All, The DSC is now back at Apache Point. Jon Brinkmann, Mark Klaene, and I put everything back together. The CCD was cleaned at SITE - the water damage is reduced but not gone altogether. Modifications were made to the camera electronics to slow down the readout in an attempt to eliminate the spurious charge noise. The noise is gone, but there are still some residual fixed pattern noises in staring and drifting frames. The current version of DOP is v2_3. Older versions of DOP will not work due to changes in the electronics. Read the primer page for some changes and new features. The DOP code is not yet checked in to CVS due to my lack of understanding of branches still. I have check out drifting and staring modes and both seem to work. The maximum drift rate is now .7 sidereal. The orientation of the CCD is likely different from the last time. Brinkmann & I could not determine the previous orientation so we just bolted the dewar to the mounting plate in an arbitrary orientation. A new instrument block will need to be created. Merry Xmas. Steve Kent APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 13 in the apo35-dsc archive. You can find APO the archive on http://astro.princeton.edu:82/apo35-dsc/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-dsc@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO