This page is an archive of all LMT community webinars and talks. The presentations are organized by date so that it is easy to find the most recently updated information. Please keep in mind that information in older presentations may have been updated in the more recent ones on the same subject. 2022 October 5, […]

Community Webinars

This page is an archive of all LMT community webinars and talks. The presentations are organized by date so that it is easy to find the most recently updated information. Please keep in mind that information in older presentations may have been updated in the more recent ones on the same subject.

2022

October 5, 2022: LMT Updates, 2023-S1 Call for Proposals, and the new TolTEC camera
Following limited activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the LMT has opened a new Call for Proposals. This webinar is intended to update the user community on the status of the telescope, go over some details of the call, and to present the status of the new TolTEC camera that began its commissioning in June 2022. The meeting was recorded and is available here.

LMT Overview and Current Status Presentation by Dr. David H. Hughes (Presented by Dr. F.Peter Schloerb)
Overview of the LMT Call for Proposals for 2023-S1 Presentation by Dr. F.Peter Schloerb
TolTEC Presentation by Dr. Grant Wilson
Q&A discussion

2020

December 4, 2020: Future Telescope Engineering and Performance Upgrades

This meeting described future telescope engineering and performance upgrades to take place during 2021. The meeting was recorded and is available here.

LMT Performance Presentation by Dr. F.Peter Schloerb
Toward Daylight Observing at the LMT Presentation by Dr. F.Peter Schloerb
LMT Segment Upgrade Program Presentation by Dr. David M. Gale

November 13, 2020: New Instruments for the LMT

This meeting described several new LMT instruments due to be commissioned during the 2020-2021 observing season at the LMT, including the TolTEC instrument. The status and expected schedule for installation of instruments will be described along with plans for data reduction pipelines. The meeting was recorded and is available here.

LMT Community Day 4 Presentation by Dr. David H. Hughes
TolTEC Presentation by Dr. Grant Wilson
OMAyA Presentation by Dr. Gopal Narayanan

October 30, 2020: Proposal Opportunity for March 2021-September 2021.

This fall, there will be a proposal opportunity for scientific observations in the March 2021-September 2021 time frame. This meeting described the proposal opportunity and provided information to prospective users about proposal submission and review procedures. It also described the set of instruments to be made available in the proposal call and the status of software that will be available for the reduction of data from these instruments. The meeting was recorded and is available here.

LMT Community Day 3 Presentation by Dr. David H. Hughes
LMT online tool for proposal submission Presentation by Dr. Alfredo Montaña
Proposal Review and Time Allocation Process Presentation by Dr. Grant Wilson
LMT instrumentation Presentations by Dr. F.Peter Schloerb, Dr. Min Yun, and Dr. Arturo Gómez-Ruiz

October 16, 2020: US Community Access to the Large Millimeter Telescope – A “Kick off” Meeting.

The US National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Innovation Program is now supporting access to the LMT for any astronomer located at a US institution. This meeting has been designed to provide members of this new user community with a general introduction to the LMT and its instruments and with an overview of the LMT’s plans for science user support in the coming years. The meeting was recorded and is available here.

LMT Community Day 2 Presentation by Dr. David H. Hughes
LMT User Support Presentation by Dr. F. Peter Schloerb

September 30, 2020: Operations Planning

The first meeting covered the following topics: Current status of LMT; Future LMT operations and development; Call for Open-Time Observing Proposals; User-community Q&A session. The meeting was recorded and is available here.

LMT Community Day 1 Presentation by Dr. David H. Hughes
LMT Operations Planning Presentation by Dr. F. Peter Schloerb
Q&A discussion