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Visitor Information and Housing Request . Please note: APO accommodations are not available to the public . Read this page carefully, and please submit this form 30-working days in advance of your arrival. ... When on-site accommodations are full, APO will assist you in obtaining off-site housing. ... To cancel an existing reservation, enter the name and arrival date and choose "cancel." ... Complete the name and arrival date in the fill-in form and select Cancel . ... Room #1/Dorm A . ...
The current version of TUI is 2.5.1. MacOS 10.6 and later: download TUI_2.5.1_Mac.dmg . Unix: download TUI_2.5.1_Source.zip and read Installing on Unix . Windows: download TUI_2.5.1_Windows.zip and read Installing on Windows . Older versions and pre-releases (if any) are available from the full repository . STUI (SDSS TUI) is available here: STUI Download . MakeGrid makes az/alt grids for TUI's Pointing Data script. You may download applications built for MacOS X . ...
. Mac: the Mac binary works with MacOS X 10.6 - 10.10, though on 10.9 or later you should disable app nap: select Get Info on TUI; if you see a checkbutton labelled "Disable App Nap" then check it. The Mac version is not signed, so MacOS may complain when you try to launch it. If that happens simply right-click on the application and select "Open...". Unix: runs from source, so is compatible with all flavors of unix. See the installation instructions for the required version of Python and other libraries.
This is a directory of support staff and points of contact for projects at Apache Point. ... If you wish to be added to this page, please contact Suzanne Hawley/University of Washington (slh/astro.washington.edu). ... ARC 3.5-m Telescope Staff . ... New Mexico State University 1.0-meter Telescope . ... Operations Manage r: . ... mark/apo.nmsu.edu . ... Telescope Operations Specialist . ... Support Astronomer . ... Remote Operations Upgrade Project Manager : Joe Huehnerhoff (jwhueh/apo.nmsu.edu) . ...
... New Mexico State University is seeking a technical and computer-oriented person as a Support Astronomer for nighttime astronomical observing at Apache Point Observatory (APO) with the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) 3.5m Telescope. б . ... Paper/email documents will not be accepted. ... TELESCOPE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST . ... Responsibilities include nightly operation of the 3.5m telescope and instruments, Quality monitoring the data streams and system performance and observing efficiency. ...
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Winter Storm Goliath hit the Sacramento Mountains starting overnight on December 26-27, 2015, devastating Sunspot and causing severe damage at Apache Point Observatory. The damage at Sunspot was so severe it took over two weeks to get electric power and water service fully up and running. APO was affected by the status of Sunspot because NSO supplies water to APO. ... Damage at APO: . ... https://youtu.be/rXL6DliPUtc . ... Damage at Sunspot/NSO: . Videos of damage at Sunspot/NSO: . ...
These links highlight 2008 - current ARC projects for telescopes, instruments, or operations at Apache Point. ... Eyepiece: April 10, 2009 . Painted Enclosure: April 23, 2009, Part A , Part B . Drive Maintenance: July 24, 2009, Part A , Part B , Part C , Part D , Part E , Part F , Part G . ... New Interior Photos: March 14, 2014 . TripleSpec Electronics Mount: March 05, 2008: Part A , Part B , Part C . ... TripleSpec: October 30, 2008 . ... GFP Upgrade: December 8, 2010 . ...
... Photometric standard stars will be interspersed between science stars. ... INSTRUMENT: SurveyCam FILTERS: VRI COMMENTS: Here is the status of nights so far for this project: program nts backup nts total wipeouts 2014-JUL/AUG/SEP 2 3 12 2014-OCT/NOV/DEC 2 1 4 2015-JAN/FEB/MAR - - - 2015-APR/MAY/JUN 4 7 3 2015-JUL/AUG/SEP - - - 2015-OCT/NOV/DEC TBD TBD TBD TOTAL 8 11 19 program nts = used for primary photometric program backup nts = used for backup ...
ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS04 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Short Term Variability for Stars of Similar Temperatures but Different Luminosities PI: Tiffany Clements (Pewett) (GSU) OBSERVER(S): Tiffany Clements (Pewett) (GSU), Michele Silverstein (GSU), Todd Henry (RECONS Institute) UNCERTIFIED/UNTRAINED OBSERVERS: COLLABORATORS: CONTACT INFORMATION: Tiffany Clements (Pewett), pewett@astro.gsu.edu, (419)460-0072 TIME REQUESTED: We request one week for the Q1 semester. ... FEB 29- MAR 06 4. MAR 14-20 5. ...
ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS07 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Census of Variable stars in the UMi dwarf spheroidal galaxy. ... BRIEF SCIENCE JUSTIFICATION: The classical dwarf spheroidal galaxy Ursa Minor contains a large number of variable stars, particularly of the RR Lyrae and anomalous Cepheid types. ... The photometry will be done with DAOPHOT, much like the Nemec study, and the analysis of the RR Lyrae population will be similar to the work done with the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Kinemuchi et al. ...
6 hours in these observations. ... Spectroscopy of white dwarf atmospheres has revealed metal pollution indicative of active accretion of rocky material (Gansicke et al. ... We propose a non-contiguous two-week run of short cadence, high S/N, time-series photometry of bright white dwarfs that we will use to to search for planets and planetary debris orbiting the brightest white dwarfs available from APO as part of SPAMS: the Search for Planets Around post-Main Sequence stars. ...
ARCSAT ID NUMBER: AS02 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: Massive emission-line stars Transiting WDs PI: John Wisniewski OBSERVER(S): John Wisniewski, Jamie Lomax, Evan Rich UNCERTIFIED/UNTRAINED OBSERVERS: COLLABORATORS: Mukremin Kilic CONTACT INFORMATION: wisniewski@ou.edu; 206-427-0184 NUMBER OF WEEKS REQUESTED: 1 TIME REQUESTED: We request 1 week in January. ... The second program we will conduct is a pilot search for transiting planets around WD stars. ...