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 APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 919 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