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| - | Attending: Nancy Chanover (NMSU), | + | Attending: Nancy Chanover (NMSU), Bill Ketzeback (APO), Derek Buzasi (FGCU), Jamey Eriksen (APO), |
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| - | Chip Kobulnicky (UWy), Bill Ketzeback | + | |
| === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | ||
| - | * JHU | + | * JHU - a user reported that the scattered light they were seeing in KOSMOS data taken during twilight was worse than what they saw with DIS. After some speculation of what could be causing this (e.g. scattering off the edges of the window?) we agreed that we need to get an example of what the user is seeing. **Nancy or Russet will contact the user and get example data files to try to diagnose this problem.** |
| - | * UVa | + | * UVa - nothing to report |
| - | * FGCU | + | * FGCU - nothing to report |
| - | * NAPG | + | * NAPG - no report |
| - | * NMSU | + | * NMSU - no report |
| - | * Seattle | + | * Seattle |
| - | * Colorado | + | * Colorado |
| - | * Wyoming | + | * Wyoming |
| - | * Oklahoma | + | * Oklahoma |
| - | * Washington | + | * Washington |
| - | * Georgia State | + | * Georgia State - nothing to report |
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| - | no report | + | |
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| === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | ||
| - | xxx | + | Jamey indicated that he is open to suggestions for new formats or content on his monthly site report; if people have requests please let him or your UC rep know. The observatory is currently experiencing horizontal snow (!). There was a major rockslide (more like rock-fall) on HW 82 coming up from Alamogordo, just before the tunnel. This closed the road for 4 days while NMDOT worked to clear the road (which including pushing some rocks over the edge into the canyon). This meant that it took an extra 1.5 hrs to get to APO from Alamogordo. Fortunately we did not have any LN2 deliveries scheduled during the closure. Here are some pictures: {{: |
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| + | The DSSI group is coming in early March, and a CU class is arriving right after that. We are trying to schedule a KOSMOS servicing visit from Sarah Tuttle to address the CTE issue and cleanup of readouts. | ||
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| + | DIS measurements made on sky last night showed that the peak brightness is 10% of what it was last year. In the red one can sum pixels; the net effect is like being out of focus. With 1x2 binning, we are seeing a peak ~ 40% of where it was a year ago. Adam asked if the DIS contamination will be better by the time of the CU class visit, since Kevin France (class instructor) is a DIS user. Russet replied that the red will be noticeably better since this issue is temperature dependent | ||
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| + | The TUI upgrade to python3 is available for user download and is probably most important for Linux users (of which there are quite a few at OU, JHU, and UWy). Users should install and use the new software and let us know if they have any problems with it. | ||
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| === KOSMOS update === | === KOSMOS update === | ||
| - | xxx | + | Nothing to report beyond what is stated above. |
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| === Q1 3.5m scheduling === | === Q1 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | xxx | + | There are several unassigned |
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| - | We have two open dates coming up soon: Dec 13B (brightish) and Dec 16B (grey); Dec 17B is also open but has been requested. Then we have some dark slots (shorter, but still ~ 4 hours of time since the winter nights are longer) on 27-29 and 31 December. We have 5 slots total in late December, with 2 requests received so far. We welcome requests and are eager to fill the mid-December time, although we will not publish a schedule update until the Q1 schedule is finished (so around Dec 9 or 10). | + | |
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| === Q2 3.5m scheduling === | === Q2 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | xxx | + | All schedulers have received their allocations for Q2; requests are due 2/24. Schedulers: please include Amanda when sending in your requests. We blocked out several nights in early April for a visiting instrument; during that period only the middle 6 hours of the night will be available. We will try to schedule Agile or ARCES during that time to avoid instrument changes. Joanne stated that she plans to request 2 nights in late May or June that are scheduled close together so that she can bring class up to observe with KOSMOS and ARCTIC. She needs to know personnel limits for the site (she anticipates bringing 5-7 students and several helpers). **Nancy will confirm the numbers with the operations crew offline and will report back to Joanne.** |
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| === Q1 ARCSAT scheduling === | === Q1 ARCSAT scheduling === | ||
| - | xxx | + | There is some open time available in March. The Observing Specialists are getting trained on the Shelyak so that it can eventually be made available to the broader user community. We received a long-term loan of an FLI imaging camera (to replace SurveyCam) from BYU and we hope to have it available and ready for use in Q2. |
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| === AAS 241 Meeting Recap === | === AAS 241 Meeting Recap === | ||
| - | xxx | + | Nancy provided a brief summary of how things went at the APO booth we had at the AAS 241 meeting in Seattle. As a reminder, the goals of having a booth were to raise the visibility of the facility, talk to others in the industry, showcase the science results enabled by observations at APO, provide a center for ARC members to connect with each other, and promote the open positions at the observatory since we are currently hiring. |
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| + | The general feeling was that it was a very successful meeting, and we achieved most of the aforementioned goals. Bill made some important face-to-face connections with people at other observatories as well as vendors from PlaneWave and FingerLakes, | ||
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| Open action items from previous meetings: | Open action items from previous meetings: | ||
| - | * 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 | + | * Nancy: start investigations re: short wavelength throughput (climate data, other facilities). No news. Going forward we are tabling this action item and will not be reporting on it since we are in the process of sorting out the realuminization plans for M1, which takes priority. Status: TABLED. |
| + | * Nancy: make sure that the APO web site gets updated | ||
| + | * the wiki link on the 3.5m page still pointed to the old wiki - //this was fixed.// | ||
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| + | * the ToO policy is not easily found. //We are working on a document// that we can post on the scheduling page to make this information more easy to locate. | ||
| + | * UC reps: distribute information about the AAS meeting and our request for participation/ | ||
| + | * Nancy: send out a new calendar invitation with the UC meeting dates for 2023. Status: CLOSED. | ||
| New action items from this meeting: | New action items from this meeting: | ||
| - | * Nancy: | + | * Nancy or Russet: get sample KOSMOS data from JHU user who reported |
| - | * UC reps: distribute information about the AAS meeting and our request for participation/ | + | * Nancy: share communications plan re: new instrumentation with UC at next meeting |
| - | * Nancy: | + | * Nancy: |
| + | * Nancy: notify Joanne of site restrictions regarding maximum number of people in visiting group | ||
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| === Next meeting === | === Next meeting === | ||
| - | The next meeting will be on **Tuesday | + | The next meeting will be on **Tuesday |
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