Dr. Morag A. Hastie Profile

Dr. Morag A. Hastie

Assistant Scientific Officer at MMT Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Instrumentation suite at the MMT Observatory

M. Hastie, G. Williams

Proceedings Volume 7735, 773507 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857331

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Observatories, Calibration, Adaptive optics, Telescopes, Imaging systems, Sensors, Infrared cameras, Astronomical imaging, Thermography

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In the ten years since the converted 6.5m MMT was dedicated the observatory has built up an impressive suite of instrumentation to compliment the three interchangeable secondary mirrors. This review paper presents an up-to-date perspective on all the capabilities of our full range of instrumentation, highlighting newly commissioned instruments (the MMT and Magellan InfraRed Spectrograph (MMIRS), an infrared spectrograph) and new modes or upgrades for established instruments (such as; Red Channel, the MMT's workhorse spectrograph, Hectochelle, an optical fiber-fed, multi-object spectrograph and the AO instruments CLIO, a 5 micron camera and BLINC, a mid-infrared camera). The MMT's pioneering adaptive secondary mirror can be used with both natural guide stars (NGS) or with a Rayleigh laser guide star (LGS) system. The LGS has recently demonstrated wide-field partial compensation with ground layer adaptive optics and here we present progress to date. Finally, we report on the start of a project to investigate how the instrument suite has contributed to the science productivity the MMT over the last 10 years.

Proceedings Article | 9 July 2008 Paper

Comprehensive review of the converted MMT's instrument suite

M. Hastie, B. McLeod

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70140B (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790233

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Observatories, Cameras, Mirrors, Imaging systems, Spectral resolution, Sensors, Imaging spectroscopy, Adaptive optics

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The converted 6.5m MMT Observatory has a powerful suite of new instrumentation accumulated over the last eight years. Pre-conversion instruments still in use at the f/9 Cassegrain focus are the facility Red and Blue Channel spectrographs (R = 240 - 6600) and the visiting spectropolarimeter (SPOL). Instruments using the f/5 spectroscopic configuration are the bench mounted 300-fiber spectrographs Hectospec (R=1000) and Hectochelle (R=30,000), and the single slit, cross-dispersed spectrograph MAESTRO (R=28,000 - 93,000). The f/5 imaging configuration offers Megacam, a 24' x 24' CCD mosaic camera and SWIRC, a YJH NIR imager. The MMT's pioneering f/15 adaptive secondary mirror enables high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy in the infrared with the ARIES, CLIO, PISCES and BLINC/MIRAC instruments. The AO system will shortly be significantly enhanced with the addition of a Rayleigh laser guide star system which is currently being commissioned. Upcoming instrumentation will include slit mask spectrographs in the infrared (MMIRS) and optical (BINOSPEC). This review paper presents all the available instruments capabilities and demonstrates how the observatory has become highly efficient at managing multiple secondary mirrors and a large instrument suite.

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