Strategic planning

CWS May 25 2014

LSST commissioning is scheduled for 2019, operations in 2020.

four-mirror version of GMT is also planned for 2020 first light.

MMT and Magellan are both presumed to remain in operation.

The question is how the CfA can best use this combination of resource to address scientific questions of interest.

System	aperture	FOV	notes
LSST	6.5	10 sq deg	ongoing photometric survey
MMT	6.5	?
Magellan x 2	6.5	0.25 sq deg
GMT Phase 1	8.5 *4	?
GMT final	8.5 * 7