Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation

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Conference Programs
Telescopes and Technology

Systems p. 17–110 Advancements p. 111–146
10698 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, 10706 Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for
and Millimeter Wave, (Lystrup, MacEwen) Telescopes and Instrumentation III, (Navarro, Geyl) 
10699 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to 10707 Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V, (Guzman,
Gamma Ray, (den Herder, Nakazawa)  Ibsen) 
10700 Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, (Marshall, 10708 Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and
Spyromilio)  Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, (Zmuidzinas, Gao) 
10701 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI, (Creech- 10709 High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy
Eakman, Tuthill, Mérand)  VIII, (Holland, Beletic) 
10702 Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy
VII, (Evans, Simard, Takami) 
10703 Adaptive Optics Systems VI, (Close, Schreiber, Schmidt)
10704 Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems
VII, (Peck, Seaman, Benn) 
10705 Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for
Astronomy VIII, (Angeli, Dierickx) 
Tuesday–Thursday 5 Courses
Exhibition p. 13 Courses p. 14–16
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Plenary Session p. 7–9
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Plan now to attend the most prestigious event for developers of ground- and space-based telescopes,
the supporting technologies, and the latest instrumentation. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes +
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Take advantage of this biennial gathering of your colleagues to discuss a broad range of topics, from
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SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS:
Allison A. Barto Suzanne K. Ramsay
Ball Aerospace & European Southern
Technologies Corp. Observatory
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SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIRS:
Satoru Iguchi Alison Peck
National Astronomical Gemini Observatory
Observatory of Japan (United States)
(Japan)
DATES LOCATION
CONFERENCES & COURSES: Austin Convention Center
10–15 June 2018 Austin, Texas, USA
EXHIBITION: 12–14 June 2018
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Daily Schedule
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
10 JUNE 11 JUNE 12 JUNE 13 JUNE 14 JUNE 15 JUNE
Plenary Sessions, p. 7–9
An Engineering History NICER Early Operations Future Capabilities in Mapping the Nearest
of the JWST Telescope, and Results (Gendreau), Space Servicing and Stars for Habitable
(Feinberg), 9:00 to 9:30 9:00 to 9:30 am Assembly: Opportunities Worlds (Seager), 9:00 to
am for the Most Ambitious 9:30 am
The Large Synoptic
Space Astrophysics
Future Science with Survey Telescope: Panel Discussion: The
Missions (Thronson),
the James Webb Space Construction Progress Instruments and
9:00 to 9:30 am
Telescope (Mather), 9:30 and Scientific Technologies that will
to 10:00 am Opportunities (Willman), To be announced Discover Life in the
9:30 to 10:00 am (Stierwalt), 9:30 to 10:00 Galaxy (Siegler), 9:30 to
am 10:00 am
Public Lecture:
Exoplanets and the
Search for Habitable
Worlds (Seager), 7:30 to
8:30 pm
Public Lecture: To be
Announced, (Mather),
8:30 to 9:30 pm
PROGRAM ON
Telescopes and Systems, p. 17–110
10698 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, Conference Chairs: Makenzie Lystrup, Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp. (USA); Howard A. MacEwen, Reviresco LLC (USA)
10699 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, Conference Chairs: Jan-Willem A. den Herder, SRON Netherlands Institute
for Space Research (Netherlands); Shouleh Nikzad, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); Kazuhiro Nakazawa, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan) 
10700 Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII, Conference Chairs: Heather K. Marshall, DKIST/National Solar Observatory (USA); Jason Spyromilio,
European Southern Observatory (Germany) 
10701 Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VI, Conference Chairs: Michelle J. Creech-Eakman, New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology (USA); Peter G. Tuthill, The Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Antoine Mérand, European Southern
Observatory (Chile) 
10702 Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, Conference Chairs: Christopher J. Evans, UK
Astronomy Technology Ctr. (United Kingdom); Luc Simard, NRC - Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (Canada), Thirty Meter
Telescope (USA); Hideki Takami, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan) 
10703 Adaptive Optics Systems VI, Conference Chairs: Laird M. Close, The Univ. of Arizona (USA); Laura Schreiber, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna
(Italy); Dirk Schmidt, National Solar Observatory (USA)
10704 Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VII, Conference Chairs: Alison B. Peck, Gemini Observatory
(USA); Robert L. Seaman, Lunar and Planetary Lab., The Univ. of Arizona (USA); Chris R. Benn, Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
(Spain) 
10705 Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for
Astronomy VIII, Conference Chairs: George Z. Angeli, GMTO Corp.
