MDM Observatory

Mountain Web Server


The live weather link has been disabled for now!

However there are Davis weather consoles in the both control rooms.

General Information

MDM & Kitt Peak Weather Information

Observatory Manuals

General:

Trouble fixes for Linux and I.C using: CCDS, TIFKAM and 4K.

  • IC-Linux-Crash Recovery  (16k PDF) [2009Mar04] (Pogge/OSU)
  • Telescopes:

    User Manuals:

    Target Acquisition and Quick-Look Tools:

    Support:

    Instrument Web Pages

    MDM8K: 8Kx8K CCD Mosaic Imager
    OSMOS:  OSMOS User Manual  (2.4m only) [2010Apr21] (Martini/OSU)
    MDM 4K CCD: OSU 4K CCD Imager
    MDM R4K CCD: OSU R4K Detector
    TIFKAM: Near-IR Imager/Spectrometer
    CCDS: Boller & Chivens CCD Spectrograph
    RETROCAM: RETRactable Optical CAMera  (2.4m only) (Chris Morgan/OSU)
    ModSpec: Modular CCD Spectrograph
    MkIII: Mark III CCD Spectrograph
    Facility CCD's: MDM Facility CCD Detectors
    Facility Detector table: CCD Detector Table [2001Jul20]
    Filter Transmission Curves: MDM filters  [2012Apr23]
    more will be added as we get curves

    Observing Reports:

    2.4m Telescope:
    Latest 2.4-m Observing Report
    2.4-m Observing Report Archive
    1.3m Telescope:
    Latest 1.3-m Observing Report
    1.3-m Observing Report Archive

    Latest Trouble Report
    Trouble Report Archive
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    Observatory Staff

    Engineering Information

    2.4m Telescope
    2.4m Instrument Changes
    2.4m Mirrors

    1.3m Telescope
    1.3m Instrument Changes
    1.3m Mirrors

    MDM Observatory Partners

    Columbia University Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Dartmouth College Astronomy and Physics


    University of Michigan Astronomy


    Ohio State University
Astronomy


    Ohio University Physics and Astronomy


    Updated: 04/05/2013  (Galayda/MDM)