MDM Observatory

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General Information

• MDM Observatory Web Page (Michigan)
• Current February to July Schedule (2012A)
• Kitt Peak Night Lunch Form (submit no later than 1 pm)
• MDM & Vehicle Fees, PayPal

Observatory Manuals

General:

• 2.4m Observer's Guide   [Updated 2012 January 16 Thorstensen/Dartmouth] 
• MDM Network Guide [2005 Aug 17]
• MDM Visitors Guide [2011 September 08]
• 1.3 Meter Telescope Control System [2010 May 27]

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

IC-Linux-Crash Recovery  (16k PDF) [2009 Mar. 04] (Pogge/OSU)

Telescopes:

• MDM Photographic Lexicon
• Hiltner 2.4m Manuals
• McGraw-Hill 1.3m Manuals

User Manuals:

• Owl to Control the MDM facility CCD's   (New) (John Thorstensen/ Dartmouth) [2011 Sept 27 ]
• Andor Camera for Slit Viewing [2011 February 01] (John Thorstensen/Dartmouth) (Modified 2011 September 08)
• Autoguiding and Acquisition at the MDM telescopes [2011 September 08] (John Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
• CCDS Acquisition Camera User's Manual (477k PDF)
• New 2.4m Instrument Rotator  [2011 May 18] (Paul Martini/OSU)

Star Catalogs & Tools:

• The Astronomical Almanac: Stars (Bright) and Stellar Systems
• JSkyCalc special 2.4 meter version with Guide Star Selector  [2010 March 28] (Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
• Fast Target Centering with OSMOS using ocstrtask  [2011 October 31] (Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
• GUI Skycalc Manual [2005 January 20]
• Centering Manual [2005 January 3]
• automatch: find precise coordinates for images [2003 October]
• qccds: CCDS quick-look spectra extraction tool [2009 March 14](Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
• Tycho star Catalog at MDM [2002 Jan 24]

Support:

• Observatory Setup Guides [Updated 2011 February 2] (Barr/MDM)
• MDM Info Sheets (52k PDF)

Instrument Web Pages

MDM8K: 8Kx8K CCD Mosaic Imager

OSMOS:  OSMOS User Manual  (2.4m only) (Paul Martini OSU 2010 April 21)

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

Faciity Detector table: CCD Detector Table [2001 July 20]

          Filter Transmission Curves: MDM filters  [2012 April 23]

more will be added as we get curves

Observing Reports:

Submit a Nightly Observing Report

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

Submit a Trouble Report

Latest Trouble Report

Trouble Report Archive

MDM Weather Information

Observatory Staff

Engineering Information

2.4m Telescope

2.4m Instrument Changes

2.4m Mirrors

1.3m Telescope

1.3m Instrument Changes

1.3m Mirrors