The new MMT

D. Blanco; M. Alegria; S. Callahan; D. Clark; B. Comisso; C. Foltz; J. D. Gibson; C. Heller; R. James; W. Kindred; S. King; C. Knop; H. Lester; J. McAfee; A. A.E. Milone; R. Ortiz; T. E. Pickering; P. Ritz; B. Russ; G. Schmidt; D. Smith; P. Spencer; T. Trebisky; K. Van Horn; S. West; C. Wainwright; G. Williams; J. T. Williams

doi:10.1117/12.551963

The new MMT

D. Blanco, M. Alegria, S. Callahan, D. Clark, B. Comisso, C. Foltz, J. D. Gibson, C. Heller, R. James, W. Kindred, S. King, C. Knop, H. Lester, J. McAfee, A. A.E. Milone, R. Ortiz, T. E. Pickering, P. Ritz, B. Russ, G. SchmidtD. Smith, P. Spencer, T. Trebisky, K. Van Horn, S. West, C. Wainwright, G. Williams, J. T. Williams

Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory

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Abstract

Originally commissioned in 1979, the Multiple Mirror Telescope was a highly innovative and successful facility that pioneered many of the technologies that are used in the new generation of 8 to 10 m class telescopes. After 19 years of operations the MMT was decommissioned in March of 1998: the enclosure was modified, the optics support structure was replaced, and a single 6.5-meter primary mirror was installed and aluminized in-situ. First light for the new MMT was celebrated on May 13, 2000. Operations began with an f/9 optical configuration compatible with existing instruments. Work has continued commissioning two new optical configurations that will serve a suite of new instruments: an f/15 deformable secondary mirror and adaptive optics facility that has obtained diffraction-limited images; and an f/5.4 secondary mirror and refractive corrector that provides a one-degree diameter field of view. The wide-field instrument suite includes two fiber-fed bench spectrographs, a robotic fiber positioner, and a wide-field imaging camera.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	300-311
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5489
Issue number	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551963
State	Published - 2004
Event	Ground-based Telescopes - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 21 2004 → Jun 25 2004

Keywords

Adaptive optics
Commissioning
Instrumentation
MMT

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Blanco, D., Alegria, M., Callahan, S., Clark, D., Comisso, B., Foltz, C., Gibson, J. D., Heller, C., James, R., Kindred, W., King, S., Knop, C., Lester, H., McAfee, J., Milone, A. A. E., Ortiz, R., Pickering, T. E., Ritz, P., Russ, B., ... Williams, J. T. (2004). The new MMT. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5489(PART 1), 300-311. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551963

Blanco, D, Alegria, M, Callahan, S, Clark, D, Comisso, B, Foltz, C, Gibson, JD, Heller, C, James, R, Kindred, W, King, S, Knop, C, Lester, H, McAfee, J, Milone, AAE, Ortiz, R, Pickering, TE, Ritz, P, Russ, B, Schmidt, G, Smith, D, Spencer, P, Trebisky, T, Van Horn, K, West, S, Wainwright, C, Williams, G & Williams, JT 2004, 'The new MMT', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 5489, no. PART 1, pp. 300-311. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551963

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