10 May 2004	Dale, Finn
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Wyoming update
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-Filter wheel fabrication
-New hire: observing assistant Christine Lamanna
-New grad student: Travis Laurance
 his tentative summer duties:
  -observe/reduce
  -filter profiles
  -learn and simulate with SExtractor
  -create/maintain group webpages for better communication/organization
-REU student: Rebecca Harbison
-Observing plan

UMASS update
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-Dec 2003 "run"
-June 2004 run: 2nd half of June 1 for 16h 36m field
-Anything else?

For discussion
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-NOAO proposal?  "survey" proposal is perhaps a good option: up to 5
 years.  Next deadline likely Sep 2004.
 A Survey Program is a significant observational program which:
    * addresses novel, well-focused scientific goals;
    * enables scientific programs requiring large, statistically 
      complete, and homogeneous data;
    * provides a basis for planning more detailed follow-up studies;
    * enables extensive archival research; and
    * represents a significant enhancement over existing surveys. 

Questions
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-What redshift will you exactly cover at MMT?  What other filters are 
 available?
-Which exact coordinates for the 16h 36m field?
-Overlap stragegy?
-1 solar mass/year strategy?
-Copy of proposal?
-Timeline for finishing?
-I have preliminarily selected z=0.61 (1.063um) over z=0.71 (1.125um)
 since z=0.61 provides better "z-spacing" for the 6 epochs (and there is
 a dip in transparency at 1.125um).  But how in the heck can I continuum
 subtract?  e.g. the 2MASS J-band filter runs from 1.11-1.40um (50%
 FWHM).
 http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/releases/allsky/doc/figures/seciii1bf3.gif
 The Gunn z filter is not a good alternative:
 http://voservices.net/filter/filterdtls.aspx?filterid=18
 
-Travel to Wyoming or Arizona a good idea?  e.g. colloquium

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Telecon notes/Follow-up to telecon
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Finn says Janice Lee, Kennicutt's soon-to-be-graduating grad, is interested.

Have Dupczak scan DSS fields for potentially-harmful bright foreground stars.
Report results to Finn.

MMT NIR camera FOV: 3.1' (circular).  Finn is going down to 0.3 solar masses/year
for her cluster work (assuming Av=1).  This is like 2 hours integration, or half
a night w/overhead.  She could probably crank out several of these fields if she
just goes down to 1 solar mass/year.

Finn's filter is centered at 1.209um (z=0.84).  She reiterated her interest in
carrying out a complete 0.5 sq deg survey at this epoch, even though it would
take many nights! :)

The same camera on the Steward 90" (2.3 m) yields 8.5' FOV (circular).  Perhaps
Lee would be interested.

Because J band does not go down to my proposed z=0.61 (1.063um) wavelengths, 
maybe I should purchase my own broadband filter for continuum subtraction
purposes.

For calibration, Finn is using 2MASS stars in the field.  She uses the JHKs
fluxes and a stellar model to infer the narrowbad fluxes.