Apache Point Observatory
New Mexico, USA
ARC 3.5-m Instrument News
Note: Comments in bold are to catch the readers attention as the most relevant for their upcoming science observations
News Worthy Items
- ARCES is available. See below for more information.
- DIS is NOT available. However, please see important information below concerning the blue camera.
- AGILE is available. See below for more information.
- ARCTIC is available but is experiencing some issues with darks. See below for more information.
Current Status
Instrument issues which our users should be aware of before taking data. For historical information go here. For future instrumentation or planned upgrades go here.
AGILE
- 2019-01-02: The instrument is operating nominally.
- 2012-01-24: APO still does not recommend taking dome flats with AGILE. More information can be found here.
ARCES
- 2019-01-02: The instrument is operating nominally.
- 2019-01-02: Most recent interorder ratio plot can be found here.
ARCTIC
- 2019-01-02: The instrument has been operating nominally
DIS
- 2019-01-14: DIS scheduled servicing run. Instrument is unavailable.
- 2019-01-02: DIS Blue noise issue likely in the dewar. It will be addressed during the next scheduled servicing run.
NICFPS
- 2019-01-02: The instrument is operating nominally
TRIPLESPEC
- 2019-01-02: Instrument is operating nominally
MISC
NA2 GUIDER
- 2019-01-02: Operating nominally.
The information on this page is up to date as of January 14, 2019. This page is maintained by the 3.5-m Telescope Engineer .