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Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
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1. Science/Technical Highlight (Anyone)
2. Photos (Anyone)
3. Directorate (Thomas and Dave)
3.1 Activities
3.2 Financial Status
DKIST operations carried forward approximately $28.16M in unencumbered funds into FY 2023 from previous years. A total of $X.XXM in new funding has been obligated by NSF thus far in FY 2023 for a total of $YY.YYM.
Financial status of
DKIST operational expenditures for August 2023 were $Z.ZZM
Total YTD expenditures for DKIST operations are $XX.XXM.
The average DKIST spending for FY 2023 (burn rate; BR) is $Y.YYM/month.
4. Science Operations (Ali and Andres)
4.1 Cycle 2 Experiment Generation
The Cycle 2 experiment generation process has been completed. Nothing new to report.
4.2 Cycle 2 Observing
The fourth observing window of Cycle 2 (OCP2.5) started on and will end on tbd.
Observing Window | Experiment ID | Observing Date | FIDO Configuration | Proposal Title |
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OCP2.4 | ||||
OCP2.4 |
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Daily schedule during the OCP2.4 observing window ( - ):
Arrive at DSSC (carpools): 4:45am
Leaving DSSC: 5:00am
Arriving at site: 6:00am
Start Observatory Shutdown: 2:00pm
Leaving site: 2:30pm
Arrive at DSSC (end of day): 3:30pm
Science Operations schedules two Science Operations Specialists (SOS), and one Resident Scientist (RS) to support daily science operations at the summit.
5 Technical Operations (Heather and Paul)
5.1 Site & Facility Status
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6 Instrumentation Operations (Bret, Friedrich, and Dave H.)
6.1 Optics
6.1.1 Facility Instrument Distribution Optics (FIDO)
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6.9 Infrared Cameras
7 Data Center Operations (Bob and Alisdair)
7.1 Hardware Infrastructure
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