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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/icing within the dewar. Cary serviced dcam-spare and got it back to reliable performance but FlareCam is less reliable and continues to get worse with age.
-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 laser frequency issue.
+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 but there may be additional work to be done to address a recently discovered laser frequency issue.
 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/support astronomer position.
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 === 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 we noted that our ability to offer a virtual training in Q4 is less certain; we indicated that we MAY offer it.
+All allocations for Q4 have been sent to the institutional schedulers; proposals are due on August 25. Note that the allocation emails stated that our ability to offer a virtual training in Q4 is uncertain due to staffing limitations; we indicated that we MAY offer it in Q4.
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