Technical Memoranda and Reports

Most Frequently Used:

Technical Report #35 – Optical Specifications of the Converted MMT, D. Fabricant, B. McLeod, S. West, Dec. 1999

Other Technical Reports

TR #37 – An Interferometric Hartmann Wavefront Analyzer for the 6.5m MMT, and First Results for Collimation and Figure Correction, S. West, S. Callahan, D. Fisher, 2001

TR #36 – Secondary Mirrors Support: M2/F5 Hexapod Design Technical Report & M2/F5 Hexapod Test Report, ADS Int’l s.r.l., 2001

TR #34 – M2/f15 and M2/f9 Hexapod Data Package, D. Gallieni, 1998

TR #33 – F/5 Secondary Support System Design, B. Cuerden, 1998

TR #32 – F/9 Secondary Support System Design, Rev. 1, B. Cuerden, 1997

TR #31 – Secondary Mirrors Support: M2/F15 and M2/F9 Hexapod Design, W. Gallieni, R. Pozzi, 1997

TR #30 – Toward First Light for the 6.5-m MMT Telescope, S. West, S. Callahan, F.H. Chaffee, et al.

MAPS Technical Reports

Technical Memos:

2013 – present – None issued

2012

• Blue Channel Echellette Trace Positions, R. Cool, December
  

• MMT AO Performance: Analysis and Status, K. Powell, April
  

2011

• Dual Actuator Teststand Installation Instructions, D. Gerber, September

• Single Actuator Teststand Installation Instructions, D. Gerber, September

• Actuator and Electronics Card Troubleshooting, D. Gerber, September

• Status of Adaptive Secondary Testing – Nov/Dec 2010, K. Powell, March

• Azimuth Tracking for the 3rd Trimester of 2009, D. Clark and D. Gerber, February

2010

• Calibration and Correction of Amplifier Induced Artifacts in an Interleaved InSb Infrared Array, M.A. Kenworthy and P.M. Hinz, April

2009

• Elevation Servo Review Committee Report, T.E. Pickering, P. Cheimets, S. Schaller, J. Hagen, D. Harvey, January
• Elevation Tracking for the 3rd Trimester of 2008, D. Clark, T. Trebisky, T.E. Pickering, March
• Azimuth Tracking for the 3rd Trimester of 2008, D. Clark, T. Trebisky, T.E. Pickering, June

2008

• Minimum Daily Ambient Air Temperatures at the MMT Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, December 2003 through January 2008, J.D. Gibson, et al., April
• MMT Primary Mirror Ventilation System Temperatures Versus Carrier Chiller Setpoint Values: A Linear Regression Analysis, January through December 2007, J.D. Gibson, et al., April

2006-2007 – None issued 

2005

• Generation III Aluminizing Power Supplies – A Test Report, D. Clark, March
• Hazardous Chemical Procedures at MMT Observatory – Initial Release, W. Kindred, June
• Primary Mirror Actuators Test Report, D. Clark, July

2004

• Pointing/Derotator Coalignment for Alt-Az Telescopes, G. Schmidt, May
• MMT Primary Mirror Wash Results of May 11, 2004, W. Kindred, May
• Control System Prototyping – A Case Study, D. Clark, July
• Re-Evaluation of Aluminum Thickness Distribution on the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror Using New Software, W. Kindred, November

2003

Internal Tech Memos

• MMT F/5 Baffles and Double Reflections, N. Caldwell, B. McLeod, January
• Aluminizing the MMT F/5 Secondary Mirror, W. Kindred, January
• Stewart Platform Matrices for the 6.5m MMT, S. West, March
• Science Instrument Interface Control Document for the MMT, D. Blanco, G. Schmidt, May
• Selected Results of Recent MMT Servo Testing, D. Clark, July
• Effects of CO₂ Cleaning and Detergent Washing on Specular and Diffuse Reflectance of the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror (Addendum to ITM-02-1), W. Kindred, August

Tech Memos

• Fall 2002 F/9 Optical Performance of the 6.5m MMT Analyzed with the Top Box Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor, S. West, January
• Test Report for MMT F/5 Secondary Mirror, Buddy Martin, Steward Observatory Mirror Lab, January
• Status of Pointing of the 6.5m MMT, T. Trebisky, C. Foltz, S. West, January
• Modifications to the F/9 Secondary Mirror Hardpoints, S. West, S. Callahan, R. James, D. Clark, C. Wainwright, K. Van Horn, February
• Segmented Zero-Deviation Cross-Dispersion Prisms for the Hectochelle Multiobject Spectrograph, D. Fabricant, A. Szentgyorgyi, H. Epps, February
• F/9 Top-Box Shack-Hartmann: Practical Design and Implementation, S. West, S. Callahan, R. James, P. Spencer, H. Olson, W. Kindred, R. Ortiz, T. Pickering, March
• Evaluation of Thermal Performance for the MMT Primary Mirror During January 2003, J.D. Gibson, March
• In Situ Aluminization of the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror, W. Kindred, J.T. Williams, D. Clark, June

2002

• Effects of CO₂ Cleaning and Detergent Washing on Specular and Diffuse Reflectance of the MMT 6.5m Primary Mirror (See Addendum ITM-03-6), W. Kindred, August
• MMT Mount Control System Operation and Performance, D. Clark, November

2001

• Secondary Mirrors Support: M2/F5 Hexapod Data Package, ADS Int’l. s.r.l., April
• Secondary Mirrors Support: M2/F5 Hexapod Design Kinematics Algorithm, ADS Int’l. s.r.l., May
• Baseline Shack Hartmann Design for the 6.5m MMT F/9 Focus, S. West, H. Olson, September

2000

Conversion Internal Tech Memos

• MMT f/5 Wind Loading, Supports at Support Sector Centroids, B. Cuerden, January
• MMT f/9 Secondary, Fan Balancing Requirement, B. Cuerden, February
• MMT f/9 Secondary Mirror Installation into Cell, B. Cuerden, February

Conversion Tech Memos

• 6.5m Instrument Rotator Performance Goals and Specifications, Rev. 3, D. Clark, S. Callahan, J.T. Williams, January
• Correcting 6.5m Primary Mirror Figure Errors with the Active Supports, S. West, H. M. Martin, January
• 6.5m MMT f/9-f/15 Hexapod Laboratory Calibration, S. West, D. Fisher, P. Spencer, T. Trebisky, B. Hille, G. Weir, March
• Expected Wavefront Errors Due to f/5 Secondary Test Plate, B. Martin, March
• MMT Conversion f/9 Secondary Assembly Procedure, S. West, R. Allen, May

Internal Tech Memo

• VATT Optical Performance During 98 Oct as Measured with an Interferometric Hartmann Wavefront Sensor, S. West, D. Fisher, M. Nelson, October

Past Technical Memoranda will continue to be added.