RAVE status report Matthias Steinmetz AIP Data collection

RAVE status report Matthias Steinmetz (AIP)

Data collection 11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova < 325 k spectra for 280 k stars (Jan 09) (see Fred‘s talk) < Data reduction up to date (March 09) (see Mary‘s talk) 2

11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova Data collection 3

Data collection 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova 11 June 2009 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 sp/n/fib 4 avail. fib. sp/night 50 wea. sys. RAV E nights used 148 nights sched. 05 Year spectra nights lost 4

Data quality 11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova < DR 3 close to be ready for publication < Continues need to better understand data quality t t t Calibration observations Reduction of scatter Understanding (and correcting) systematics < Comparison between RAVE and SDSS 5

Auxiliary catalogues 11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova < Proper Motions (Roeser) < Distances (Breddels) < Individual Abundances (Boeche) < Calibration stars < Stellar rotation velocities <… 6

RAVE photometry 11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova < So far mainly IR: DENIS and 2 MASS < Already the 1 st 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? 7

RAVE science <A 11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova t number of science papers appeared One from outside of the collaboration < Only a few on key science areas of RAVE 8

Status of AAO 11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova < AAO contract (UK/Australia) ends on 30 June 2010 – currently the formal end of RAVE Mo. U < Positive funding decision for AAO by Australian Government 2010 -2020 < Revised Mo. U required. First draft to be discussed in September t t Terms similar to existing Mo. U More specific on performance goals < RAVE intent: continue operation toward 1 M spectra (mid 2012? ) 9

Status of UKST hardware 11 June 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 < FP 2 now beyond repair < Successful FP 3 commissioning in Mar 09 < FP 1 refurbished to 100 fibres < FP 2 under remodelling, new fibre bundle < FP 1 remodelling after FP 2 rework is completed < 3 fully equipped FP by 2010 10

RAVE finances < Currently mid 2010 11 June 2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova t t RAVE operation is secured to We would need about 600 k€ to continue until mid 2012 Model: 50% from collab, 50% new partners < Discussion t t with potential new partners Basic model: access for 1 faculty + 1 postdoc + grad students = entrance fee of 100 k€ Martin Asplund Tim Beers ANU < We need some cash!!! 11

2009 RAVE collaboration meeting Padova Funding for RAVE has been provided by: the Anglo. Australian 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. 11 June 2009 RAVE acknowledgement 12 <