AAO instrumentation program and collaboration with China Jon Lawrence (AAO) AAO • Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) was founded in 1974 to support the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) in Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran • Now a Division of the Australia government Dept. of Innovation, Industry and Science • Approx 90 staff split between Astronomy, Operations, Technology, and Corporate at two sites: Siding Spring Observatory and North Ryde, Sydney • AAO Technology division includes the Instrument Science Group (12 postdocs) and the Instrumentation Group (25 managers and engineers) SSO AAO Future • Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) was founded in 1974 to support the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) in Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran • Now a Division of the Australia government Dept. of Innovation, Industry and Science • Approx 90 staff split between Astronomy, Operations, Technology, and Corporate at two sites: Siding Spring Observatory and North Ryde, Sydney • AAO Technology division includes the Instrument Science Group (12 postdocs) and the Instrumentation Group (25 managers and engineers) • In the ~12 months AAO will shift out of the Department into the Research sector: – AAO Telescope operations: run at SSO by a consortium of Universities led by ANU – AAO Technology: run at a Sydney location (TBD) by TBD (likely a consortium of Universities) AAO Instrument Projects: Past Over 40 delivered instruments and 30 design studies Positioning systems • FMOS/Echidna - fibre positioning robot for Subaru – 2007 • OzPoz - fibre positioning robot for the VLT – 2003 • 6dF - 150-fibre positioning robot for the UKST – 2001 • 2df - 2 degree field corrector and 400 fibre positioner for the AAT – 1997 Spectrographs • HERMES - moderate resolution optical spectrograph for the AAT – 2014 • AAOmega - optical multi-object spectrograph for the AAT – 2006 • IRIS2 - near-infrared slit-mask spectrograph and imager for the AAT – 2002 Fibre Systems • KOALA - 1000 element fibre-IFU for the AAT – 2014 • SAMI - multi-IFU hexabundle fibre feed for the AAT – 2013 • CYCLOPS2 - fibre image slicer for UCLES at the AAT – 2012 AAO Instrument Projects: Current International Projects National Projects Research and Development • MANIFEST @ GMT • TAIPAN @ UKST • Positioning technologies • 4MOST @ VISTA • Hector 1 @ AAT • Ring resonators • GHOST @ Gemini • Veloce-Rosso @ AAT • K band fibres • AST3-NIR @ Dome A • Huntsman @ SSO • Detector • PLATO @ Antarctica controllers/cryostats • PRAXIS @ AAT • Single-mode AAT Facility Upgrades • Sphinx @ MSE spectrographs • 2DFDR @ AAT • NBS @ Subaru • Photonic interferometry • 2df upgrade @ AAT • Orbital Angular momentum • HERMES upgrade @ AAT • Multi-core FBG for OH • Flat-field @ AAT suppression • Adaptive optics WFS and modes TAIPAN: Instrument • TAIPAN is a fiber positioner and spectrograph being developed for the UK Schmidt Telescope • Positioner is based on Starbugs technology, developed as a prototype for MANIFEST on GMT • 150 fibres (upgrade to 300) over 6 degree FOV feeding a low resolution optical spectrograph • Commenced mid-2013, due for science late 2017 • Will survey 1e6 galaxies and 1e6 stars for range of science cases TAIPAN: Positioner TAIPAN: Spectrograph • Wavelength range: 370-870 nm • 150 fibres fed at f/2.5 • Refractive design • Max 100 mm beam • 5 lens collimator, 5 lens cameras • Total of 8 aspheric surfaces in design with 4 distinct lenses • 2 arms using 2kx2k E2V • COTS cooler/controller • R=2300 MANIFEST: Instrument TAIPAN MANIFEST Number of Starbugs 150-300 >2000 Field of View 6 degrees 20 arcmins Field ROC 3 m 3.3 m Field diameter 330 mm 1250 mm Pitch ~12 mm ~50 mm Payload Single fibre IFU • MANIFEST is extension of TAIPAN for Giant Magellan Telescope • Feeds GMACS and G-CLEF instruments • GMACS (Texas A&M): low resolution optical spectrograph • Provides high res, wide FOV, high multiplex • G-CLEF (Harvard): high resolution white pupil Echelle • Interface Study will commence in 2017 spectrograph MANIFEST: modes