8m Users Group meeting - Wednesday Oct 10 2007

LOCATION: Oxford, Keble Road, Denys Wilkinson Building, OX1 3RH

How to find us

Minutes

The minutes of this meeting are available as PDF file.

Supportive Material

Guidelines for OPC panel chairs
Guidelines for ESO-OPC procedure with Large Programmes
Guidelines for writing OPC feedback comments
Agenda for the 18-20 October 2007 meeting of the AURA Oversight Council for Gemini/Gemini Science Committee
ESO Users Commitee
Gemini Operations update

AGENDA:

10:00 Welcome + coffee

The UK 8m Users Group

- Role within the community, and status in relation to e.g. STFC

- Membership: core / open to all?

- Location and timing of meetings

Gemini

- Report from Gemini Operations (Ilona Soechting)

- Report from Gemini Science Committee (Simon Morris)

ESO

- Report from ESO OPC (Simon Morris)

- Report from ESO Users Committee (Jacco van Loon)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

Future

- 2nd generation Gemini instrumentation

- 3rd generation VLT/VLTI instrumentation

Non-8m telescopes

- ELT(s)

- smaller telescopes, including e.g. VISTA, AAT, WHT

- other groundbased and spaceborne facilities

Any other business

Science highlights

Science goals and the STFC Roadmap

16:00 Closing