A Tour of MDM Observatory on Kitt Peak, Arizona |
Jules Halpern - September 1, 2023 |
View of MDM Observatory Looking Southwest |
Looking Northeast with Kitt Peak National Observatory in Background |
Current MDM Membership |
1.3m McGraw-Hill Observatory (Est. 1975) |
1.3m McGraw-Hill Telescope |
2.4m Hiltner Telescope (Est. 1986) |
2.4m Hiltner Telescope |
Observatory Staff |
Eric Galayda - Site Manager |
Tony Negrete - Technician |
Justin Rupert - 2.4m Queue Observer |
Modes of Observing: | 2.4m | 1.3m |
Observer on Site | √ | √ |
Observer Remote | √ | |
Queue Scheduled | √ |
Is Time Oversubscribed? | 2.4m | 1.3m |
Dark Time | Yes | No |
Bright Time | No | No |
Proposal Deadlines: |
~ November 1, 2023 |
~ May 1, 2024 |
Proposal Form and Example |
Instrumentation |
OSMOS (Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph, 2.4m only) example |
MDM4K (MDM 4K CCD Imager, 2.4m default) |
Templeton (1K SITe CCD, 1.3m default) |
CCDS (Boller & Chivens Spectrograph, 2.4m or 1.3m) |
Andor Guide and Science Camera, 2.4m and 1.3m |
Faculty Users: | Current Science Areas |
Marcel Agüeros | Open Clusters, White Dwarfs |
Mary Putman | Circumgalactic Medium |
David Schiminovich | Galaxies, Instrumentation (Circumgalactic Hα Spectrograph) |
Jules Halpern | X-ray Sources, Compact Objects |
Last Modified: September 1, 2023 | jph1@columbia.edu |