MMT Observing Schedule: February 2023 – July 2023
Leave a CommentThe observing schedule for February 2023 – July 2023 can be found here.
Electronic Technician III Position Available
Leave a CommentThe MMT Observatory (MMTO), a joint venture of the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution, is seeking an Electronic Technician III to join the MMTO team. Apply here.
Electronics Technician II Position Available
Leave a CommentThe MMT Observatory (MMTO), a joint venture of the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution, is seeking to fill the position of Research Engineering Electronics Technician II (Electronics Technician). Apply here.
Staff Technician, Temporary, Position Available
Leave a CommentThe MMT Observatory (MMTO), a joint venture of the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Institution, is seeking to fill the position of Research Engineering Technician III (Staff Technician). Apply here.
Queue Observer Position Available
Leave a CommentThe MMT Observatory (MMTO) seeks a Queue Observer (Laboratory Coordinator III) to join the MMTO team to support the nighttime operations of a modern world-class optical/infrared astronomical observatory. Apply here.
MMT Observing Schedule: August 2022 – January 2023
Leave a CommentThe observing schedule for August 2022 – January 2023 can be found here.
MMT in the News
Leave a CommentPhysics Today featured an article on LBTI but mentions how nulling was first developed at the MMT in the late 90s. You can read the article here.
International Dark-Sky Week begins April 22
Leave a CommentThe Governor’s office has included observatories in Arizona in a proclamation for Dark-Sky Week, which begins April 22 through April 30.
MMT Observing Schedule: February 2022 – July 2022
Leave a CommentThe observing schedule for February 2022 – July 2022 can be found here.
Binospec in Nature Astronomy – See the photo!
Leave a CommentBinospec data was recently published in Nature Astronomy. Read the paper here.
The evolutionary path of a low-mass disky galaxy in a cluster (counterclockwise) on an orbit with a substantial tangential component: (a) a star-forming low-mass spiral enters the cluster; (b) once it travels towards the central region of the cluster, ram pressure ignites star formation and causes stripping of the gas from the disc: a galaxy enters the jellyfish stage with a gas-rich tail of striped material and star formation happening within the tail; (c) the gas is completely expelled and/or consumed into stars both in the disc and in the tail, star formation is quenched, the disc expands, a galaxy becomes “post-jellyfish” like all the objects we found in the Coma cluster; (d) a few Gyr later as a result of passive evolution, a galaxy turns into a dwarf elliptical or an ultra-diffuse galaxy depending on the progenitor’s mass and gas content.