The new target date for resumption of 3.5m science operations is the night of December 17 (civil time). If progress is faster than expected, it is possible that the science program currently scheduled for December 15 might be executed on December 16, which is currently a regularly scheduled engineering night. If so, affected PIs and observers will be contacted as far in advance as possible. All procurements and almost all bench development/engineering work for the new secondary and tertiary mounting and glass safety mechanisms is complete. The remaining tasks are installation, re-assembly and on-sky commissioning. Although further unexpected problems are certainly still possible, they are probably less likely in these final steps back toward operational status. Ed Turner APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 397 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