--Apple-Mail-15-772333964 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii As some of you are aware , we have been fighting a vacuum leak in SPICAM = for some time. The vacuum leak is sufficient that the camera's = Cryotiger system as not been able to maintain temperature. This week we = believe we have located the source of that leak in the window which has = several chips in it. One in particular that would cause a vacuum leak. We have ordered a replacement window however with the appropriate AR = coatings the lead time is several weeks.=20 At this point we expect SPICAM to be out of service until around = November 15th or 16th. This will impact several programs and we regret = any inconvenience this may cause. If a suitable back up instrument or = program is not available and you need to turn back the time please let = us know and we will make appropriate arrangements to try and fill the = time and to offer you suitable time once the instrument is back on-line. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the observatory Mark Klaene Site Operations Manager=20 Apache Point Observatory 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-15-772333964 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>As some of you are aware , we have been fighting a = vacuum leak in SPICAM for some time. The vacuum leak is sufficient = that the camera's Cryotiger system as not been able to maintain = temperature. This week we believe we have located the source of = that leak in the window which has several chips in it. One in particular = that would cause a vacuum leak.</div><div><br></div><div>We have ordered = a replacement window however with the appropriate AR coatings the lead = time is several weeks. </div><div><br></div><div>At this point we = expect SPICAM to be out of service until around November 15th or 16th. = This will impact several programs and we regret any inconvenience = this may cause. If a suitable back up instrument or program is not = available and you need to turn back the time please let us know and we = will make appropriate arrangements to try and fill the time and to offer = you suitable time once the instrument is back = on-line.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions please feel = free to contact the = observatory</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Monaco; 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; font-size: medium; "><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-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 style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><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; = ">Site Operations Manager<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-tab"> </span></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; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-tab">Apache Point Observatory = </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></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-15-772333964-- APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 1292 in the apo35-general archive. 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