User Survey for US Extremely Large Telescope Program Data Services - 2022

The US Extremely Large Telescope Program (US-ELTP) is a joint endeavor of NSF’s NOIRLab and the organizations building the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) . It will provide all US astronomers the opportunity to use this powerful, bi-hemispheric ELT system and to conduct research using archived data from GMT and TMT.

We invite you to answer this (shorter than 10 minutes) survey so we can assess your expectations and priorities for post-observing data services, including data reduction pipelines, data analysis tools, and computational services. We will use your answers to align the design and development for US-ELTP data management with the needs of the research community and to set priorities in order to plan future work effectively.

All questions beside question 1 are optional. The survey will be open for response until June 30, 2022. Thank you for participating!

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* 1. Do you anticipate using data from an extremely large aperture O/IR (optical/infrared) telescope, such as GMT/TMT?

I don’t know enough about that to answer this question.

Yes, I would like to be an investigator on GMT/TMT observing programs.

Yes, I expect to mostly take advantage of GMT/TMT archival data.

No, I don't plan on using any data from a facility such as GMT and/or TMT (You may skip to Question 9).

If not, please tell us why.

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* 2. Given your current science interests and research goals, which of the following capabilities on GMT and/or TMT are you likely to use? (Check all that apply.)

Broad band imaging

Narrow band imaging

High angular resolution imaging

High contrast imaging

Polarimetry

Longslit spectroscopy

Multi-object spectroscopy

Integral field unit spectroscopy

High spectral resolution spectroscopy

If you think of other capabilities, please write them here:

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* 3. What is your current level of expertise with reducing and analyzing data of the types listed in question 2?

I don’t know enough about GMT and/or TMT data to evaluate my level of expertise.

I am an expert: I regularly perform similar analysis on similar data.

I have basic knowledge: I have performed similar analysis on similar data a few times.

I am a beginner: I have little to no experience with that type of data.

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* 4. Would you use a standard data reduction pipeline for GMT/TMT instruments?

Yes

Uncertain

If not, please tell us why.

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* 5. Describe briefly the type(s) of analysis (e.g., spectral fitting, photometric extraction, astrometric measurements) you would like to do with data from GMT and/or TMT.

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* 6. How much would you anticipate relying on analysis tools provided by NOIRLab?

I don’t know enough about that to answer this question.

Not at all. I expect them to be too limited.

A little. They would provide me at least with a good starting point.

Moderately. They would play a role in my work.

Very Much. I would rely on them for most of my work.

Extremely. I do not have experience with those analysis methods OR it will save me critical time.

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* 7. Do you expect to jointly analyze data from GMT/TMT with data from other facilities?

Yes

Uncertain

If yes, what other facilities?

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* 8. Please share with us any other further comments regarding GMT and/or TMT data products and data services that you feel are not covered by the previous questions.