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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 RIMAS (commissioning TBD)
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 (TBD), POETS (TBD), or RIMAS (commissioning TBD)
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 (TBD), or Open
B (small port): EXPRES
C (large port): DeVeny
D (small port): NIHTS