I am happy to forward the attached from Alan Uomoto. It reports that work on the figuring of the new 3.5m secondary began 3 weeks ago at SOML. Ed Turner >Our secondary blank went on the table September 4, 1998. >They're abrasive grinding with a passive lap to get the >radius right and are preparing a lap for putting in an >asphere and will work with that until they need the stressed >lap for grinding. > >Alan APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 308 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