October 6 2008 |
The K focus feature was added to allow for higher resolution modes near the Ca K line. |
Aug 2008 |
HRS cooling weakens, then restored |
April 29 2008 |
Cross-disperser monitoring camera installedSee April 29 Advisory |
Mar 2008 |
Fine temperature control of spectrograph room began |
Nov 2007 |
Iodine cell insertion malfunctions, then
repaired |
Oct 11 2007 |
HRS collimator folding flat replacement See Oct 11 Advisory |
Oct 10 2007 |
new filters put in service. See Oct 10 Advisory |
Jun 2006 |
HRS red ccd replaced |
Aug 2005 |
New HRS new cooling system; CCD was taken apart,
resulting in a few-pixel xy shift |
Feb 2005 |
New HRS flat lamp installed, free of emission
lines |
Feb 2004 |
Memo from Gary Hill about
guide star limits |
Jan 2004 |
Position angle calculator for
the HRS sky fibers provided |
Jun 2003 |
Script
hsplit.cl to split the FITS extensions and translate the headers into
the splits became available; it also corrects the keyword CCDSEC so that
CCDPROC works correctly |
Jan 2002 |
XDisp failed to move from 316g to 600g; new
procedure for grating changes put in effect |
Dec 2001 |
Misalignment of the slit unit was found to cause
reduced fiber throughput for the left sky fiber; problem corrected |
Dec 2001 |
A baffle in the optical path was missing; a new one
was created and inserted |