Upcoming Events for PFS
We will announce here upcoming meetings and events for the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph
Project History of PFS
Project history for the Subaru Prime Focus Spectrograph
November 2023 Integration of Spectrograph Modules 2 and 4 (Blue and Red)
The subsystem SM2 and SM4 (Blue and Red) were re-integrated at Subaru telescope.
October 2023 Cancel of on-telescope test
On-telescope test was cancelled due to telescope trouble.
September 2023 Pre-Ship Review of Spectrograph Module 4 (Blue and Red)
The subsystem SM4 (Blue and Red) passed the pre-ship review.
August/September 2023 PFS Science WG Co-chair Meeting
31 August - 2 September 2023, PFS science WG co-chair meeting was held at Tufts University.
July 2023 On-telescope test
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1+SM3 and Cable B1+B2 from 18 to 27 July 2023.
July 2023 Pre-Ship Review of Spectrograph Module 2
The subsystem SM2 passed the pre-ship review.
June 2023 Pre-Ship Review and Shipping of Near-Infrared Camera 3
The near-infrared camera #3 passed the pre-ship review. The camera was shipped to Subaru telescope and integrated to Spectrograph Module 3. Article on PFS Blog
April/May 2023 On-telescope test and Engineering First Light of Near-infrared Camera
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1+SM3 and Cable B1+B2 from 19 April to 2 May 2023. Article on PFS Blog
March 2023 Pre-Ship Review and Shipping of Near-Infrared Camera 2
The near-infrared camera #2 passed the pre-ship review. The camera was shipped to Subaru telescope and integrated to Spectrograph Module 1. Article on PFS Blog
March 2023 PFS Science Meeting
2-3 March 2023, PFS science meeting was held at Kavli IPMU and online. Article on PFS Blog
February 2023 Cancel of on-telescope test
On-telescope test was cancelled due to bad weather.
December 2022 On-telescope test
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1+SM3 and Cable B1+B2 from 15 to 18 December 2022.
November 2022 On-telescope test
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1+SM3 and Cable B1+B2 from 15 to 20 November 2022.
November 2022 Shipping of Spectrograph Module 3 (Blue and Red)
The subsystem SM3 (B+R) was shipped to Subaru telescope and re-integrated.
September 2022 On-telescope test and Engineering First Light
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1 and Cable B1 from 21 to 26 September 2022. Release from Subaru,NAOJ Release from IPMU Article on PFS Blog
September 2022 Pre-Ship Review of Spectrograph Module 3 (Blue and Red)
The subsystem SM3 (B+R) passed the pre-ship review.
June 2022 On-telescope test
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1 and Cable B1 from 15 to 21 June 2022.
June 2022 Shipping of Cables B3 and B4
Cables B3 and B4 were shipped to Subaru telescope.
May 2022 On-telescope test
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1 and Cable B1 from 17 to 18 May 2022.
March 2022 Thirteenth Collaboration Meeting
22-24 March 2022, the thirteenth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held online. Read More Article on PFS Blog
March 2022 Pre-Ship Review of Cables B3 and B4
Cables B3 and B4 passed pre-ship review..
January 2022 PFS Online Science Meeting
27-28 January 2022, PFS science team had a workshop online.
November 2021 On-telescope test
On-telescope test was carried out using PFI, MCS, SM1 and Cable B1 from 19 to 21 November 2021. Before it, the project passed the Readiness Review of Engineering Observation. Article on PFS Blog
October 2021 Shipping of Cable B2
Cable B2 was shipped to Subaru telescope.
September 2021 PFS Online Science Meeting
27-29 September 2021, PFS science team had a workshop online.
September 2021 On-telescope test
On-telescope test was carried out integrating PFI, MCS, SM1 and Cable B1 from 13 to 26 September 2021. Article on PFS Blog
October 2021 Pre-Ship Review of Cable B2
Cable B2 passed the pre-ship review.
June 2021 Shipping of Prime Focus Instrument
Cable B1 was shipped to Subaru telescope. Article on PFS Blog
May 2021 Pre-Ship Review of Prime Focus Instrument
The subsystem Prime Focus Instrument passed the pre-ship review.
March 2021 Twelfth Collaboration Meeting
9-11 March 2021, the twelfth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held online. Read More
February 2021 First sky spectra with the Cable B1 and SM1
Cable B1 and SM1 got sky spectra using a little telescope SuNSS. Release from Subaru,NAOJ Release from IPMU Article on PFS Blog
December 2020 Shipping of Cable B1
Cable B1 was shipped to Subaru telescope. Article on PFS Blog
December 2020 PFS Online Science Meeting
14-16 December 2020, PFS science team had a workshop online.
October 2020 Pre-Ship Review of Cable B 1
The subsystem Cable B1 passed the pre-ship review.
September 2020 Online Mini Collaboration Meeting
16-17 September 2020, the collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held online.
December 2019 Eleventh Collaboration Meeting
9-13 December 2019, the eleventh collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at California Institute of Technology, USA.
