It is anticipated the meeting documents will be available at this site starting on 29 October 2009. ___________________________________________________
76th Meeting of the
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Scientific Advisory Council
12-14 November 2009 - Waimea, Hawaii
Draft AGENDA
The meeting will start on Thursday, 12 November, with the following schedule:
Morning
09:00 – 10:00 CFHT TAC
10:00 – 11:30 Science talk:
The MiMeS Large Program: Overview and First Results (G. Wade)
Afternoon and evening: Summit visit
(see details in call for meeting)
The meeting will resume on Friday through Saturday, 13-14 November, 09:00-18:00.
Friday, 13 November
Morning
- Instrument operation and development
a. MegaPrime/MegaCam operation
b. WIRCam
c. ESPaDOnS – Crosstalk, New Detector and Software: status
d. ‘OHANA
e. CFHT environmental data and dome seeing studies- DIMM and Dome Seeing
- Mauna Kea Atmospheric Monitor and ASIVA (All Sky Infrared
and Visible Analyzer
- Technical activities report
a. OAP
b. AO and LGS (Laser Guide Star related activities)
c. Telescope operation: DEC pointing problem
d. Discussion by SAC of project priorities
Lunch with CFHT staff - CFHT Headquarters
Afternoon
- New Instrumentation: development / feasibilities studies
a. SPIRou
b. ‘IMAKA
c. SITELLE
d. MegaMOS
Close session (17h-18h)
Saturday, 14 November
Morning
- Telescope use and scheduling
a. 2010A schedule
b. Trends in instrument use
c. QSO report
d. Discretionary and Engineering time use for 2009 - CFHTLS and Large Programs
a. CFHTLS Steering Group progress report
b. Current Large Programs progress report
c. New Large Programs Call: report - CFHT Users’ Meeting - November 2010
a. Theme
b. Potential Complementary Forum Workshop - Future of CFHT
a. CFHT’s Golden Age: Status
b. INSU Prospective Exercise feedback
c. Ongoing preparations for the Canadian Large Range Planning Plan: update - Other items
a. SAC/TAC membership; chairmanship
b. Next meeting
Close session (16h-18h)
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