Subject: CorMASS available in Q4 2005

From: Bruce Gillespie

Submitted: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:00:03 -0600

Message number: 919 (previous: 918, next: 920 up: Index)

To all APO 3.5-m users:

CorMASS, a low-resolution near-IR echelle spectrometer, is a  
returning visiting instrument that will be available for general  
scheduled use during 2005 Quarter 4, and possibly into 2006.  The  
CorMASS instrument team recently updated the CorMASS web-site, which  
includes a pointer to retrieve new data-reduction software; for more  
information, see:

http://www.astro.virginia.edu/research/instrumentation/cormass.html

John Wilson, from the University of Virginia, plans to re-commission  
CorMASS at the telescope during October bright time.  The instrument  
may be requested for use in modified service-observing mode during  
the remainder of the quarter (the Observing Specialists will operate  
the instrument, but you must be present or remotely connected during  
the observations).  Submit proposals through your normal  
institutional channel for time allocation, specifying CorMASS as the  
instrument, and service as the observing mode.

During re-commissioning, a limited amount of time will be available  
for ARC-requested observations.  If you have science targets that you  
would like observed during the this time, send the following  
information for each target to John Wilson (jcw6z at virginia.edu)  
[DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL DIRECTLY]:

          Target name:
          Target coordinates, epoch:
          Exposure time:
              or
          S/N desired:
          Other observing requirements:

If time allows, observations will be obtained and the data will be  
sent to you.

 From the standpoint of demonstrating the performance and utility of  
the instrument, test data taken in 2004 are available.  John Wilson  
is willing to reduce some of last year's data with the new tool as a  
means of demonstrating the software; this could be done before the  
October re-commissioning.  Please contact John for more information.


Best regards,

Bruce Gillespie, for Suzanne Hawley, John Wilson, and Mike Skrutskie


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