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| - | ==== APO 3.5-m Users Committee | + | ==== APO 3.5-m Users Committee |
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| === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | === User feedback and comments from institutional representatives === | ||
| - | * Wyoming - nothing | + | * Wyoming - nothing |
| - | * BYU - nothing | + | * BYU - nothing |
| * Washington - nothing to report (provided by email) | * Washington - nothing to report (provided by email) | ||
| - | * Colorado - nothing | + | * Colorado - nothing |
| * UVa - nothing to report (provided by email) | * UVa - nothing to report (provided by email) | ||
| * FGCU - nothing to report (provided by email) | * FGCU - nothing to report (provided by email) | ||
| - | * Seattle - good experience | + | * Seattle - Joanne reported having had a good experience |
| - | * JHU - nothing | + | * JHU - nothing |
| - | * Oklahoma - nothing | + | * Oklahoma - nothing |
| - | * NMSU - nothing recently, suggestions for low res grating for KOSMOS, | + | * NMSU - nothing recently, |
| * NAPG - no report | * NAPG - no report | ||
| - | * Georgia State - nothing | + | * Georgia State - nothing |
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| === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | === Additional telescope and instrument discussion === | ||
| - | Weather | + | The weather at APO has been very monsoonal |
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| === KOSMOS Update === | === KOSMOS Update === | ||
| - | MOS activities | + | Efforts to make new slits for KOSMOS are ongoing. |
| - | MP - getting close? | + | |
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| === Summer shutdown schedule === | === Summer shutdown schedule === | ||
| - | Now several slots of open time in Aug. 1 second half in July 19B. Want to get word out to users. love to have lots of requests. | + | Due to the Contreras Fire at Kitt Peak, it will not be possible to realuminize the 3.5m primary mirror there in mid-August as scheduled. Thus, we are reducing the length of the summer shutdown from three weeks to two weeks: **03 - 17 August inclusive.** This means that there is an additional 7 nights |
| - | all instruments available | + | Although it is somewhat short notice, we encourage users to think creatively about ways to use this time, including multi-institutional requests, projects that require a full night of coverage of a time-variable phenomenon, etc. Please spread the word to all 3.5m users - we would love to receive lots of requests for this time! The process for requesting this time is the same as usual - interested users should send an email (including a short proposal form if the proposed program does not already have one in the Q3 schedule) to Ben, Russet, Nancy, and their institutional scheduler. **These proposals should be submitted by July 20 at the latest, but earlier would be even better, particularly for the 01-02 August time.** |
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| - | July 20th at the latest | + | |
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| - | build our own - cost prohibitive | + | |
| - | SOR - get silver curves | + | |
| + | There was some discussion of other options aside from Kitt Peak for having M1 realuminized next summer. We are actively looking at other options, but unfortunately there are relatively few facilities that can accommodate a 3.5m mirror. The cost for building our own facility on-site is prohibitive (millions of dollars) and would require U.S. Forest Service permitting, which is a time-consuming process. | ||
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| === Q3 3.5m scheduling === | === Q3 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | + | Aside from the perturbation due to the change in summer shutdown schedule, there is relatively little open time that users can request. We will be trying to fill July 19B relatively soon. | |
| - | July 19B and Sep | + | |
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| === Q3 ARCSAT scheduling === | === Q3 ARCSAT scheduling === | ||
| - | published; room for more requests | + | The ARCSAT Q3 schedule is now published; |
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| === Publications reminder === | === Publications reminder === | ||
| - | July 31 deadline. | + | APO needs your help in updating the observatory publication record! Please send Nancy (nchanove@nmsu.edu) any references for 3.5m-related publications (refereed publications and student theses/ |
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| === All Other Business === | === All Other Business === | ||
| - | xxx | + | None. |
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