Weather--last two months have been wettest in decades, monsoon clouds and rain wiped out many observing programs. Forest fire risk recently set to "Low." Yesterday marked return to fall weather patterns, we expect mostly clear nights through onset of winter storms in late October, early November. Steve Knapp finished construction of 3 arcsecond reflective slit for DIS, Jim Fowler fixed DIS slit camera system (damaged by lightning?) Eddie Bergeron resigned, has returned to ST ScI. Interviewing candidates for observing specialist open positions (see posting on our www server). Installation of new guider camera TBD, sometime this fall. Planning December shutdown: o enclosure wheels replacement (Jon Davis) o aluminize primary (and 2ndary plus tertiary, TBD) (Mark Klaene) o install new primary support servo to fix oscillations (Jon Davis) o fix DIS noise problem (Jon Brinkmann, plus JHU help) o remote control for primary mirror covers (TBD, w/ JHU help) bgillespie APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 81 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/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-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO