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| * Seattle - nothing to report (by email) | * Seattle - nothing to report (by email) | ||
| * Oklahoma - nothing to report | * Oklahoma - nothing to report | ||
| - | * NMSU - There is still an interest in trying to understand/ | + | * NMSU - There is still an interest in trying to understand/ |
| * NAPG - no report | * NAPG - no report | ||
| * JHU - nothing to report (by email) | * JHU - nothing to report (by email) | ||
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| - | === Additional site, telescope and instrument | + | === Additional site, telescope and instruments |
| The summer shutdown is complete; it was fairly short this year. We accomplished daytime engineering in the first week and used the second week for on-sky engineering. All of the necessary baseline tasks in order to return the telescope to scientific operations were completed. This includes handwashing all the mirrors, a spring cleaning of the enclosure and instrumentation, | The summer shutdown is complete; it was fairly short this year. We accomplished daytime engineering in the first week and used the second week for on-sky engineering. All of the necessary baseline tasks in order to return the telescope to scientific operations were completed. This includes handwashing all the mirrors, a spring cleaning of the enclosure and instrumentation, | ||
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| The 0.5m telescope is working as expected but the cameras (FlareCam and dcam-spare) continue to have problems. There was a loss of vacuum in the CCD canisters, which resulted in frosting/ | The 0.5m telescope is working as expected but the cameras (FlareCam and dcam-spare) continue to have problems. There was a loss of vacuum in the CCD canisters, which resulted in frosting/ | ||
| - | APOLLO had numerous laser and optical alignment issues over the last month and a NASA team came back to the site to work on it. We believe the instrument is now back to working order but there may be additional work to be done to address a recent | + | APOLLO had numerous laser and optical alignment issues over the last month and a NASA team came back to the site to work on it. We believe the instrument is now functional |
| As a reminder, we have a current opening (covered by two different job postings) for the 3.5m chief telescope engineer. We are currently reviewing applications for telescope operator/ | As a reminder, we have a current opening (covered by two different job postings) for the 3.5m chief telescope engineer. We are currently reviewing applications for telescope operator/ | ||
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| === 2025 Q4 3.5m scheduling === | === 2025 Q4 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | All allocations for Q4 have been sent to the institutional schedulers; proposals are due on August 25. Note that in the allocation emails | + | All allocations for Q4 have been sent to the institutional schedulers; proposals are due on August 25. Note that the allocation emails |
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