Hyper Suprime-Cam Queue Mode Observation Workshop

First circular

HSC queue-mode workshop (1st circular)

WS web page: http://www.naoj.org/Observing/queue/queuews2015/

Subaru Telescope, NAOJ plans to have the first HSC queue-mode workshop 
on June 16th and 17th in Mitaka campus of NAOJ.

Subaru Telescope plans to introduce queue-mode observation to Hyper 
Suprime-Cam (HSC) open-use observations, step-by-step starting from 
S16A (Feb. to July 2016). In queue-mode observation, PI of accepted 
proposals are requested to submit observing conditions and observing 
plans in advance, and the observations are carried out without the 
participation of the proposers on site. 
The goal of this workshop is to explain to users the overview of 
queue-mode, procedures from proposal submission to data delivery, 
and actions requested to users, so that potential users become ready 
for Call for Proposals of S16A which is scheduled to be issued in 
early August 2015. Some hands-on session using beta-version of tools 
is also planned.
We would like to encourage the current and future HSC observers to 
participate this workshop.

- Date and time: June 16th (Tue) 11am to June 17th (Wed) 3pm, 2015 (JST) (plan)
- Venue: Large seminar room, Subaru building, NAOJ Mitaka campus
access information: http://www.nao.ac.jp/en/access/mitaka/access.html

- Outline of WS program:
* Overview of queue-mode observation
* Step-by-step introduction plan of HSC queue-mode
* Overview of HSC (as an instrument)
* Flow from proposal to data delivery
* Procedure in Phase 1 (proposal submission)
* Procedure in Phase 2 (submission of observing plan)
* Quality assessment and data delivery
* Q and A session
* Hands-on session

- Language
Presentation material will be mainly written in English.
Oral presentation will be mainly in Japanese and partly in English.

- Registration
Please make a registration from the workshop web page.
Particiapnts who wish to have travel support should submit their 
request by May 20th (Wed, JST). We cannot guarantee to accept all the 
requests. Students have higher priority of receiving travel support.

- Video conference
We plan to enable participation via Video-meeting systems. More 
details will be announced in the second circular or later.

- Hands-on session
We plan to have some hands-on session using beta-version of tools for 
queue observation preparation (to practice preparing Phase 2 observing 
blocks). Please bring your laptop computer. We will inform you software 
to be used.

- Contact
Subaru Telescope, NAOJ
HSC queue-mode working group
hscqwg@naoj.org
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