SAO scientist Nelson Caldwell has used the MMT and Hectospec instrument to discover the first hypervelocity globular cluster, located near the central galaxy of the Virgo Cluster. Read more.

Road repair work is continuing on the Mt. Hopkins Road intermittently in March around km 5.5 and km 12.  When scheduled, work will be conducted on weekdays, with the road usually scheduled to be open before 8:30am, from noon-12:30pm, and after 4:00pm, although it might vary day to day. The road will be open on weekends. Observers will receive emails giving the current status of the road before and during their observing runs.

Astronomy Magazine editor, David Eicher, recently visited the MMTO and the Whipple Observatory. Read about his visit in his blog and be sure to look at his photo gallery at the end of his blog!

Using the MMT's Blue Channel Spectrograph, SAO scientist Warren Brown has completed a survey of Milky Way hypervelocity stars, resulting in the discovery of three new objects. Read more.