Image Credit: L. Huang, P. Marenfeld, and K. Olsen/NOAO/AURA/NSF.
September 2016
NOAO Newsletter
The September 2016 NOAO Newsletter is online and ready to download. It contains sections on Science Highlights, System Science Capabilities, System Observing: Telescopes and Instruments, and NOAO Operations & Staff.
On the Cover
This map, created using the NOAO Data Lab Data Discovery Tool, shows the total exposure in science frames taken with any of the DECam, or KPNO and CTIO Mosaic imagers. The sky has been rotated to center on the Dark Energy Survey “footprint.”
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Zwicky Transient Facility Community Workshop at January AAS meeting.
Instrument capabilities, data products, public survey parameters, & release schedule will be discussed. Arrive early at AAS 229 to join in! -
More Than Meets the Eye: A Massive Galaxy That’s Nearly All Dark Matter. Observations made with Gemini and Keck were used to infer the mass of the galaxy from the motions of its stars. -
A five-planet system revealed by NASA's Kepler K2 mission. The Robo-AO adaptive optics system on the Kitt Peak 2.1m telescope was used to rule out a non-planetary origin for the transit signals.
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Join the international star-hunt campaign, Globe at Night, August 25 through September 2. Use a smart phone to submit sky brightness in real time! Visit globeatnight.org.
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Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument Enters Construction Phase. Installation at the Kitt Peak Mayall telescope will begin in 2017. -
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey made its 13th public data release on July 31. Adam Bolton, NOAO's AD for System Science and Data, previously served as SDSS's Principal Data Scientist. -
Trove of Planets Discovered with Kepler and Earth-based Observatories including Gemini North. NOAO’s Mark Everett was part of the team.
