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• Keck Observatory is a Partnership between Caltech, CARA, University of California with participation of University of Hawaii and NASA

Keck/NGAO

Project Scope: Enabling front-page astronomical science by designing, building, and deploying the world's most advanced astronomical adaptive optics instrumentation capability

• NGAO Project Directory
• NGAO Document and Presentation Templates
• NGAO Development Process Guidelines

Team Meetings Collections

• 060425 Point Design Retreat (Indian Wells, CA)
• 060621 SSC Meeting (CARA)
• 060914 NGAO Meeting #1 (UC Irvine)
• 061114 NGAO Meeting #2 (Caltech)
• 061213 NGAO Meeting #3 (Tele/video)
• 070122 NGAO Meeting #4 (WMKO)
• 070307 NGAO Meeting #5 (Tele/video)
• 070425/26 NGAO Meeting #6 (UCSC)
• 070530 NGAO Meeting #7 (Tele/video)
• 070709/13 NGAO Meeting #8 (UCSC)
• 070824 NGAO Meeting #9 (Tele/video)
• 070917 NGAO Meeting #10 (CIT)
• 071105 NGAO Meeting #11 (Tele/Video)
• 071213 NGAO Meeting #12 (Tele/Video)
• 080125 NGAO Meeting #13 (Tele/Video)
• 080219 NGAO Meeting #14 (Tele/Video)
• 0806139 NGAO PD Meeting #1 (Tele/Video)

NGAO Proposal

• NGAO Proposal (225 pgs)
• NGAO Proposal Executive Summary (35 pgs)

Executive Committee (EC) Collections

• System Design Phase Planning
• Systems Engineering Management Planning for SDR
• SD Phase Cost Estimate
• System Design Review

Work Packages

• Scope, Products, and Deliverables
• NGAO KAONs

Systems Engineering Collections

• System Architecture
• SD Phase Systems Engineering IPT membership matrix (10/19/06)
• Functional requirements

Performance Budget Team	Membership
Modelling Tools and Validation?	Ammons, Clare, Flicker, Gavel, Neyman (Lead), Kupke
Wavefront Error and Encircled Energy	Dekany (Lead), Flicker, Gavel, Max, Wizinowich
Photometric Precision	Britton (Lead), Dekany, Flicker, Olsen
Astrometric Accuracy	Britton, Cameron (Lead), Dekany, Ghez, Lu
High-Contrast	Dekany, Flicker (Lead), Liu, Macintosh, Neyman
Polarimetric Precision	Ireland (Lead), Dekany
Transmission and Background	Bouchez (Lead), Bauman, Dekany
Observing Efficiency	Le Mignant (Lead)
System Uptime	Chin, Johansson (Lead)
Performance Budget Summary	Britton (Lead)

• Science Operations with NGAO

AO System Design

• AOSystemDesign document collection
• People-group-task matrix

Science Team Collections

• Observing Scenarios
• Science & PSF Simulations
• SRD Drafts (work in progress)

• Solar System Science
• Galactic Science
• Extragalactic Science

Design and Interface Collections

• OptoMechanical Design
• Optical Design

Related Links

• NGAO Science Case Page at CARA
• KPAO Project Page at CARA

Tutorials

• Twiki Tutorial

(advanced search)

• 080226_NGAO_Inter_Cost_Estimate.xls: 080226_NGAO_Inter_Cost_Estimate.xls

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