A new external release of the Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT 3.1) has
been made.

        The new release is now available for for download from the APT Web site
at apt.stsci.edu.

        It will be available on the unix science and sogs cluster users after
the over night rsync.

        This release includes the following tools:

          Bright Object Tool (BOT 1.1)
          Exposure Time Calculator (ETC 2.0)
          Observatory Constraint Manager (OCM 1.1)
          Visual Target Tuner (VTT 3.1)

        The following OPRs are being delivered with this release:

      APT 3.1
      -------
         42182 Create Script for Generating Help Index
         42225 Dummy OPR for Testing EMail Interface to rps2-opr-track
         42617 Clean Up Procedure for Sharing ToolInterface with SEA
         43703 Modify Delivery Procedure to Bundle StarView with VTT
         43890 Remove Java Files from interview package
         44018 Remove netscape.jar file from SEA code.
         44124 Create Document Describing APT Delivery Procedures

      BOT 1.1  
      ------- 
         43908 Bright Objects Need Image Persistence Warning for NICMOS
         43909 GSC2 Tycho Star Magnitude Need to Be Adjusted for Bright Objects
         43910 Adjust Magnitudes of Stars for ACS/SBC Bright Object Checking
         44379 The Bright Object Details Box Should Include Exposure Description
Info
         44459 keep track of number of bright objects in each category
       
      ETC 2.0
      -------
         42606 ETC for ACS must support Ramp filters
         43113 Unzoom does not work
         43159 Use Phase 2 syntax in the ETC GUI.
         43773 ACS Coronograph support of APT ETC
         43819 REVISED DARK CURRENT AND READ NOISE VALUES FOR ACS
         44114 Some Quick Edit Screen problems
         44115 The Normalization tab tries to make you to normalize by magnitude
         44116 Incorrect filter specification in Exposure Text output
         44117 Cannot use Spectroscopic mode in ETC GUI
         44118 Normalize on flux value incorrect in Exposure Text
         44128 Batchmode output for Ramp Filter mode differs significantly from
CGI  values.
         44129 Batchmode output for Extended Sources differs significantly from
CGI values.
         44149 Numbers from the wavelength slide bar stay after leaving ramp
filter mode
         44150 Screen too small when switched to Ramp Filter mode
         44152 Spectroscopic mode gets confused and doesn't show SBC as a choice
         44153 Background Params stops updating.
         44178 Computation of the WFPC2 style S/N for the ACS CGI/ETC
         44369 SNR Graph Blank in Spectroscopic Mode
         44370 Exception Thrown With SBC

      OCM 1.1
      -------
         44003 OCM disallows CLEAR when they should be legal
         44052 CORON apertures should be illegal if Coronography = No.
         44055 Need more specificrules for spectroscopic mode with ACS/WFC
         44125 Use JAXP 1.1 to parse XML in the OCM.

      VTT 3.1
      -------
         41594 Problems with display near RA=0
         41945 Changing images does not reset inclusion/exclusion areas
         43809 Replace static flags
         43888 NED client may need to be updated
         43441 Postscript files are too large for printing
         43442 Typing RA/DEC in lower left from beginning puts you in an error
loop
         43444 Serious performance issues and hangs
         43446 Rename "Color Controls"
         43449 Hard to kill the VTT 
         43461 Aperture should always be drawn. 
         43471 Document "Cut and Paste" capability


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