RA Projects

Steve

• ​Setting up LRS2 observations.
• ​Entering a temporary target list.
• Systematic study of ACAM properties (plate scale, position angle, photometric zeropoints) using data sets gathered in HET pointing tests.
• Development of LRS2 pointing tools: real-time spatial mapping for observing (target position and PSF) as well as mapping relations between fiber number, IFU spatial position, and ACAM pixel positions for both LRS2-R and LRS2-B.
• Learn software version control system subversion (svn) and use it to archive personal software packages like gstar, lrs2g, ....

Matt

Create a HETDEX conflict calendar for use by the PIs

Create the beginning and end Trimester reports

NOSS keywords and web pages

Here are a few requested updates for the NOSS keywords:

• Change keyword HRSemMAX to HRSemTMAX
• Add keyword HRSemND (Neutral density filter with either yes/no or 1/0)

Edit the old engineering web pages

Projects that Need to be done but no assignment

• Change PI Target notes so they can be editted
• Rewrite ​https://het.as.utexas.edu/HET/hetweb/calsearch.html to add the new instruments and use the current database.

Sergey (2018-2019)

• AGENDA
  • change HTOPX target submission to agenda db instead of directly to TCS - in progress

• HETDEX
  • change default shuffle catalog to PANSTARRS - done
  • daemon to watch for some tcs events - done
  • adjusted ldls cal lamp time - done
  • shuffle can not access PANSTARRS catalog. Solving this problem - in progress

• HTOPX
  • fix groups sort by optimal time - in plans
  • fix notes cut off for some targets - in progress

• NIGHT REPORT
  • acceptance targets in the queue on a base of night report - in progress
  • fix visits start time. changing software as well as pushing HPF team to add
    TRAJID keyword to HPF fits headers - in progress

• NOSS
  • Change hetdex objects names patter in shuffle data - done
  • removed group write permission for hetdata and TACC data - done
  • fixed night report problem with pop up target edit window - done
  • new iexp script to control HPF observation from MCS - in progress
  • fix treatment of tabs in note field - done

• TSL PARSER
  • on going maintenance

• PI INTERFACE (HYDRA)
  • allow PI edit targets note - in plans