--Apple-Mail-52--25863176 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The repairs to SPICam's Cryotiger system are complete and the = instrument is now cold and operational. We have done preliminary = evaluations of the bias levels and looking for any scattered light from = possible chip contamination and everything appears normal.However users = should verify this for themselves.=20 We will be monitoring SPICam's temperature stability over the next few = weeks but at this time it appears normal and suitable for science = observations.=20 I appreciate your patience and understanding during this time when = SPICam was out of service. As you may be aware a new imager is high on = our list of CIF projects to replace SPICam which is aging and much of = which is not maintainable. Studies were done last year and we are = actively looking for people who are interested in participating in a new = imager project. If interested please contact Suzanne Hawley=20 Mark Klaene APO Operations Manager voice: 575 437 6822 PO Box 59 fax: 575 434 5555 2001 Apache Point Rd cell: 575 430 0210 Sunspot NM 88349-0059 web: www.apo.nmsu.edu=20 --Apple-Mail-52--25863176 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; = "><div><br></div><div><br></div> The repairs to SPICam's Cryotiger = system are complete and the instrument is now cold and operational. We = have done preliminary evaluations of the bias levels and looking = for any scattered light from possible chip contamination and everything = appears normal.However users should verify this for = themselves. <div><br></div><div>We will be monitoring SPICam's = temperature stability over the next few weeks but at this time it = appears normal and suitable for science = observations. </div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate your patience = and understanding during this time when SPICam was out of service. = As you may be aware a new imager is high on our list of CIF = projects to replace SPICam which is aging and much of which is not = maintainable. Studies were done last year and we are actively = looking for people who are interested in participating in a new imager = project. If interested please contact Suzanne = Hawley <br><div><br></div><div><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Mark = Klaene</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">APO Operations Manager<span class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = </span>voice: 575 437 = 6822</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">PO Box 59 <span class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = = = </span>fax: 575 434 5555</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">2001 Apache Point Rd<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = </span>cell: 575 430 = 0210</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">Sunspot NM 88349-0059<span class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> = </span>web: <a = href=3D"http://www.apo.nmsu.edu">www.apo.nmsu.edu</a> </font></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div></span></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-52--25863176-- APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 1180 in the apo35-general archive. 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