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Lick Observer the Newsletter of Lick Observatory Winter 2014 Lick Observer The Newsletter of Lick Observatory Winter 2014 UC Confirms Support of Lick Observatory p.6 Upgrade for the Kast Spectrograph p.8 The Automated Planet Finder’s First Year p.12 ucolick.org 1 COVER PHOTO by Jim Katzman Indeed we see the Lick, Keck, and Thirty Meter Telescope CONTENTS Observatories as an THE LICK OBSERVER integrated ecosystem that can together From the Director’s Desk 4 maintain and grow Letter from UC Observatories Interim Director Claire Max UC’s leadership in astronomy.” UC Supports Lick Observatory 6 A previous decision to pull funding from Lick Observatory is rescinded. -UC Provost A Strategic Plan For Lick 7 Aimee Dorr The Lick Observatory Council’s efforts to secure Lick’s future. Kast Spectrograph Upgrade 8 UCSC is awarded $350,000 for an upgrade to the Kast Spectrograph. » p.6 UC Supports Lick Shane Adaptive Optics Laser Upgrade 10 » p.12 The APF’s First Year ShaneAO will approach Hubble performance at red optical wavelengths. Tunable Heterodyne Spectrometer 11 A new instrument is built for the Shane telescope by a PhD student. Success of the Automated Planet Finder (APF) 12 The APF has made a strong showing in its first full year of operation. » p.8 Kast Upgrade » p. 16 Friends of Lick Finding the Levy Planetary System 13 The APF played a major role in a discovery just 54 light years away. POLISH2’s Search for Changes in Polarization of Light 14 Observations of the transiting hot Jupiter HD 189733b. » p.19 The 1908 Comet Graduate Workshops at Lick Observatory 15 Students from six UC campuses attend the annual workshop. How Friends of Lick Observatory (FoLO) Got Started 16 Over 450 people have now joined the Friends of Lick community. Volunteers of Lick Observatory 17 Dedicated volunteers come together to make public events memorable. The View from Mount Isabel 18 Impressive views of Lick Observatory from 3,760 feet. Anne Glancy and the Comet of 1908 19 One of Lick’s first female graduate students makes history. 2015 Summer Visitor’s Program 20 Dates for special program nights and concerts announced. » p.17 Lick’s Volunteers » p.7 Lick’s Strategic Plan » p. 15 Grad Workshops » p.11 New Instruments Lick Observer Winter 2014 ucolick.org 3 FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK Dear Colleagues and Red-Side Upgrade (p.8) and the new Shane AO Laser Friends, Guide Star (p.10). We had another sold-out Summer Visitors’ Program at Mt. Hamilton this summer (p.17), In October, we received with positive and informative feedback from more than news that was both positive 150 event attendees. Our faculty, students, and research and far-reaching for Lick assistants continue to make fascinating discoveries Observatory. with the Automated Planet Finder and the other Lick telescopes (p.12). After many discussions, UC Provost Aimee Dorr and UC With this strong momentum, we will be looking to the Executive Vice President longer range future in 2015. We now have funds to Nathan Brostrom issued a sustain Lick’s base operating budget through the next letter reversing their previous five years, albeit at a frugal level. We must develop decision to pull funding from Lick Observatory by 2018. strategic plans, cultivate partnerships, and ask the The new letter stated that the Lick Observatory funding bigger questions about Lick’s future for the coming (LEFT) Debbie Chen (far left), Aimee Dorr (middle), and Michael Witherell (back) during a visit to the UCO technical facilities. David “ramp-down” announced last year has been rescinded, decade. Hilyard (right), an optician, gives a tour of the optical lab. (RIGHT) UC Provost Aimee Dorr meets with Jean Brodie, UC Santa Cruz committed UC to a steady UC Observatories base Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics during a visit to the UCO headquarters at UC Santa Cruz. (Photos by Michael Bolte) budget of $5.04 million per year for the coming five We plan to press forward with UC astronomers and with years, and gave UCO considerable flexibility in its dedicated members of the Lick Observatory Council internal budget allocations and planning (p.6). to develop innovative strategies for the future. In this strategic planning process we will be aided by SeriesC, Things are definitely looking up for Lick Observatory! a renowned marketing agency founded by Andy Cunningham (p.7). The firm will conduct stakeholder There is now a strong level of cooperation between audits and analysis, hold two strategy workshops with UC Observatories and the UC Office of the President. us, and help us to develop both a scientific plan and a Morale at UCO and at Lick is on the upswing. Based on marketing plan for the coming decade. UCOP’s commitment to a steady level of base funding for the next five years, we have started to bring in The goal is to determine how best to position Lick external funding for Lick from individual donors and Observatory, and how to maintain our reputation of corporations, charitable