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| - | Attending: Nancy Chanover (NMSU), | + | Attending: Nancy Chanover (NMSU), |
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| - | Joanne Hughes | + | |
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| - | We started by introducing Caleb Wang, a new mechanical/ | + | |
| === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | ||
| - | * Wyoming | + | * Wyoming |
| - | * BYU | + | * BYU - nothing to report |
| * Washington - nothing to report (sent by email) | * Washington - nothing to report (sent by email) | ||
| - | * Colorado | + | * Colorado |
| - | * UVa | + | * UVa - nothing to report |
| - | * FGCU | + | * FGCU - nothing to report |
| - | * Seattle | + | * Seattle |
| - | * Georgia State | + | * Georgia State - nothing to report |
| - | * Oklahoma | + | * Oklahoma |
| - | * JHU | + | * JHU - nothing to report |
| - | * NAPG | + | * NAPG - no report |
| - | * NMSU | + | * NMSU - nothing to report |
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| === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | ||
| - | xxx | + | We had the first snowfall of the year at APO last week. DIS servicing has been completed; the scattered light is still with us. We had an issue with the telescope this morning: a tripped breaker caused a motion error, which has since been remedied. We introduced Gordon MacDonald, who was recently hired onto the APO staff as a software person for the 3.5m. Welcome Gordon! His areas of responsibility include working on the migration of the newest version of TUI (in python3) to various platforms, updating the control software for different instruments, |
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| === KOSMOS update === | === KOSMOS update === | ||
| - | After nearly a year of KOSMOS usage on the 3.5m we are now planning to remove it from shared risk category. Going forward it will be offered to our users as a standard facility instrument. We do still have a punchlist of issues that we're working on, but after having met to discuss those items it was decided that nothing on the list impeded us from moving it off of shared risk. We are aware that the bias level appears | + | The manufacturing |
| - | Our meeting about the status | + | We are converging on process for the generation |
| - | Note added in proof regarding | + | Last month we discussed |
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| === Q4 3.5m scheduling === | === Q4 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | xxx | + | **Reminder for all scheduling requests: please send emails to Ben, Russet, Nancy, and Amanda (ajt at apo.nmsu.edu).** |
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| + | Regarding the remainder of the OPEN/DD time in Q4, Nov 15B will be assigned to Jeff Bary (NAPG). The rest of the available time is in December, and there is a lot of it. Interested users are reminded to look for OPEN and DD01 blocks listed in the Q4 schedule and request it if desired, especially if they can make use of small blocks of time, especially with ARCES or Agile (for which no instrument change would be required). | ||
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| === Q1 3.5m scheduling === | === Q1 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | xxx | + | Allocation emails will be going out tomorrow hopefully, and will have a somewhat early turnaround with requests due by 11/22/2022 to avoid the week of Thanksgiving. |
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| === Q4 ARCSAT scheduling === | === Q4 ARCSAT scheduling === | ||
| - | xxx | + | There is unassigned time available with FlareCam. We used some time in October to train the obs-specs on Shelyak operations. Interested users should contact Ben, Russet, Nancy, Amanda and Bill to determine whether there is an option for getting trained. We are not yet ready to offer the Shelyak as a general use instrument on ARCSAT due to software issues that make its operation challenging, |
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| === ARC Board of Governors Meeting === | === ARC Board of Governors Meeting === | ||
| - | The ARC Board of Governors meeting is on Monday November 7. | + | The ARC Board of Governors meeting is on Monday November 7. Thank you to everyone who contributed science highlights; Nancy sent requests to a few individuals and it looks like we will have a packet containing representation from all ARC institutions and lease partners. |
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| - | === Jan. 2023 AAS Meeting === | + | === AAS 241 Meeting === |
| - | The January 2023 AAS meeting will be 8-12 January in Seattle. | + | The January 2023 AAS meeting will be 8-12 January in Seattle. |
| + | We will discuss this further at our December UC meeting. | ||
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| * Nancy: start investigations re: short wavelength throughput (climate data, other facilities). Status: OPEN. No news. Old news: Nancy reached out to some colleagues at other observatories to ask about short wavelength performance degradation of their optical coatings. She got some names from Bill and will contact those individuals next. The ongoing discussions about new coatings for the primary also relate to this issue so we will determine our coatings first before continuing to pursue this line of investigation. | * Nancy: start investigations re: short wavelength throughput (climate data, other facilities). Status: OPEN. No news. Old news: Nancy reached out to some colleagues at other observatories to ask about short wavelength performance degradation of their optical coatings. She got some names from Bill and will contact those individuals next. The ongoing discussions about new coatings for the primary also relate to this issue so we will determine our coatings first before continuing to pursue this line of investigation. | ||
| - | * UC reps: please encourage your users to submit science highlights. **Nancy needs to have them all in hand by Wednesday October 26.** | + | * UC reps: please encourage your users to submit science highlights. **Nancy needs to have them all in hand by Wednesday October 26.** Status: CLOSED. |
| - | * UC reps: please query your users to determine whether they have a need for a slightly different wavelength range for the blue grating. | + | * UC reps: please query your users to determine whether they have a need for a slightly different wavelength range for the blue grating. Status: CLOSED. |
| New action items from this meeting: | New action items from this meeting: | ||
| + | None. | ||
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| === All Other Business === | === All Other Business === | ||
| - | xxx | + | None. |
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