[ASA] Workshop Announcement - FunnelWeb 2013

[Chris Tinney]

FunnelWeb Workshop 2013


FunnelWeb<http://funnel-web.wikispaces.com/home> will be a major new stellar and exoplanetary spectroscopic survey undertaken using the UKST and the TAIPAN spectrograph.
FunnelWeb current baseline is to target a SNR>100 spectra at R>2000 between 390 and 880nm of all stars down to V=12 and south of +30, plus a volume-selected and metalicity-selected sample down to V=15. It takes advantage of the starbugs technology (currently being prototyped at the AAO), enabling a faster spectroscopic survey than any other technology.
All interested members of the Australian astronomical community are invited to attend a 1-day workshop at UNSW on 7 August. The workshop will run from 9:30am until 4:30pm, and will include talks on science, survey strategy, and a discussion session. Community members who would like to take leadership roles in science or analysis subgroups are especially welcome.
Confirmed Speakers:

  *   Michael Ireland: Scope of the FunnelWeb survey, dimensionality of spectral space and 3D reddening and Galactic structure.
  *   Robert Content: Optimising the TAIPAN spectrograph design for stars and galaxies using microlenses on injection.
  *   Kyler Kuehn: Optimising the FunnelWeb survey for speed using Starbugs technology.
  *   Chris Tinney: FunnelWeb for pre-mission TESS spectra and future Doppler planet-search targets.
  *   Sarah Martell: Lessons for FunnelWeb from the Sloan survey and GALAH planning.
  *   Steven Marsden: Stellar Activity with the FunnelWeb survey.
  *   Stefan Keller: Identifying classes of metal poor stars with SkyMapper + FunnelWeb

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If you are interested in taking part in this workshop (or the FunnelWeb survey) please register your interest by emailing c.tinney at unsw.edu.au<mailto:c.tinney at unsw.edu.au>

Chris Tinney & Mike Ireland

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Professor Chris Tinney | ARC Discovery Outstanding Researcher,  School of Physics, UNSW
Associate Dean (Research),  Faculty of Science | Co-Director, Australian Centre for Astrobiology
c.tinney at unsw.edu.au<http://unsw.edu.au>, +61 2 93855168, Rm 131 Old Main, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~cgt


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