| 06/30/04 |
5:00 |
12m |
The 12 meter telescope was shutdown this morning for summer
shutdown. |
News |
| 06/28/04 |
8:00 |
SMT |
A lightning caused fire has broken out on Mt. Graham about
5.6 miles away from the MGIO site. It has been designated the NUTTALL fire
due to it's location close to Nuttall Canyon.
Here is a
link to the Forest Service web site about this and other fires in the
Southwest. |
News |
| 06/25/04 |
15:00 |
ARO |
The new ARO web server is now online. If you experience any
problems, please feel free to email me at tfolkers{at}as{dot}arizona{dot}edu |
News |
| 06/21/04 |
8:00 |
ARO |
The new replacement web server for the ARO offices has
arrived and is being configured. It will be installed shortly and when it
does we may experience web outages for brief periods of time. More news on
this front later. |
News |
| 06/20/04 |
16:45 |
12m |
The 23mmsis receiver is cold and operational. |
Fixed |
| 06/20/04 |
12:00 |
SMT |
The Steward Observatory's Advanced Teen Astronomy Camp took
a tour of the Mt. Graham facilities today.
Here are some pictures from that
field trip. |
News |
| 06/18/04 |
16:00 |
12m |
The 23mmsis receiver has been warmed up to replace a bad
amplifier in the 3mmlo chan #1. |
Ongoing |
| 06/18/04 |
18:00 |
12m |
The 1mmsis receiver has been shutdown for the season. It
just could not stay cold. This problem with warm-ups in the latter parts of
the observing season will be addressed this summer. |
News |
| 06/16/04 |
8:00 |
SMT |
Summer shutdown in underway on Mt. Graham and already
several things have been fixed. A new hot water heater for the Hilton was
installed. A complete list for the SMT can be found
here. |
News |
| 06/15/04 |
8:00 |
SMT |
The National Forest Service has
increased its fire restrictions effective today.
Here is the news release in PDF format. |
News |
| 06/14/04 |
14:00 |
12m |
Already, the new computers for the 12 Meter have begun
arriving and are being configured and readied for their installation after
the June 30th shutdown. Here
is a brief description of the pending process of control system conversion.
Here is a complete list of
activities for this summers 12 Meter shutdown. |
News |
| 06/14/04 |
8:00 |
ARO |
The summer shutdown projects and maintenance items are now
online here. |
News |
| 06/10/04 |
14:00 |
12m |
The 12 Meter telescope will be shutdown for summer shutdown
at 5:00 MST on the morning of June 30th. |
News |
| 06/10/04 |
14:00 |
SMT |
The SMT 10 Meter telescope will be shutdown for summer
shutdown at 8:00 MST on the morning of June 11th. |
News |
| 06/09/04 |
14:00 |
SMT |
The new Forbes Filterbank tests were a smashing success and
now we are shifting to the construction phase. Here is a (PS)
spectral line plot of a 12CO(2-1) scan on IRC+10216, or if you prefer, (PDF).
Here is a 12CO(2-1) OTF map of
CW Leo taken with the filters. Here is a
similarly sampled AOS map for comparison. |
News |
| 06/07/04 |
8:00 |
SMT |
The new 2048 Channel filter bank system for the SMT is being
taken to the telescope for the last prototype testing. In it's prototype
configuration, it only contains (48) 1 MHz channels. See
here
for a brief description. |
News |
| 06/03/04 |
12:00 |
SMT |
Tests continue using the new 2mmjt. |
Ongoing |
| 06/02/04 |
12:00 |
SMT |
The 2mm JT receiver is mounted on the right flange and we
are beginning system test. |
News |
| 06/02/04 |
20:00 |
12m |
The frequent reboots of modelo have been traced to a faulty
power strip. It has been replaced and all seems well for now. |
Fixed |
| 06/01/04 |
14:00 |
SMT |
We were able to resurrect the 4-color bolometer and obtained
satisfactory results all the way up to 350µm. Not bad for
the first day of June... |
News |
