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2010

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Tech Memos - 2010

• TM-10-1
  Calibration and Correction of Amplifier Induced Artifacts in an Interleaved InSb Infrared Array
  M. A. Kenworthy and P. M. Hinz

2009

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Internal Tech Memos - 2009

• ITM-09-1
  Elevation Servo Review Committee Report
  T. Pickering, P. Cheimets, S. Schaller, J. Hagen, D. Harvey
• ITM-09-2
  Elevation Tracking for the 3rd Trimester of 2008
  D. Clark, T. Trebisky, T. Pickering
• ITM-09-3
  Azimuth Tracking for the 3rd Trimester of 2008
  D. Clark, T. Trebisky, T. Pickering

2008

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Internal Tech Memos - 2008

• ITM-08-1
  Minimum Daily Ambient Air Temperatures at the MMT Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, December 2003 through January 2008
  J.D. Gibson, D. Clark, B. Comisso, T. Gerl, C. Knop, R. Ortiz, T. Pickering, D. Porter, D. Smith, P. Spencer, T. Trebisky, K. Van Horn, G.Williams, J.T. Williams
• ITM-08-2
  MMT Primary Mirror Ventilation System Temperatures Versus Carrier Chiller Setpoint Values: A Linear Regression Analysis, January through December, 2007
  J.D. Gibson, D. Clark, B. Comisso, T. Pickering, G. Williams, S. Callahan, C. Chute, T. Gerl, C. Knop, R. Ortiz, D. Smith, T. Trebisky, K. Van Horn, B. Stangret, J.T. Williams

2005

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Internal Tech Memos - 2005

• ITM-05-1
  Generation III Aluminizing Power Supplies - A Test Report
  D. Clark
• ITM-05-2
  Hazardous Chemical Procedures at MMT Observatory -- Initial Release
  W. Kindred
• ITM-05-3
  Primary Mirror Actuators Test Report
  D. Clark

2004

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Internal Tech Memos - 2004

• ITM-04-1
  Pointing/Derotator Coalignment for Alt-Az Telescopes
  G. Schmidt
• ITM-04-2
  MMT Primary Mirror Wash Results of May 11, 2004
  W. Kindred
• ITM-04-3
  Control System Prototyping -- A Case Study
  D. Clark
• ITM-04-4
  Re-Evaluation of Aluminum Thickness Distribution on the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror using New Software
  W. Kindred

2003

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Internal Tech Memos - 2003

• ITM-03-1
  MMT F/5 Baffles and Double Reflections
  N. Caldwell and B. McLeod
• ITM-03-2
  Aluminizing the MMT F/5 Secondary Mirror
  B. Kindred
• ITM-03-3
  Stewart Platform Matrices for the 6.5m MMT
  S. C. West
• ITM-03-4
  Science Instrument Interface Control Document for the MMT
  D. Blanco and G. Schmidt
• ITM-03-5
  Selected Results of Recent MMT Servo Testing
  D. Clark
• ITM-03-6
  Effects of CO₂ Cleaning and Detergent Washing on Specular and Diffuse Reflectance of the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror    (Addendum to ITM-02-1)
  W. Kindred

Tech Memos - 2003

• TM-03-1
  Fall 2002 F/9 Optical Performance of the 6.5m MMT Analyzed with the Top Box Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor
  S. West
• TM-03-2
  Test Report for MMT F/5 Secondary Mirror
  Steward Observatory Mirror Lab
• TM-03-3
  Status of Pointing of the 6.5m MMT
  T. Trebisky, C. Foltz, S. West
• TM-03-4
  Modifications to the f/9 Secondary Mirror Hardpoints
  S. C. West, S. P. Callahan, R. James, D. Clark, C. Wainwright, K. Van Horn
• TM-03-5
  Segmented Zero-Deviation Cross-Dispersion Prisms for the Hectochelle Multiobject Spectrograph
  D. G. Fabricant, A. Szentgyorgyi, H. W. Epps
• TM-03-6
  F/9 Top-Box Shack-Hartmann: Practical Design and Implementation
  S. C. West, S. P. Callahan, R. James, P. Spencer, H. Olson, B. Kindred, R. Ortiz, T. Pickering
• TM-03-7
  Evaluation of Thermal Performance for the MMT Primary Mirror During January 2003
  J. D. Gibson
• TM-03-8
  In Situ Aluminization of the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror
  W. Kindred, J.T. Williams, D. Clark

2002

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Internal Tech Memos - 2002

• ITM-02-1
  Effects of CO₂ Cleaning and Detergent Washing on Specular and Diffuse Reflectance of the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror
  (See addendum, ITM-03-6)
  W. Kindred
• ITM-02-2
  MMT Mount Control System Operation and Performance
  D. Clark

2001

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Internal Tech Memos - 2001

• ITM-01-1
  Secondary Mirrors Support: M2/F5 Hexapod Data Package
  ADS International s.r.l.
• ITM-01-2
  Secondary Mirrors Support: M2/F5 Hexapod Design Kinematics Algorithm
  ADS International s.r.l.

Tech Memos - 2001

• TM-01-1
  Baseline Shack Hartmann Design for the 6.5m MMT f/9 Focus
  S. C. West, H. Olson

2000

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Conversion Internal Tech Memos - 2000

• CITM-00-1
  MMT f/5 Wind Loading, Supports at Support Sector Centroids
  B. Cuerden
• CITM-00-2
  MMT f/9 Secondary, Fan Balancing Requirement
  B. Cuerden
• CITM-00-3
  MMT f/9 Secondary Mirror Installation into Cell
  B. Cuerden

Conversion Tech Memos - 2000

• CTM-00-1
  6.5 m Instrument Rotator Performance Goals and Specifications, Rev. 3
  D. Clark, S. Callahan, J. T. Williams
• CTM-00-2
  Correcting 6.5m Primary Mirror Figure Errors with the Active Supports
  S. C. West, H. M. Martin
• CTM-00-3
  6.5m MMT f/9-f/15 Hexapod Laboratory Calibration
  S. C. West, D. Fisher, P. Spencer, T. Trebisky, B. Hille, G. Weir
• CTM-00-4
  Expected Wavefront Errors Due to f/5 Secondary Test Plate
  B. Martin
• CTM-00-5
  MMT Conversion f/9 Secondary Assembly Procedure
  S. C. West, R. Allen

Internal Tech Memos - 2000

• ITM-00-1
  VATT Optical Performance During 98 Oct as Measured with an Interferometric Hartmann Wavefront Sensor
  S. C. West, D. Fisher, M. Nelson