A Tour of MDM Observatory on Kitt Peak |
Jules Halpern - March 3, 2020 |
Turn Left After the 10 Mile Marker |
"When you Come to a Fork in the Road, Take it." |
If You Are Here, You've Gone Too Far: This is KPNO |
View of MDM Observatory Looking Southwest |
Looking Northeast with KPNO in Background |
Current MDM Membership |
On-Site Technical Staff - But Only During the Day |
Eric Galayda (Site Manager) ------- Paul Hartmann (Ret.) |
Tony Negrete (Tech) |
McGraw-Hill Observatory - Est. 1974 |
McGraw-Hill 1.3m Telescope circa 1998 |
Portage Lake Observatory
Stinchfield Woods, Michigan - 1969 |
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Getting Cloudy at Sunset |
1.3m Telescope |
1.3m Telescope Control Room circa 1998 |
Allyson Sheffield in Mirror Image - January 2011 |
Looking Outside |
2.4m Hiltner Telescope - Est. 1984 |
2.4m Lounge at Sunrise |
You Can Eat Here, Too |
2.4m Hiltner Telescope |
2.4m Telescope Control Room |
Undergraduate Observing Class |
One Observer with Large Coffee |
Spectrograph Slit, Guide Star Monitor, Emergency Procedures |
View From "the Bridge" |
Instrumentation |
Spectrum of Something Far |
Is MDM Time Oversubscribed? |
2.4m | 1.3m | |
Dark Time | Yes | No |
Bright Time | No | No |
How Do I Get Time? Click on a Photo. |
Stephanie Douglas | Adrian Price-Whelan | David Schiminovich |
When Do I Propose? |
November 1, 2020 |
May 1, 2020 |
Last Modified: March 2, 2020 | jules@astro.columbia.edu |