizon, and the implementation of a high-speed Internet connection at CTIO, enhancing research capabilities.

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Personnel Updates and Technological Developments at Magellan Observatory

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  1. Personnel • Observing Statistics • Instrument Commissioning • Instrument Development • Fast Internet Connection • Publications (A. Uomoto) Magellan Director Report March 17, 2012, Carnegie Observatories

  2. Personnel • New Telescope Operator • Magellan telescope operator Sergio Vera unexpectedly resigned with scant notice in late-August • He was hired by ESO to become a VLT operator • A search was hurriedly organized and several good applications were received • An offer was made to GMT site testing equipment operator Gabriel Prieto, who accepted and began working in October

  3. Personnel (cont.) • Instrumentation Support Position • The new Instrumentation Support Engineer/Scientist position was advertised and three excellent candidates were identified • Interviews were carried out and an offer was made to Yuri Beletsky, who accepted and started working for Magellan in January • From 2006-2011, Beletsky was an ESO Support Astronomer at Paranal with considerable experience in supporting a wide variety of optical and IR instrumentation • This is a 100% support position

  4. Personnel (cont.) • El Pino / Mountain Personnel • In July 2011, Roberto Bermúdez replaced Emma Molina as the Administrative Assistant to the LCO Director in La Serena • Sergio Véliz joined the LCO Mountain staff in June 2011 to assist with administrative work (lodging, food services, travel, and warehouse supervision)

  5. Observing Statistics: Instrument Usage

  6. Observing Statistics: Long-Term Instrument Usage

  7. Observing Statistics: Downtime

  8. Observing Statistics: Long-Term Downtime

  9. Observing Statistics: Instrument Downtime

  10. Instrument Commissioning *P.I. Instrument MegaCam, MMIRS, FIRE, FourStar have yet to be accepted by the Magellan Council as Facility Instruments

  11. Instrument Development What comes next? Will there be a new generation of Magellan instruments?

  12. Fast Internet Connection • As of late-February, CTIO had implemented a new 620 mbs connection to Internet2 • Commodity traffic will use 30 mbs; 590 mbs reserved for research network • “In principle”, LCO bandwidth will be limited to 100 mbs

  13. Fast Internet Connection (cont.) • Traffic destined to a network that is a member of the Internet2 will go out over the 100 mbs route – all else will go out via the commodity network • In order to see the 100 mbs, the application needs to use the “UDF” protocol • The most common way is to use “bbFTP” • Observers are encouraged to use this new capability for transferring data, etc. Note: Downloading of movies, music, etc. is still considered unacceptable use of the network…

  14. Publications (A. Uomoto)

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