(USA); Philippe Dierickx, European Southern Observatory (Germany) 
PROGRAM ON
Technology Advancements, p. 111–146
10706 Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III, Conference Chairs: Ramón Navarro, NOVA Optical &
Infrared Instrumentation Group at ASTRON (Netherlands); Roland Geyl, Safran Reosc (France) 
10707 Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy V, Conference Chairs: Juan C. Guzman,
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia); Jorge Ibsen, European
Southern Observatory appointed to Atacama Large MIllimiter/Submillimiter Array (Chile) 
10708 Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for
Astronomy IX, Conference Chairs: Jonas Zmuidzinas, California Institute of Technology (USA);
Jian-Rong Gao, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (Netherlands), Delft Univ. of
Technology (Netherlands) 
10709 High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy VIII, Conference Chairs:
Andrew D. Holland, e2v Ctr. for Electronic Imaging at The Open Univ. (United Kingdom); James
Beletic, Teledyne Imaging Sensors (USA) 
Courses, p. 14–16
SC1165: Introduction to SC906: Introduction SC1120: Finite Element SC1001: Systems SC1139: Systems
Applied Probability for to Visible and NIR Analysis of Optics, Doyle, Engineering for Engineering and
Systems Engineers in Spectrograph Design 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Astronomy Projects, Large Telescope
Astronomy, Arenberg, and Development for Schnetler, 8:30 am to Observatories, Lightsey,
8:30 am to 5:30 pm Astronomy, Sheinis, 8:30 5:30 pm 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
am to 5:30 pm
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Plenary Events
Monday Plenary Session 9:30 to 10:00 AM
Future Science with the James Webb Space
Monday 11 June 2018 · 8:50 to 10:00 AM
Location: CC Level 1, Ballroom A Telescope
8:50 to 9:00 AM John Mather
Welcome NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA), 2006 Nobel Lau-
reate in Physics
Session Chairs:
Planned for launch in 2019 on an Ariane 5 from French
Allison Barto, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (United States)
Guiana, JWST will observe at wavelengths from 0.6 to 28
Suzanne Ramsay, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
μm with a full suite of imagers, spectrometers, and coro-
nagraphs. JWST will extend the discoveries of the Hubble and Spitzer
observatories in all areas from cosmology, galaxies, stars, and exoplanets
9:00 to 9:30 AM
to our own Solar System. With a 6.5 m primary mirror it has a collecting
An Engineering History of the JWST Telescope area 7 times that of Hubble and 50 times that of Spitzer. The image qual-
ity is diffraction limited at 2 µm with near IR camera pixels of only 0.03
Lee Feinberg
arcsec. I will outline the planned observing program, showing how the
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA) instrument capabilities enable new discoveries in new territories. What
The James Webb Space Telescope Optical Telescope were the first objects that formed in the expanding universe? How do
Element (OTE) is a deployed cryogenic telescope with a the galaxies grow? How are black holes made, ranging from stellar mass
6.5 meter diameter segmented primary mirror that aligns to supermassive, over a billion solar masses, and what is their effect on
in space. This revolutionary telescope has been the work the neighborhood? How are stars and planetary system formed? What
of over a 1000 engineers, technicians and scientists over the past 15 governs the evolution of planetary systems, with the possibility of life?
years and includes numerous technical innovations and first-of-a-kind How did the Earth become so special? But the most important discoveries
achievements. This talk will look back in time at the amazing history of will be those we have not even imagined today.
the telescope development including the technology, architecture, de- Biography: John Mather is the Senior Project Scientist for the James
sign, manufacturing, and integration and testing phases. This will include Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST, planned for launch in 2018,
a description of the early years where three fast paced first-of-a-kind will extend the discoveries of the great Hubble Space Telescope, reaching
optical technologies were developed that helped enable the mission and farther back in time, farther out into space, to show us how the expanding
explore how early architectural decisions played out during the recent universe led to galaxies, stars, planets, and the possibility for life on our
test campaign. The presentation will walk through a visual history of the tiny Earth. As a 28-year-old postdoc he led the effort to propose the
remarkable mirror development efforts, the innovative wavefront sens- Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), and then served as its
ing and control demonstrations, and recount the intense last two years Project Scientist, leading the COBE team to success and to the Nobel Prize
of integration and testing where the telescope underwent deployment in Physics (2006). The COBE measurements started the era of precision
testing, integration with the science instruments, vibration and acoustic cosmology, confirming the expanding universe theory to extraordinary
testing, and optical testing at cryogenic temperatures at the Johnson accuracy. Dr. Mather speaks widely on the history of the universe and the
Space Center - including through Hurricane Harvey. The talk will end by astonishing possibilities of our shared future.
looking forward in time and discuss how the Webb telescope experience
is informing our ability to build future telescopes.
Biography: Lee Feinberg has been the Optical Telescope Element (OTE)
Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland for over 15 years. Prior to that,
Lee was Assistant Chief for Technology in the Instrument Systems and
Technology Division at Goddard and earlier in his career worked on the
Hubble Space Telescope as part of the team that developed the optical
correction and upgrade instruments for Hubble. Lee is a fellow of the
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) and is an
associate editor of the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments,
and Systems (JATIS).
