Introduction
We are holding a Hector busy week on 23rd – 27 Sep, 2024. It will be held in Sydney at Macquarie University. The main points of focus for the meeting will be:
- Updates from WG leads, and potentially data product leads.
- Presentations from team members on their proposed Hector papers and progress with the new data.
- Coordination of and work on the Hector main instrument Survey paper, Data reduction paper and Target selection papers.
- Effort on defined Data Reduction and Target Selection tasks
- Strategic discussions on
- DPs
- Prioritisation of targets
- Science justifications for completeness levels
Registration for attendees
Please add your name to this list below, including the dates you will be attending and talk title if you would like to give a talk. For the location please specify “in person” or “remote” and say where you will be joining from (e.g. UWA). If you attend in person, please add any dietary requirements. We would also like you to list particular tasks you would like to be working on during the busyweek and/or discussion points you would like discussed.
To add your details: scroll down to the bottom left of this page and click “Edit”. Come back to the table to add your details. Click “Update” on the top right to update this page. For any issues contact stefania.barsanti@anu.edu.au and marie.partridge@sydney.edu.au. For example, if you cannot log on or edit this page, then email us with details.
| Name | Dates | Talk | Location | Dietary Requirements | Your aims for the week |
| Stefania Barsanti | 23 Sep | – | in person | – | |
| Julia Bryant | All week | Hector Update | in person | no chilli | To get people working on the main Hector paper subsections. |
| Joss Bland-Hawthorn | All week | Yes | In person | None | Research papers, future avenues |
| Joon Hyeop Lee | 23 – 26 Sep | Early science paper (Internal kinematic misalignment) | in person | – | Hector data paper writing (blue-red spectra overlap) |
| Kyuseok Oh | 23 – 26 Sep | Early science paper (Dwarf AGNs) | in person | crustacean allergy | To get feedback on data handling, discuss on the early science topic |
| Susie Tuntipong | All week | Update on stellar kinematics pipeline | in person | – | Comments/Suggestions on Hector stellar kinematics pipeline |
| Sarah Sweet | Monday afternoon, Tuesday | – | UQ | – | I am hosting a visitor that week so my focus will be split unfortunately. But looking forward to discussions about emission lines and dwarfs. |
| Matthew Colless | 23-27 Sep | – | ANU | – | Research with Sree and Stefania; plan new projects. |
| Pratyush Kumar Das | All week | – | in person | No beef | Spaxelsleuth updates, ProFuse on WAVES. |
| Gabriella Quattropani | All week (only after 2pm Mon-Thurs) | Update on emission line pipeline | in person | – | Comments/Suggestions on emission line products pipeline. Work with Susie on pipeline connections. |
| Mina Pak | All week | Early-science project: Quenching of Star Formation in SAMI and HECTOR clusters | in person | Tiling; Writing HECTOR data paper (S/N distribution); planning stellar populations pipeline | |
| Andrei Ristea | 23-27 Sep | – | UWA | – | Update on my contribution to the DR paper & Discussing the Survey paper |
| Ellen Sirks | All week (TBC) | – | In person Mon and Tue, then online | Vegetarian + Peanut allergy | Familiarisation with Hector and the team + joining/setting up projects |
| Thor Tepper Garcia | Tue 24 Sept | – | Online | – | How new model/simulations can help the survey |
| Hyunjin Jeong | 23-26 Sep | Early science paper: Kinematic alignments of cluster early-type galaxies | in person | – | Discussion on early science papers |
| Scott Croom | All week | – | in person | – | stellar kinematics |
| Oguzhan Cakir | All week | Early science project: Identification of ram pressure-affected galaxies | in person | halal | comments/suggestions on this project + making progress on (or finalising) my DR task. |
| Matt Owers | All week | in person | write up description of cluster selection and redshift survey to date | ||
| Madusha Gunawardhana | All week | in person | Data reduction paper & tasks | ||
| Sree Oh | All week | DR update | in person | DR paper & reduction | |
| Luca Cortese | Mon/Wed | Online | |||
| Lachlan Stuart | Mon, Tue, Fri | No | In person | TBD |
Location
14 Sir Christopher Ondaatje Avenue, room 163, Macquarie University, Sydney
The Macquarie Uni Metro Station is close by and there are also buses available.
Information on getting to MQ is available on this link.
Public transport is highly recommended as there is no free onsite car parking. Information on parking at MQ is on this link.
Accommodation
MGSM Executive Hotel is recommended or alternatively Mercure Sydney Macquarie Park.
Remote access
https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/86397237640
Since we will not have people dialling in for every session – only a couple of UWA folks I think – if you are wanting to dial in for a session and the zoom is not connected in the busyweek room then text Julia (or anyone else at the busyweek) on 0432951638 to connect it.
