RAVE status report
Matthias Steinmetz (AIP)
Data collection
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2009
2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova
 325k
spectra for 280k stars (Jan 09) (see
Fred‘s talk)
 Data reduction up to date (March 09) (see
Mary‘s talk)
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Data collection
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Data collection
spectra
sp/night
avail.
fib.
sp/n/fib
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2009
nights
sched.
05
148
50
4
0
94
38,416
409
92
4.45
06
307
92
4
5
206
96,948
470
107
4.39
07
309
111
38
15
145
65,607
452
98
4.61
08
309
105
21
5
178
64,946
365
83
4.40
wea sys RAV
.
.
E
nights
used
Year
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nights lost
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Data quality
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2009
2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova
 DR3
close to be ready for publication
 Continues need to better understand data
quality
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Calibration observations
Reduction of scatter
Understanding (and correcting) systematics
 Comparison
between RAVE and SDSS
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Auxiliary catalogues
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2009
2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova
 Proper
Motions (Roeser)
 Distances (Breddels)
 Individual Abundances (Boeche)
 Calibration stars
 Stellar rotation velocities
…
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RAVE photometry
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2009
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 So
far mainly IR: DENIS and 2MASS
 Already the 1st scan of skymapper will
provide multiband photometry in the
optical for all RAVE stars
 Can we prepare this with SDSS
photometry in the survey overlap regions?
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RAVE science
 A number
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2009
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of science papers appeared
One from outside of the collaboration
 Only
a few on key science areas of RAVE
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Status of AAO
11 June
2009
2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova
 AAO
contract (UK/Australia) ends on
30 June 2010 – currently the formal end of
RAVE MoU
 Positive funding decision for AAO by Australian
Government 2010-2020
 Revised MoU required. First draft to be
discussed in September
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Terms similar to existing MoU
More specific on performance goals
 RAVE
intent: continue operation toward 1M
spectra (mid 2012?)
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Status of UKST hardware
11 June
2009
2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova
6
weeks loss of operation in 2007 owing to
asbestos removal
 Poor availability of fibres for 2005-2008
(average ~100 fibres), in particular in 2008
 Fibre quality deteriorating
 FP2 now beyond repair
 Successful FP3 commissioning in Mar 09
 FP1 refurbished to 100 fibres
 FP2 under remodelling, new fibre bundle
 FP1 remodelling after FP2 rework is completed
 3 fully equipped FP by 2010
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RAVE finances
 Currently
RAVE operation is secured to
mid 2010
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2009
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We would need about 600k€ to continue until
mid 2012
Model: 50% from collab, 50% new partners
 Discussion
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with potential new partners
Basic model: access for 1 faculty + 1 postdoc
+ grad students = entrance fee of 100k€
Martin Asplund
Tim Beers
ANU
 We
need some cash!!!
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RAVE acknowledgement
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2009
2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova
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Funding for RAVE has been provided by: the AngloAustralian Observatory; the Astrophysical Institute
Potsdam; the Australian National University; the
Australian Research Council; the French National
Research Agency; the German Research foundation;
the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica at Padova; the Johns
Hopkins University; the W.M. Keck foundation; the
Macquarie University; the Netherlands Research School
for Astronomy; the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada; the Slovenian Research
Agency; the Swiss National Science Foundation; the
Science & Technology Facilities Council of the UK;
Opticon; Strasbourg Observatory; and the Universities
of Groningen, Heidelberg and Sydney.
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