MDM Observatory

Mountain Web Server

General Information

• MDM Observatory Web Page (Michigan)
• Current Observing Schedule August 2008 - January 2009
• Kitt Peak Mountain Safety  >> PDF version
• Kitt Peak Night Lunch Form (submit no later than 1 pm)
• MDM Fees

Observatory Manuals

General:

• 2.4m Observer's Guide [2008 March 04] [Thorstensen/Dartmouth]
• MDM Network Guide [2005 Aug 17]

Telescopes:

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

User's Manuals:

• CCDCOM v1.31.5 Manual [2006 Feb 21]
• TVGUIDER Manual [2007 February 21 (rab/mdm)]
• CCDS Acquisition Camera User's Manual (477k PDF)

Star Catalogs & Tools:

• Guide Star Acquisition Manual [2007 January 31]
• GUI Skycalc Manual [2005 January 20]
• Centering Manual [2005 January 3]
• automatch: find precise coordinates for images [2003 October]
• Tycho star Catalog at MDM [2002 Jan 24]

Support:

• Observatory Setup Guides [2005 Aug 17]
• MDM Info Sheets

Instrument Web Pages

MDM8K: 8Kx8K CCD Mosaic Imager

OSU 4K CCD: 4Kx4K CCD Imager

TIFKAM: Near-IR Imager/Spectrometer

CCDS: Boller & Chivens CCD Spectrograph

RETROCAM: RETRactable Optical CAMera (2.4m only)

ModSpec: Modular CCD Spectrograph

MkIII: Mark III CCD Spectrograph

MDM Facility CCD Detectors

CCD Detector Table [2001 July 20]

Observer's Reports:

Submit a Nightly Observer's Report

• Latest 2.4-m Observer's Report
• Archive of all 2.4-m Observer's Reports
• Latest 1.3-m Observer's Report
• Archive of all 1.3-m Observer's Reports

Submit a Trouble Report

• Latest Trouble Report
• Trouble Report Archives

MDM Weather Information

Engineering Information

2.4m Telescope

• 2.4m Instrument changes
• 2.4m Mirrors

  1.3m Telescope

• 1.3m Instrument changes
• 1.3m Mirrors

  MDM Facility

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  Updated: 2008 July 18 (Barr/MDM)