Details for Dinner at Lachlan’s
Dinner at Lachlan’s on Wednesday night at 6pm. Lachlan’s is on campus (https://www.hotel.mgsm.com.au/lachlans-restaurant/contact-lachlans-restaurant) and we have been asked to pre-order our food. The menus can be found at Lachlan’s Menu.pdf and Indian Streets Menu 2024.pdf. Please add your name, order, and dietary requirements to the spreadsheet at:
Program
The program will aim to have most talks and structured discussion from 11am (Sydney time) onwards to make it easier for others in different time zones if we have people dialling in. If you want to add items to the program, please let Julia or Scott know. Nominal busy week hours will be 9am-5pm, but with a late start on the first day to allow from travel. Science talks are scheduled for 15mins ( + 5 for questions).
NOTE: this is draft program – nothing is carved in stone, and it will evolve during the busyweek and new discussions come up, so keep reloading.
Monday 23rd Sept
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Slides |
| 10:00 | Informal catch-up, collaboration, paper writing etc (allows time for those travelling from other locations). | ||
| 11:00 | Julia Bryant | Welcome and HECTOR busyweek plan | |
| 11:15 | Stefania Barsanti (or Julia) | Target selection update and discussion of tasks for team for busyweek | |
| 11:45 | Sree Oh, Madusha Gunawardhana | Data reduction overview and update on the data verification paper | |
| 12:15 | Susie | Update on stellar kinematics pipeline | |
| 12:30 | Stefania, Mina, Matt, Julia…. | small group discussion on TS for anywho want to join | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 | Oguzhan Cakir | Talk: Early science project: Identification of ram pressure-affected galaxies | OguzhanCakir_SH_BW_II_2024 |
| 14:20 | Mina Pak | Talk: Early-science project: Quenching of Star Formation in SAMI and HECTOR clusters | |
| 14:40 | Gabriella Quattropani | Update on emission line pipeline | |
| 15:00 | Julia, Sree | Summary of papers and paper sections to be tackled this busyweek. | |
| 15:30 | Coffee | ||
| 16:00 | Julia Bryant + all | Task assignment and confirming plans for the week | |
| 16:30 |
Tuesday 24th Sept
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Slides |
| 09:00 | Work… | ||
| 10:30 | Coffee | ||
| 11:00 | Joss Bland-Hawthorn | Asymmetric galaxy morphologies and gas accretion | |
| 11:20 | Thorsten Tepper Garcia | New model simulations relevant to Hector | |
| 11:40 | Joss (discussion lead) | Discussion: Plans for followup data for other instruments to followup Hector galaxies. e.g. James web?, ALMA?, when Wallaby? | |
| 12:00 | Julia (discussion lead) | Discussion on science justification of completeness and tasks for busyweek | |
| 12:30 | Work | ||
| 13:00 | lunch | ||
| 14:00 | Scott (discussion lead) | Discussion: What data products needed…..e.g. spin ellipticity diagram for Hector – what are we missing to do this… | summary |
| 15:00 | All | work | |
| 15:30 | Coffee | ||
| 16:00 | All | work |
Wednesday 25th Sept
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Slides |
| 09:00 | Work… | ||
| 09:30 | Round table update of where everyone is up to with their tasks | ||
| 10:00 | work | ||
| 10:30 | Coffee | ||
| 11:00 | Hyunjin Jeong | talk: Early science paper: Kinematic alignments of cluster early-type galaxies | |
| 11:20 | Joon Hyeop Lee | talk: Early science paper: Centre-outskirt kinematic misalignment of each galaxy | |
| 11:40 | Kyuseok Oh | talk: Early science paper (Dwarf AGNs) | |
| 12:00 | Discussion on Hector DPs/grants | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 | Work | ||
| 15:00 | Work | ||
| 15:30 | Coffee | ||
| 16:00 | All | Progress update |
Thursday 26th Sept
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Slides |
| 09:00 | Work… | ||
| 10:30 | Coffee | ||
| 11:00 | All | Work | |
| 12:00 | Work (science review committee – Julia, Hyunjin, Matt Scott) | ||
| 12:30 | Work | ||
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:30 | Discussion on strategic observing planning and prioritisation of targets. | ||
| 15:00 | Progress update, next steps | ||
| 15:30 | coffee break | ||
| 16:45 |
Friday 27th Sept
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Slides |
| 09:00 |
Intensive paper writing and working on tasks |
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| 12:00 | All | Discussion on strategic observing planning and prioritisation of targets. | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00 | Intensive paper writing and working on tasks | ||
| 14:20 | Work | ||
| 14:40 | work | ||
| 15:00 | work | ||
| 15:30 | Coffee | ||
| 16:00 | Julia | Wrap up summary | |
| 16:30 |
Tasks to be done
- Writing the Hector main Survey paper and the Hector Data reduction paper
- Target selection tasks in the doc file here: https://cloud.datacentral.org.au/apps/files/?dir=/Hector/TargetSelection&fileid=406067314
- Check algorithm for allocation of galaxies to spectrographs/hexabundle sizes. Need foreground dwarfs in cluster regions to be allocated to Spector bundles (test how well will that happens with the current allocation algorithm).
- Evaluation of the QC metrics – are we setting the right limits?
- QC if secondary standard are elliptical (telescope wobble) the galaxy data to be repeated this needs to be set in the QC.