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JACARA Science Meeting on PILOT

Friday March 26 2004, 10am-4pm
Anglo Australian Observatory

To discuss PILOT, the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope, a proposed 2m-class Optical / IR telescope for Dome C, Antarctica. PILOT will be capable of wide-field, diffraction limited imaging from 30 microns to below 1 micron.

This meeting featured four parts:

PILOT
Scientific Opportunities for PILOT
PILOT as a pilot for an ELT
The opportunity for Australia - Open Discussion

Sample Science Programs for PILOT
Program

Presentations can be obtained by following the links from each title

Program

Presentations can be obtained by following the links from each title

Session	Length	Topic	Speaker
1		PILOT	(Fred Watson)
10:00	5	Introduction
	10	Astronomy in Antarctica and JACARA	Michael Burton
	20	Performance specifications for PILOT	Jon Lawrence
	5	Constructing telescopes in Antarctica	John Storey
	5	Auroral emission in Antarctica	Jessica Dempsey
	10	The seeing at Dome C	Tony Travouillon
11:15	15	Coffee
2		Scientific Opportunities for PILOT	(Peter Tuthill)
11:30	10	Observing planets with PILOT	Jeremy Bailey
	10	Photometric follow-up of transiting planet candidates	Marton Hidas
	10	Time series photometry	Tim Bedding
	10	AO imaging of pulsar wind nebulae	Matthew Whiting
	10	Radio science and PILOT	Tony Wong
	5	Star formation	Michael Burton
	10	Weak lensing and the cosmic shear	Chris Blake
12:45	30	Lunch (free for registered participants)
2		Continued	(Michael Burton)
13:15	10	The formation of the Milky Way	Geraint Lewis
	10	Near-field cosmology: stellar populations in galaxies	Joss Bland-Hawthorn
	10	Supernova discovery	Stuart Ryder
14:00	10	Coffee
3		PILOT as a pilot for an ELT	(Matthew Colless)
14:10	10	Super-seeing and the Antarctic plateau	Peter Gillingham
	10	The What Telescope - an example of the free-range of Antarctic design	Will Saunders
	10	Automating observatories - meeting the challenge	Michael Ashley
	10	From PILOT to an interferometer	Peter Tuthill
	20	From PILOT to an ELT - the opportunity for Australia	John Storey
4	(no break)	The Opportunity for Australia
15:30	30	Open Discussion
16:00		Wine & Cheese