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 Visitors Guide [2013May15]
Observing Preparation Form [Michigan]
Current Schedule: February - July Schedule (2013A)
Kitt Peak Night Lunch Form (submit no later than 1 pm)
MDM & Vehicle Fees, PayPal
MDM Observatory Web Page [Michigan]

MDM & Kitt Peak Weather Information

Observatory Manuals

General:

2.4m Observer's Guide [Updated 2012 January 16 Thorstensen/Dartmouth]
1.3m Telescope Control System [2010May27]
MDM Network Guide [2005Aug17]

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

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

Telescopes:

User Manuals:

Owl to Control the MDM facility CCD's [2011Sept27] (John Thorstensen/ Dartmouth)
Andor Camera for Slit Viewing [2011Sept08] (John Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
Autoguiding and Acquisition at the MDM telescopes [2011Sept08] (John Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
CCDS Acquisition Camera User's Manual (477k PDF)
2.4m Instrument Rotator [2011May18] (Paul Martini/OSU)
JSkyCalc special 2.4 meter version with Guide Star Selector [2010Mar28] (Thorstensen/Dartmouth)

Target Acquisition and Quick-Look Tools:

The Astronomical Almanac: Stars (Bright) and Stellar Systems
Fast Target Centering with OSMOS using ocstrtask [2012Sept] (Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
Centering and Focusing Owl Images [2012Sept2] (Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
qccds: CCDS quick-look spectra extraction tool [2012Sept] (Thorstensen/Dartmouth)
Quick Look Spectra for Modspec and MK III
Local Pointing Check Stars [2012Sept] (Thorstensen/Dartmouth)

Support:

Observatory Setup Guides [2011Feb02] (Barr/MDM)
MDM Info Sheets (52k PDF)
MDM Observing Workstations for the 2.4m and 1.3m (125kb PDF)

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:

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

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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

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