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This list is provided for reference purposes.

Past Instrument Cube Configuration

2016Q1
  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): DSSI
  • B (small port): unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS undergoing commissioning with fold mirror 
2016Q2
  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): unused
  • B (small port): unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS undergoing commissioning with fold mirror
2016Q3 (July; before primary re-aluminization)
  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): unused
  • B (small port): unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS undergoing commissioning with fold mirror
2016Q4
  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): IGRINS (available to users)
  • B (small port): unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (no fold mirror; not usable)
2017Q1

LMI & DeVeny will be available to users the entire quarter. IGRINS will be available until ~28-Feb.

For January & February:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): IGRINS (available to users)
  • B (small port): unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (no fold mirror; not usable)

For March:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused
  • B (small port): unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (no fold mirror; not usable)
2017Q2
  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused
  • B (small port): DSSI (April - May 09), else unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (no fold mirror; not usable)
2017Q3

The top element of the corrector for the straight through port (where LMI is mounted) was replaced in July 2017. IGRINS installation is expected 24-31 August, with final recommissioning check out possibly extending into the first week of September. EXPRES is expected to start commissioning during 17Q3. NIHTS commissioning is TBD.

For July & August:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused
  • B (small port): unused
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (commissioning in August)

For September:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): IGRINS (available to users)
  • B (small port): unused, or EXPRES FEM (commissioning)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (commissioning)
2017Q4
  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): IGRINS (available to users)
  • B (small port): DSSI, unused, or EXPRES FEM (commissioning)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (commissioning)

2018A

For January:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): IGRINS (available to users)
  • B (small port): EXPRES (commissioning)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (commissioning)

For February:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused, or DSSI
  • B (small port): EXPRES (commissioning)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (commissioning)

For March through June:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused, or DSSI
  • B (small port): EXPRES (commissioning)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (available in shared-risk mode)  

2018B

The LDT secondary mirror will be remounted during the July/August engineering shutdown period.

For July through mid-September:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused, or DSSI
  • B (small port): EXPRES (commissioning)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port):NIHTS (available to users)

For mid-September through December:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): IGRINS (available to users)
  • B (small port): EXPRES (commissioning/shared-risk mode)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port):NIHTS (available to users)

For 2019A:

For January through April:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): IGRINS (available to users)
  • B (small port): EXPRES (commissioning & science use)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port):NIHTS (available to users)

For May through June:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused or DSSI
  • B (small port): EXPRES (commissioning & science use)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port):NIHTS (available to users) 

For 2019B:

For July through December:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused or DSSI or POETS
  • B (small port): EXPRES (available to users, consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (available to users)

For 2020A:

For January through June:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): DSSI/QWSSI (Feb and April) or POETS or open
  • B (small port): EXPRES (available to users, consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (available to users)

For 2020B:

For July through December:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): unused or DSSI/QWSSI or POETS or open
  • B (small port): EXPRES (available to users, consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (available to users)

For 2021A:

For January through June:

  • Through port: LMI (available to users)
  • A (large port): QWSSI (Between January and April) or POETS or open
  • B (small port): EXPRES (available to users, consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny (available to users)
  • D (small port): NIHTS (available to users)

For 2021B:

For July through December

  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): QWSSI (Jul-Sep, Dec), POETS (Sep-Nov)
  • B (small port): EXPRES (consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS

2022A:

For January through June:

  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): QWSSI (Jan,Mar,Jun), POETS (Jan,Feb,Mar,Jun)
  • B (small port): EXPRES (consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS

2022B:

For July through December

  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): QWSSI (TBD), POETS (TBD), or Open
  • B (small port): EXPRES (consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS (not available, in the lab)

2023A:

For January through June:

  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): QWSSI (April), POETS (May), or Open
  • B (small port): EXPRES (consult with D. Fischer)
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS (not available, in the lab)

2023B:

For July through December:

  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): QWSSI (August), POETS (Sept/Oct), or Open
  • B (small port): EXPRES
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS (status still to be confirmed)

2024A (Current Semester):

For January through June:

  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): QWSSI (Jan/Feb), POETS (Mar-Jun), or Open
  • B (small port): EXPRES
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS (status still to be confirmed)

2024B (Next Semester):

For July through December:

  • Through port: LMI
  • A (large port): QWSSI (TBD), POETS (TBD), or RIMAS Commissioning (TBD), or Open
  • B (small port): EXPRES
  • C (large port): DeVeny
  • D (small port): NIHTS



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