Blue Channel Observing Form

Required fields are marked in red with an asterisk ( * ).

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I. PROGRAM TITLE AND DATES
 
Observing Program *Dates Scheduled
(Skip if program not listed. Hold down ctrl key -- Command key on MACs -- to select >1 program.) (Please indicate any half-nights.)
 
*Principal Investigator Colleagues
*Actual Observer(s) No. of observers /
persons
*E-Mail Address Arrival Time at MMT
Departure Time from MMT
Cryogenic Requirements Comments  

II. FLWO REQUEST FOR DORM ROOMS AND PRE-REGISTRATION
 
Observer Name & Email Address Billing Address Phone Number Dates Check-In / Check-Out

III. OBSERVING CATALOGS

Observers are expected to prepare catalogs of their observing lists prior to their run and to submit them well in advance of their scheduled observations. The catalog submission page can be found at hacksaw.mmto.org/catalogs/

IV. INSTRUMENT

The MMTO maintains on-line documentation accessible via Mosaic or other web browsers. To obtain up-to-date information on the spectrograph, detector status, etc., load the following URL: www.mmto.org/instruments/

A. GRATINGS: Check a maximum of three (3) gratings you plan to use during your run. Please list the central wavelength(s) at which you expect to set the spectrograph so that, where possible, it can be set up in advance by the Instrument Specialist.

Grating (Blaze)  
(g/mm) 		Approx.  
Resolution* 		Approx.  
Range 		Central  
Wavelength A
 
300 (~4800 A in 1st) 5 A 4825 A
500 (~5400 A in 1st) 3.6 A 3650 A
800 (~4100 A in 1st) 2 A 2290 A
600 (~4800 A in 2nd) 1.3 A 1530 A
832 (~3900 A in 2nd) 1 A 1100 A
1200 (~4800 A in 1st) 1.4 A 1530 A
Echellette 0.5 A (Contact Grant Williams if interested,
520-626-0580)

*Resolution is FWHM of an unresolved line through a 1 arcsec slit.

B. FILTERS: Please specify any special filters needed in the upper or lower filter wheels. Remember that these filters must be installed before the spectrograph is mounted to the telescope. Please refer to the telescope schedule.

Special filter(s):     

C. SLITS: The aperture wheel has provision for 7 slit plates. One of these positions has been modified so that its occupant can be changed without removing the spectrograph from the telescope. Normally you will find the following slit plates in the aperture wheel:

1.0" x 180" long slit
1.25" x 180" long slit
1.5" x 180" long slit
2.0" x 180" long slit
3.5" x 180" long slit
5.0" x 180" long slit

You can select one other slit to be mounted in the interchangeable position from the following list

"Comb" - 1" holes on 10" centers
0.75" x 180" long slit
1.00" x 20" long slit
1.25" x 20" long slit
1.50" x 20" long slit
2.00" x 180" long slit
2.00" x 20" long slit
3.50" x 180" long slit
3.50" x 20" long slit
5.00" x 180" long slit
5.00" x 20" long slit
1.25" x 90" crossed slit (for prism dispersion)
2" x 3" double short slits
1" x 2.6" double short slits
3" single circle
1.0" double circles
1.4" double circles

If you have any special requirements, please contact Dennis Smith (520-670-6747, dsmith@mmto) as soon as possible.