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Plenary Events
Tuesday Plenary Session Wednesday Plenary Session
Tuesday 12 June 2018 · 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Wednesday 13 June 2018 · 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Location: CC Level 1, Ballroom A Location: CC Level 1, Ballroom A
9:00 to 9:30 AM 9:00 to 9:30 AM
NICER Early Operations and Results Future Capabilities in Space Servicing and Assembly:
Opportunities for the Most Ambitious Space
Keith Gendreau
Astrophysics Missions
NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)
Harley Thronson
The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)
was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA) and the Future
June 3, 2017. NICER is a pointed X-ray timing and spectros- Assembly/Servicing Study Team (FASST)
copy instrument that provides better than 100 nanosecond Concepts for the largest future space observatories have
measurements of the arrival times of X-ray photons while providing reached the limit of the most capable launch vehicles likely
moderate X-ray energy resolution in the 200-12000 eV energy range. The to be available over the next two decades. Moreover, un-
mission focus is to understand ultra-dense matter through X-ray timing of less there is a paradigm change in how future “flagships” are designed,
neutron stars. In addition, NICER has demonstrated autonomous pulsar developed, and deployed, it will be a major challenge to afford them.
based navigation for the first time. Initial operations on the ISS as well as At the same time, significant advances are taking place in the coming
early science and technology results will be discussed. decades that have the potential to enable high-priority major space ob-
Biography: Keith Gendreau earned his PhD in astrophysics at MIT working servatories, including (1) significant cost reduction in medium-lift vehicles;
on X-ray CCDs for space applications and the cosmic X-ray background. He (2) continuing advances in capabilities for robotic/telerobotic servicing
started at NASA/GSFC in 1995 working on several X-ray missions and the and assembly; (3) deployment in cis-lunar space of a human habitation
development of X-ray source, detector, and optics technologies for space and operations facility; and (4) advances in the capabilities of scientific
and ground applications. He is the principal investigator of the Neutron instruments. Taken together, these developments offer in the relative
Star Interior Composition Explorer mission on the ISS. near term opportunities for creative designs for future major observa-
tories to allow sophisticated on-orbit upgrade, as well as eventual space
assembly. This talk will summarize work to date on servicing and space
9:30 to 10:00 AM assembly, including HST, ISS, and robotic programs, as well as near-future
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope: Construction developments that may be the only path to the most ambitious space
observatories. Finally, although at present relatively little work has been
Progress and Scientific Opportunities
undertaken on the topic, I will note some ways in which space servicing
Beth Willman and assembly might enable lower-cost “flagship” missions.
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) (USA) Biography: Harley Thronson is Senior Scientist for Advanced Astro-
physics Concepts at NASA GSFC. Previously, while working at NASA
The mission of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
Headquarters, he was program scientist for the Hubble and Webb Space
is to meet a broad range of science goals with a single 10-
Telescopes. In 2013, founded the annual “Achieving and Sustaining Human
year, time-domain survey. Over the course of the survey,
Exploration of Mars” community workshops. He has published more than
LSST will deliver a more than 800-frame movie of 18,000
120 research papers and edited eleven books. He is recipient of a NASA
square degrees of the sky in six optical bandpasses. LSST’s observing
Outstanding Leadership Medal and an Exceptional Achievement Medal.
strategy will invest ~90% of its time in this wide-fast-deep survey, with
In 2017, he shared the American Astronautical Society’s Carl Sagan Award
a typical single visit depth of r = 24.7 mag. The remaining ~10% of the
for group achievement. Dr. Thronson received his Ph.D. in astrophysics in
observing time will be used to obtain improved coverage of parameter
1978 from the University of Chicago.
space through Deep Drilling Fields or observations of “special” regions
such as the ecliptic, Galactic plane, and the Large and Small Magellanic
Clouds. LSST was designed around four key science pillars: taking an
inventory of our Solar System, exploring the transient and variable optical 9:30 to 10:00 AM
sky, mapping the Milky Way and its neighborhood, and delving into the
To be announced
nature of dark matter and dark energy. LSST will be a super discovery
machine for an enormous number and diversity of objects across these Sabrina Stierwalt
fields (including Near Earth Objects, distant supernovae, and ultra-faint
Caltech (USA)
galaxies) - discoveries that will transform our view of the universe for
decades to come. I will give an overview of the LSST Project and science
goals, give updates on the construction progress towards first-light, and
highlight ways for the scientific community to get involved now.
Biography: Beth Willman is the Deputy Director of the Large Synoptic
Survey Telescope (LSST) and an Associate Astronomer at the University
of Arizona. She earned her PhD from the University of Washington, and
then held a James Arthur Fellowship at NYU’s Center for Cosmology
and Particle Physics and a Clay Fellowship at the Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics. Prior to joining LSST, she spent 7 years in the
Departments of Physics and Astronomy at Haverford College. Willman is
known for her research in near-field cosmology, in particular her discovery
of a new class of galaxies - ultra-faint dwarf galaxies.
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