November 2019 Shipping of Spectrograph Module 1 (Blue and Red)
SM1 (B+R) was shipped to Subaru telescope. Article on PFS Blog
October 2019 PFS Science Collaboration Meeting
4-6 October 2019, PFS science team had a workshop at Columbia University, USA.
September 2019 Pre-Ship Review of Spectrograph Module 1 (Blue and Red)
The subsystem SM1 (B+R) passed the pre-ship review.
August 2019 On-Telescope Tests of Metrology Camera System
We succeeded the on-telescope tests of MCS in October 2018 and August 2019.
Release from Subaru,NAOJ
Release from ASIAA (Chinese)
Release from IPMU
Article on PFS Blog
December 2018 Tenth Collaboration Meeting
10-14 December 2018, the tenth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
September 2018 PFS Science Meeting
5-7 September 2018, PFS science team had a workshop at Princeton University.
April 2018 Shipping of Metrology Camera System
MCS was shipped to Subaru telescope. Release from Subaru,NAOJ Release from IPMU Article on PFS Blog
April 2018 Pre-Ship Review of Metrology Camera System
The subsystem MCS passed the pre-ship review.
November 2017 Ninth Collaboration Meeting
From 27 November to 1 December 2017, the ninth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at Kavli IPMU, Japan. Read More
August 2017 PFS Meeting at MPA
August 2017, internal workshop to review and discuss PFS survey design was held at MPA, Germany. Also, survey optimization and fiber allocation, and science database was discussed. Read More
March 2017 Design Review of Instrument Control System Infrastructure
The infrastructure of PFS instrument control system (ICS) had a design review.
December 2016 Eighth Collaboration Meeting
12-16 December 2016, the eighth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at JHU, USA. Read More
September 2016 PFS Software Collaboration Meeting
On 5 and 6 September 2016, the software collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at PU, USA. Read More
December 2015 Seventh Collaboration Meeting
14-18 December 2015, the seventh collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at LAM, France. Read More
November 2015 PFS-SSP Galaxy Survey Workshop 2015
On 13 November 2015, a workshop about PFS-SSP galaxy survey wes held at Kavli IPMU,Japan. About meeting
September 2015 Critical Design Review of Metrology Camera System
The subsystem MCS had a critical design review. Read More
July 2015 PFS Science Workshop
9-11 July 2015, a workshop of sciences using the Prime focus Spectrograph was held at NAOJ, Japan. About meeting
March 2015 Critical Design Review of Prime Focus Instrument
The subsystem PFI had a critical design review. Read More
December 2014 Sixth Collaboration Meeting
In December 2014, the sixth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at ASIAA, Taiwan. Read More
March 2014 Critical Design Review of Spectrographs
The subsystem SpS had a critical design review. Read More
November 2013 Fifth Collaboration Meeting
In November 2013, the fifth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Read More
March 2013 Fourth Collaboration Meeting
In March 2013, the fourth collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at Hongo campus of Univ of Tokyo, Japan. Read More
February 2013 Preliminary design approved
The PFS program had successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review by an international review committee to move ahead to the next phase of critical design and construction. Read More
August 2012 Third Collaboration Meeting
In August 2012, the third collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at Caltech, Pasadena California. Read More
March 2012 Conceptual design approved
The PFS program had successfully passed the Conceptual Design Review by an international review committee to move ahead to the next phase of preliminary design and construction. Read more, Releas from IPMU
January 2012 Second Collaboration Meeting
In January 2012, the second collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at Marunouchi, Tokyo and the IPMU, Kashiwa Japan. Read More
July 2011 First Collaboration Meeting
In July 2011, the first collaboration meeting of Prime Focus Spectrograph was held at the IPMU, Kashiwa Japan. Read More
January 2011 Subaru Users Meeting
Annual Subaru Users Meeting had held at Mitaka, NAOJ. Organized by Subaru Advisory Committee and obtained endorsement on the PFS collaboration for the PFS instrumentation. Release from IPMU, Release from Subaru, NAOJ
December 2010 PFS Science Workshop
PFS Science Workshop had held at Mitaka, NAOJ. The PFS white paper was circulated to the Subaru community. Read More
October 2010 The Observational Pursuit of Dark Energy after Astro2010
Internal collaboration meeting named The Observational Pursuit of Dark Energy after Astro2010 had held at Caltech. Read mode
September 2010 Future Subaru instrument workshop
Future Subaru instrument workshop had held at IPMU, organized by Subaru Advisory Committee and Subaru community was also involved. Read more(Jaanese)
August 2010 Optical and Infrared community (GOPIRA) Symposium
At annual Optical and Infrared community (GOPIRA) meeting had held at Mitaka, NAOJ, Murayama, PI of PFS, advertised the PFS collaboration.
July 2010 Kick-off meeting
A kick-off meeting of PFS Project had held at Hongo campus, Univ. of Tokyo, as an internal collaboration meeting. Read More