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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br><span style='background:white'>Since the closure of the Observatory, Arecibo's then-scientific staff,</span><br><span style='background:white'>plus some associated scientists in PR & FL, have been meeting over ZOOM</span><br><span style='background:white'>once a month to maintain regular scientific contact. At our last meeting,</span><br><span style='background:white'>(the past Monday), astronomers present took a decision to submit multiple</span><br><span style='background:white'>grant proposals to the NSF's Astronomy Division's AAG deadline of Nov</span><br><span style='background:white'>15th, each requesting use of the 12-m telescope. We felt that if there</span><br><span style='background:white'>were to be a number of proposals asking to use the 12-m, each including</span><br><span style='background:white'>a fraction of the operating costs for the telescope, then it might just</span><br><span style='background:white'>be possible to have the 12-m back in operation again. </span><br><br><span style='background:white'>To this end, we were wondering if you might like to join this effort by</span><br><span style='background:white'>either including the 12-m in any proposal you are working on, writing a</span><br><span style='background:white'>proposal to use the 12-m on its own, or even joining the proposals</span><br><span style='background:white'>that some of us are working on. The more proposals we, the astronomy</span><br><span style='background:white'>community, submit, the more likely it is that the 12-m telescope will</span><br><span style='background:white'>start operating again. Since the computers controlling the telescope and</span><br><span style='background:white'>the data-taking hardware are all part of the old AO computing system,</span><br><span style='background:white'>an added benefit would be the possibility of opening access to those</span><br><span style='background:white'>computing facilities again which might be valuable for you and your</span><br><span style='background:white'>students.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>The technical specifications for the 12-m via Phil Perillat's webpages</span><br><span style='background:white'>are now available at;</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'><a href="https://naic.nrao.edu/arecibo/phil/hardware/12meter/patriot12meter.html">https://naic.nrao.edu/arecibo/phil/hardware/12meter/patriot12meter.html</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br><span style='background:white'>and we also have the 12-m Telescope User Guide prepared by Dr. P.K.</span><br><span style='background:white'>Manoharan that can be sent to interested parties.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>We know that the deadline is coming soon. However, if you are</span><br><span style='background:white'>interested, may we request you to contact us very soon to coordinate</span><br><span style='background:white'>our efforts, and also join a ZOOM meeting scheduled for the coming</span><br><span style='background:white'>Monday, Oct. 23rd, 3 - 4 PM ET/AST.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>We take this opportunity to remind you to also join the general ASAP</span><br><span style='background:white'>meeting on Thursday, 10/26.</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>Many thanks and with all best wishes,</span><br><br><span style='background:white'>Alison Smith, </span></span><a href="mailto:allisonjanine@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>allisonjanine@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br><span style='background:white'>Chris Salter, </span></span><a href="mailto:csalter.wfc@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>csalter.wfc@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br><span style='background:white'>Mayra Lebron, </span></span><a href="mailto:mlebronsantos3@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>mlebronsantos3@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Tapasi Ghosh, <a href="mailto:tapasig91@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>tapasig91@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>