foundations, and the National creativity and excellence in an increasingly competitive Science Foundation. astronomical environment once the James Webb Space Telescope begins operations in 2018, and the Thirty The news story describing Lick’s improved future Meter Telescope begins operations in 2024. prospects spread quickly, and spanned publications ranging from Nature Magazine to the New York Times. This strategic planning work is just beginning. But Our own press release reached 11,0000 people and with improved relationships, new partnerships, and a generated 1,120 likes, comments, and shares on renewed positive spirit, the future of Lick Observatory Facebook alone. In the days after the news release, is looking bright. we saw visits to our website at an all time high. One thing is clear: a lot of people love Lick Observatory and what we’re doing. The expert engineers and technicians at the UCO instrument facilities are working on two major Claire Max (ABOVE) Members of the UC Office of the President visit Lick Observatory in October. (Pictured from left) Joseph Halay, Graeme Smith, Claire Max, Michael Witherell, Anna Korossy-Eredia, Aimee Dorr, Debbie Chen, David Kliger, Elinor Gates, Brad Holden, Paul instrument projects for Lick, the Kast Spectrograph Interim Director of UC Observatories Lynam, Kostas Chloros. (Photo by Michael Bolte) Lick Observer Winter 2014 ucolick.org 5 UC SUPPORTS A STRATEGIC LICK’S FUTURE PLAN FOR LICK HILARY LEBOW SANDRA FABER, FORMER DIRECTOR With UC’s new long-term more. The goals for the Lick tackle the same set of questions The University of California Office of commitment to Lick Observatory effort are far ranging and include from the scientific side. Once all the the President reversed a previous recently expressed by the Office major new science initiatives, an ideas are collected, SeriesC will help decision to pull funding from Lick of the President (see previous education and outreach center, the council and UCO administration Observatory by 2018, according to page) comes the opportunity - and and even commercial and tourist to synthesize the new vision and a written statement issued by UC responsibility - to craft a long-term activities. Literally, no ideas are off - very important - to craft a plan to Provost Aimee Dorr in October. strategic plan for the observatory. the table. communicate that vision to the wider world. The letter confirms that Lick The Lick Observatory Council has The planning process will start with Observatory operations will continue been taking the lead in this and has detailed in-depth interviews with The goal is to complete the whole under the management of UC put the observatory in contact with dozens of potential stakeholders, process and announce the new plan Observatories (UCO), the multi- SeriesC, a leading Silicon Valley including UC students and by June 2015. campus astronomical research unit branding and positioning firm that officials, representatives of headquartered at UC Santa Cruz. helps organizations to strategize, local governments, donors, The spectacular turnaround in Lick’s innovate, and bring new products and members of the media and prospects was due in part to the In the letter to UCO Interim Director to market. general public. The goal of these success of the “Save Lick” website, Claire Max, Dorr wrote: “Given the The moon rises over Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton. (Photo by Laurie Hatch) interviews is to find out how these which communicated the importance current state of affairs and trajectory SeriesC was created in 2012 by constituencies view Lick and what of preserving the observatory to the for UCO and UC astronomy, we are and public outreach for the future.” benefit compared with the extremely Silicon Valley marketing veteran the expectations, opportunities, wider world. Now that that need is rescinding the stipulations in our competitive demand for observing Andy Cunningham - a three- and resources are for the accepted, the website will be renamed September 16, 2013 letter as to how Max said that there are sufficient time on larger telescopes,” Max said. time entrepreneur and marketing observatory going forward. “Launch Lick” and will carry up to date Lick is to be funded and managed. funds in the projected budgets “Lick Observatory is a truly valuable partner to some of the world’s top news as the new plan takes shape. It is no longer UCOP’s intention to of UCO to run Lick Observatory resource for our students and tech brands, including Google, Separately, a committee of UC require that Lick Observatory be self at a frugal level for the next five astronomers, along with the Keck Apple, IBM, Sybase, and many astronomical researchers will Stay tuned! supporting, begin a glide path to years. Lick currently has an annual 10-meter telescopes in Hawaii and self-supporting status no later than operating budget of approximately the future Thirty Meter Telescope.” FY 2016-17, or be managed by an $1.5 million.
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