ARO Documentation

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• Health and Safety
• Steward Observatory Safety Manual

General Information for both sites:

• All Observed Interstellar and circumstellar molecules (NRAO Web Page)
• Atmospheric Transmission Curve Plotter (CSO Web Site)
  
• Doppler Calculator (Linux Binary; right-click and select "Save Link As...")
• Lovas Line List(NIST Web Page)
• Observing Modes
• On-line Analysis Manuals
• Orbital Elements for Ephemeris Objects
• Remote Observing With ARO Telescopes <- REMOTE OBSERVING ->
• The SDD File Format (pdf) (Original NRAO Documentation, But still applicable)
• Software Downloads New
• Scientific Developments
• Source Catalogs
• Sun Avoidance Information
• Technical Developments
• Observer Comment Sheet

• ARO Documentation Wiki New & Experimental

• Data Archive

Publishing:

• Publishing Your Data
• ARO Publications

Submillimeter Telescope:

• Holography Results
• Maps and Virtual Tour of Mt. Graham
• New SMT On Line Manual
• Optical Pointing Instructions
• The Site
• The Telescope
• The SMT Beam Efficiency
• The SMT Receivers
• The SMT Backends
• Standard Tau Plots
• Useful SMT Manuals
• Unipops Modifications 2010

12 Meter Telescope:

• Atmospheric Model
• Acknowledgement of Safety Rules (pdf)
• 12 Meter Receivers
• 12 Meter Receiver Tsys Info
• 12 Meter Standard Spectra
• New Standard Spectra Survey (2018)
• 12 Meter Telescope
• 12 Meter User Manual
• KPNO Web Site
• New Computers at the 12 Meter
• Optical Pointing Instructions
• Road Maps to Kitt Peak
• Old NRAO 12 Meter User Manual (pdf)

Mt. Graham International Observatory:

• LBT Fire Contingency Plan
• MGIO Emergency Response Contingency Plan
• MGIO Visitor Information
• MGIO Visitor Orientation (PDF)
• Swift Trail Mileage Markers

Information about Radio Astronomy:

• Astronomical Observations at Millimeter Wavelengths.
• Science at ARO
• What can you do with a submillimeter telescope?
• What do astronomers do?
• What is submillimeter-wave astronomy?
• What's unique about the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope?
• What is Radio Astronomy (NRAO Web Page)