Proposals for the Columbia share of the observing time at the MDM Observatory for the 2027A semester (February-July) will be due at 5:00 PM on Friday Nov. 6, 2026. Approximately 39 nights will be available on each of the 1.3m and 2.4m telescopes. Information about the Observatory, its telescopes, and instruments can be found on the MDM mountain website http://mdm.kpno.noirlab.edu/ Please use the Columbia MDM proposal form that you can get from the web page http://user.astro.columbia.edu/~jules/mdm/form/ This will get you the latex forms mdmprop.tex and mdmprop.ps and the style file mdmprop.sty. Just follow the instructions in the latex file for filling out and submitting the form. -Jules- =================================================================== Notes for this semester: See Kishalay De about using the new IR camera MIRAGE on the 1.3m. Due to insurance restrictions, observers are not allowed to drive MDM vehicles. They will have to arrange their own transportation. ====================================================================