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MMTO at the Tucson Festival of Books!
Mar 04, 2016
Stop by and visit us at the Tucson Festival of Books on Sat & Sun, March 12 & 13! We will have a booth in Science City located on the east portion of the UA mall. Take a virtual …
MMTO aids in new discovery
Feb 08, 2016
Astronomers at the University of Arizona and the University of Wyoming have discovered a pair of quasars at high redshift using, in part, spectra obtained at the MMTO. The quasars are surprisingly bright and close together – an unusual find …
Wednesday, February 10 – Smithsonian Lecture Series on Astronomy
Feb 08, 2016
The speaker for the final lecture of this series will be Dr. Emilio Falco of the F.L. Whipple Observatory. His talk is entitled “The Newest Droll Star.” It will be at 9:00am at the Green Valley Recreation Center and …
Adaptive Optics Upgrade
Jan 24, 2016
The f/15 secondary and adaptive optics (AO) system at the MMTO will be temporarily unavailable while the system is being upgraded as part of an NSF-funded project. The last observing run with the system prior to the upgrade was March …
Wed., Feb. 8 – Smithsonian Lectures on Astronomy
Jan 24, 2016
This series continues with the next lecture on Wed., February 8, at 9am. Dr. Karen Knierman of Arizona State University will give a talk entitled “Train Wrecks of Galactic Size: Galaxy Mergers and the Stars They Form.” All lectures are …
Wed., January 25 – Smithsonian Lectures on Astronomy
Jan 23, 2016
The second lecture in this series is by Dr. Christian Drouet d’Aubigny of the University of Arizona. The title of his talk is “NASA’s OSIRIS/REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission.” Please join us at the Green Valley Recreation Center at 9:00am …
Bridge renovations nearly complete
Jan 08, 2016
The renovations at the Elephant Head Road bridge are nearly finished and the bridge is mostly open. Traffic might still be directed to use the bypass bridge located next to the main bridge if some work is taking place.
Opening for Staff Technician – Closed
Jan 07, 2016
The MMTO has an opening for a Staff Technician, Extended Temporary (posting #S20862). Details and an online application can be found here.
January – April 2016 Observing Schedule
Nov 18, 2015
The January-April 2016 observing schedule has been posted, along with program titles.
A “First” Discovered in the Andromeda Galaxy
Oct 22, 2015
Using data from the MMTO’s Hectospec, astronomers have identified a rare specimen of massive star known as a Wolf-Rayet WN/C. Located in an area of active star formation in the nearby Andromeda Galaxy, the star is believed to be …