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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 $XX.XXM in unencumbered funds into FY 2024 from previous years. A total of $0M in new funding has been obligated by NSF thus far in FY 2024 for a total funding amount of $YY.YYM.
Financial status of
DKIST operational expenditures for the current month were $Q.QQM
Total YTD expenditures for DKIST operations are $VV.VVM.
The average DKIST spending for the past 12 months (burn rate; BR) is $A.BBM / month.
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4. Science Operations (Ali and Andres)
4.1 Status of Observing
The fifth observing window (OCP2.5) closed on . No more observing until Spring Observing scheduled to continue in spring 2024.
4.1.1 Regular Cycle Observing
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4.2 Observing Planning
Quarter 2024 Priority Planning planning meeting discussing observing time March and April 2024.
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4.6 Experiment Generation
N/A All Cycle 2 Experiments need to be revised for observing in 2024 to support a new standard observing script allowing for more flexibility and functionality, DL-NIRSP changes due to the image slicer upgrade, and other instrument specific parameters in need of adjustment. The planning of that effort and the details thereof have started. This will be a phased effort prioritizing all Cryo-NIRSP experiments and those experiments that are compliant with the FIDO configuration selected for OCP2.6.
4.7 Science Operations Management
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4.8.1 Management
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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