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| === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | ||
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| - | nothing to report | ||
| - | no report | ||
| * FGCU - no report | * FGCU - no report | ||
| * NAPG - no report | * NAPG - no report | ||
| - | * Seattle - nothing to report | + | * Seattle - Joanne is working with Joe Burchett (NMSU) and Bill (APO) on getting her MOS slits for KOSMOS designed and fabricated. The process is on schedule for her upcoming observing run. |
| * BYU - nothing to report | * BYU - nothing to report | ||
| * Wyoming - no report | * Wyoming - no report | ||
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| * Georgia State - nothing to report | * Georgia State - nothing to report | ||
| * UVa - nothing to report | * UVa - nothing to report | ||
| - | * Colorado - nothing to report | + | * Colorado - nothing to report |
| * JHU - nothing to report | * JHU - nothing to report | ||
| * NMSU - nothing to report | * NMSU - nothing to report | ||
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| === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | ||
| + | The moths are back at APO for the warm weather season :( The KOSMOS hose was repaired and the ARCTIC diffuser will be serviced soon to troubleshoot the rotation issue. The NA2 baffle fence has been installed and ARCTIC users can now take dome flats. BYUCam is performing nicely. | ||
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| + | Plans are proceeding to have M1 realuminized at Lowell Observatory this summer. The design for the mirror support system in the Lowell chamber is finished. Note added in proof: the dates for the summer shutdown have been finalized. ** Shutdown will start on July 26 and the anticipated return to science is August 22 ** (although that could slip by several days if the weather during engineering recovery is poor). | ||
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| === Software update === | === Software update === | ||
| + | Recall that a couple of months ago we heard an update about pyvista from Jon Holtzman (see notes here: [[uc: | ||
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| + | The code is functional for most all reduction tasks, and being used by folks for lots of basic reduction. The methods in PyKOSMOS have already helped influence the maturing “specreduce” astropy package, and it is available on GitHub with moderate documentation: | ||
| - | pyKOSMOS | + | Adam Kowalski also mentioned that he also has a python module for spectral extraction that he is willing to share. |
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| === Instrumentation update === | === Instrumentation update === | ||
| + | The echelle science tiger team met once in April and discussed potential science drivers for the new instrument. Work is proceeding on the conceptual design and trade studies include the use of a dispersion corrector, spectropolarimetry, | ||
| - | xxx | + | There have been some discussions about options for multi-band and/or speckle imaging capabilities, |
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| + | Joe Burchett (NMSU) was recently awarded a grant that will cover the fabrication costs of slit masks for those who are interested in trying out the MOS capabilities of KOSMOS. **UC reps: please make your users aware of this opportunity.** | ||
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| + | === Q2 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| + | There is some unassigned time at end of May: 1 unencumbered dark B half (19 May) and 2 grey A halves (24, 25 May) adjacent to sunset APOLLO observations. And also some time early June: June 1B and June 4B (both unencumbered but bright). Users are encouraged to request this time if they can make use of it (particularly those who have been weathered out recently). As a reminder, users should include Ben, Russet, Amanda, Nancy and their institutional scheduler on all schedule related emails. | ||
| - | === Q2 3.5m scheduling === | + | ---- |
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| + | === Q3 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | There is some unassigned time at end of May: 1 dark B half (19 May) and 2 dark A halves (24, 25 May), all unencumbered. Users are encouraged to request | + | Ben will be sending out the institutional allocations later this week. UC reps/ |
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| - | === Q2 ARCSAT scheduling | + | === Summer 2023 AAS meeting |
| - | xxx | + | The June 2023 AAS meeting will be held in Albuquerque on June 4-8 and we (APO) will have a booth at this meeting given its proximity to APO. Nancy is giving a talk about APO in a special session about astronomy and astronomy education in New Mexico. UC reps: please remind your department members that if anyone is going to be at the June AAS meeting and presenting APO-related science they should let Nancy know! |
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| Open action items from previous meetings: | Open action items from previous meetings: | ||
| - | * Nancy: make sure that the APO web site gets updated to address the issues reported by Eric B. in December. Status: | + | * Nancy: make sure that the APO web site gets updated to address the issues reported by Eric B. in December. Status: |
| * the wiki link on the 3.5m page still pointed to the old wiki - //this was fixed.// | * the wiki link on the 3.5m page still pointed to the old wiki - //this was fixed.// | ||
| * the Search Site function on the APO home page does not work. //A notice was added to reflect the fact that this search tool will not work from computers outside of the APO VPN.// | * the Search Site function on the APO home page does not work. //A notice was added to reflect the fact that this search tool will not work from computers outside of the APO VPN.// | ||
| - | * 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. | + | * the ToO policy is not easily found. // |
| * Nancy: get updated on pyKOSMOS and report to UC next month. -> CLOSED. | * Nancy: get updated on pyKOSMOS and report to UC next month. -> CLOSED. | ||
| - | * Nancy: track down missing ARCTIC data reduction scripts for wiki. | + | * Nancy: track down missing ARCTIC data reduction scripts for wiki. -> OPEN |
| * UC reps: notify your KOSMOS users that counts > 150k are not physical. -> CLOSED | * UC reps: notify your KOSMOS users that counts > 150k are not physical. -> CLOSED | ||
| - | * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q2 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. | + | * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q2 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. -> OPEN |
| New action items from this meeting: | New action items from this meeting: | ||
| - | * xxx | + | * UC reps: Notify your users that we have funds to purchase slit masks for MOS runs with KOSMOS |
| + | * UC reps: Notify your users of the summer shutdown dates, and remind them when submitting their Q3 proposals that the return to science date is dependent on good weather during the recovery engineering time. | ||
| + | * UC reps: Have any department members who are planning to attend the summer AAS meeting and present APO-related science contact Nancy. | ||
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| === All Other Business === | === All Other Business === | ||
| - | The June 2023 AAS meeting will be held in Albuquerque on June 4-8. Although we are not normally in the habit of having an exhibitor booth at the summer meetings, particularly after just having been at the preceding winter meeting, we (APO) will have a booth at this meeting given its proximity to APO. It represents an excellent opportunity to highlight exciting science results enabled by a New Mexico-based astronomical facility like APO. If anyone from our ARC member institutions or lease partners is planning to attend the June AAS meeting please let Nancy know so we can promote their work! | + | None |
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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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