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The JCMT Legacy Survey (JLS) is an ambitious programme to study our Galaxy and Universe in the submillimetre from the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. It comprises seven programmes whose scientific objectives are to understand the origin, nature and evolution of the universe, galaxies, stars and planets.

Brief descriptions of each of the components of the JLS can be found here.


Latest News
18-Apr-2008 An announcement from JSOC has been released giving details of a progress review of the HARP components of the JLS.
5-Apr-2008 SCUBA-2 is in the Dome!!!

In this first week of April, SCUBA-2 was transported from JAC up to the summit where it was lifted by crane into the JCMT Dome. The following day it was lifted and mounted onto the telescope and left overnight. We have not heard any news of things falling off during the night...

Pictures of the lifting and mounting can be seen here.
15-Mar-2008 SCUBA-2 is in the building !

The instrument arrived in Hilo ahead of scheduled on March 10. You can see pictures of two of the twelve boxes arriving by following this link. Please allow all the pictures in the slideshow to load.
15-Feb-2008 A team from the JAC has been to the UK ATC to oversee the Lab Acceptance tests for SCUBA-2.

It is a pleasure to announce that SCUBA-2 has been accepted and is being packed and shipped to Hawaii.

The instrument is due to arrive at the JAC on March 17th - St. Patrick's Day!

14-Feb-2008 A blog discussing data reduction and pipeline processing issues specific to the JCMT has been set up.
12-Dec-2007 A naming scheme for publishing catalogues of sources has been approved by the IAU for the JLS.
 
INFORMATION
JLS Guidelines Useful information on summit occupancy during JLS blocks, how to prepare MSBs for survey observations, and how to execute the queue at the telescope during JLS blocks.

It is important that all JLS members, especially those likely to prepare or take part in observations, are familiar with these guidelines.

JLS Status Regular updates of the current telescope and instrument status, as well as progress of JLS observing.
 
JLS scheduling and summit occupancy Find out which teams are observing which observing blocks, who is observing and whether there is still space available.
 
JLS allocations The allocation of time awarded to each survey by the JCMT Board.
 
JSOC Find information on the JCMT Surveys Oversight Committee and JLS policies and procedures here.
 
Documents, reports and publications Documentation on the JLS can be found here, whether reports from Science Verification or published papers.
 
ACSIS data reduction cookbook Instructions on how to reduce your ACSIS data.
 
Survey Membership The Survey Membership wiki pages are still available. Astronomers from the three partner countries can join any survey programme they wish to up until the start of survey operations. Those from outside the partner countries will need to be nominated by a survey coordinator who needs to make a case for the added-value that person brings to the team.
 

Mailing Lists

There are a number of mailing lists that have been set up for dicussions of surveys within the JCMT community. You can subscribe to a mailing list (or change you email address) here.

jcmt_surveys_at_jach.hawaii.edu
This list is for general survey discussions of relevance to both Galactic and Extra Galactic astronomers. A password protected mail archive is available.
jcmtsurv_co-ordinators_at_jach.hawaii.edu
A general mailing list for all the coordinators of the JLS.
jcmtsurv_gps_at_jach.hawaii.edu
        Galactic Plane Survey [mail archive ]
jcmtsurv_gould_at_jach.hawaii.edu
Gould's Belt Survey [mail archive ]
jcmtsurv_specscan_at_jach.hawaii.edu
Spectral Legacy Survey [mail archive ]
jcmtsurv_debris_at_jach.hawaii.edu
Debris Disks Survey [mail archive ]
jcmtsurv_sassy_at_jach.hawaii.edu
SCUBA-2 All-Sky Survey [mail archive ]
jcmt_nbgalsurveys_at_jach.hawaii.edu
Nearby Galaxies Survey [mail archive ]
jcmt_exgalsurveys_at_jach.hawaii.edu
Cosmology Survey [mail archive ]

Contact: Antonio Chrysostomou. Updated: Fri Apr 18 11:08:30 HST 2008

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