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Combined blue and red DIS images of PDCS 74; a distant cluster of galaxies. Taken by Nichol, Holden and Castander in May 1996. 10 mins in photometric conditions. The data was reduced and combined by Eddie Bergeron at APO.

Latest information

Form for observing schedule changes

form1.arc, plus the the usual form2.uc. These are the current versions of the forms (as of March 2004), and the only ones that will be accepted.

proposal due	for
Nov. 1	Jan.-March (Q1)
Feb. 1	April-June (Q2)
May 1	July-Sept. (Q3)
Aug. 1	Oct.-Dec. (Q4)

• Information on medium-resolution DIS gratings. 5 Mar 98
• Clarification of remote observing and training policies. 9 Dec 97
• Policy on nightly feedback. 9 Dec 97
• Meeting at APO, Fall 1997.
• Call for proposals.
• Comments on the engineering time, and a new proposal. posted 2 Jul 97
• 3.5m Update by Chris Stubbs. 7 Jul 97
• DIS calibration archive. Added 5 May 97

• User's Committee meeting minutes, from what's posted to the APO mailing lists.

Proposal preparation

• Current call for proposals.
• form1.arc and form2.uc.

• UofC TAC Policies and Procedures. 26 June 96

Observing preparation

• Eric Deutsch's schedule page and ftp site at APO.
• Form for housing reservations at APO.
• Digitized Palomar Sky Survey. (good for finding charts!)
• Latest image from the all-sky IR camera and Eric Deutsch's cloud cam page.

Related Links

• APO's website.
• The site at Princeton with archived APO mailing list discussions.
• Eric Deutsch's Page of APO Info. Lots of useful things here!
• Eric Deutsch's APO IDL Library documentation.
• Chris Stubbs' 3.5m status report. (also available in the original postscript.) 6 June 96
• Unofficial notes from meeting with Chris Stubbs held at the UofC. 9 May 96
• ARC 3.5m Community Meeting. 16 July 96
• 3.5m Update by Chris Stubbs. 7 Jul 97

• Echelle users manual

• APO documentation
• The site at Princeton with archived apo35-dis mailing list discussions.
• DIS Hints from Brad Holden.
• DIS throughput tests. M. Ledlow, J. Holtzman, A. Watson (NMSU). (Postscript)
• Eric Deutsch's DIS info.
• Rotational dependence of DIS flats. L. Rebull (UC).
• Alan Uomoto's list of things to do to DIS. (18 July 96)
• DIS 60 Hz noise level fixed! Princeton summary and before and after bias frames.
• DIS Calibration Archive.
• Information on medium-resolution DIS gratings. 5 Mar 98

• APO documentation.
• Bernie Rauscher's GRIM II home page.
• Eric Deutsch's GRIM info.
• The site at Princeton with archived apo35-grim mailing list discussions.
• Report on GRIM II exposure timing and non-linearity. A. Watson and N. Chanover. 8 July 96

• Chris Stubbs has purchased a set of UBVRI filters for the SPIcam. The filters are now available for use. They were fabricated by MSSSO, made to their specifications. Website with more information.
• How to take drift scans with SPICAM. By Michael Strauss, posted 31 May 97.
• Preliminary photometric calibration of SDSS SPICam data -- Michael Richmond 5 June 97

• Site at UWash.

• APO documentation.
• The site at Princeton with archived apo35-dsc mailing list discussions.
• SDSS pages.