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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 Status of Observing
The fourth observing window (OCP2.4) closed on .
The fifth observing window (OCP2.5) opened on (and will close on ).
was spent on ViSP external focus verification (on-sun activity, Instrumentation Group) and a Cryo-NIRSP straylight mitigation improvement (on-sun activity, Instrumentation Group).
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Daily schedule during the OCP2.5 observing window ( - ):
Arrive at DSSC (carpools): 5:45am
Leaving DSSC: 6:00am
Arriving at site: 7:00am
Start Observatory Shutdown: 3:00pm
Leaving site: 3:30pm
Arrive at DSSC (end of day): 4:30pm
Science Operations schedules two Science Operations Specialists (SOS), and one Resident Scientist (RS) to support daily science operations at the summit.
One Boulder Scientist participated in training as a Resident Scientist.
Maybe a new section dedicated to the SOS’s?
4.4 Cycle Preparation
This should be maybe included. Not sure to what detail though.
4.5 Experiment Generation
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4.6 Science Operations Management
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Science Operations Specialist hiring process
We received 79 applicants in 5 weeks that the position was open.
Seven candidates selected for Zoom interviews planned to start .
Hiring committee kick-off meeting to discuss the candidates, Zoom interview format, list of standard questions and evaluation system.
Developing a Jira Project to manage Science Operations staff training activities.
4.7 Science Operations Tools
OpsTools (Proposal Architect work, Experiment Architect work, OPMT work, Loki work) updates/activities should be included here(?) (this is actually Bret or JohnH/HLS and Bob Tawa/OpsTools).
4.7.1 Management
Hiring process for new OpsTool software engineer, interviews scheduled. (Bob to fill in details).
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 System Optics
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6.9 Infrared Cameras
7 Data Center Operations (Bob and Alisdair)
7.1 Hardware Infrastructure
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