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          •Kitt Peak Emergency Manual

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         Telescope General Use Manuals

     •Hiltner 2.4m Telescope

     •McGraw-Hill 1.3m Telescope

     •Lightning Shutdown Information

     •Publication Acknowledgement

     •Network Use at MDM

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•Telescope Schedules

•Telescope Schedules Archive

•The Observatory Staff

•Some Engineering Information

         Hiltner 2.4m

     •Instrument Changes

     •Mirror Wash

     •Mirror Aluminization

     •Hg-Band Procedures

         McGraw-Hill 1.3m

     •Instrument Changes

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     •Mirror Aluminization

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     •Hiltner 2.4m Telescope Facility

     •McGraw-Hill 1.3m Telescope Facility

     •MDM Instrumentation

•Current Forecast Weather & Webcams at MDM    

The Telescopes, Instruments & Filters

•The Hiltner 2.4m Telescope

     •The 2.4m TCS User's Guide

     •The 2.4m Telescope Manual

     •The 2.4m Observer's Guide

     •Lightning Shutdown Procedures

     •JSkyCalc Special 2.4m version with Guide Star Selector

     •The Instrument Rotator

     •Latest Observing Report

     •Archive of 2.4m Observing Reports

     •Archive of 2.4m Trouble Reports

     •Searchable Trouble Report Archive

     •Publication Acknowledgement

•The McGraw-Hill 1.3m Telescope

     •The 1.3m Telescope Manual

     •Lightning Shutdown Procedures

     •Quick Pre/Post-Observing Checklist

     •JSkyCalc13m

     •1.3m Pier Limit Reset

     •1.3m Declination Motor Controller Reset

     •Latest Observing Report

     •Archive of 1.3m Observing Reports

     •Archive of 1.3m Trouble Reports

     •Searchable Trouble Report Archive

     •Publication Acknowledgement

•Instrumentation & Filters

     •MDM Facility CCD Detectors

     •MDM 4K CCD

     •MDM R4K CCD

     •Andor CCD

     •RETROCAM

     •ModSpec

     •MkIII

     •OSMOS

     •OSMOS Primer (Miller/UM)

     •Red Grism

     •CCDS

     •TIFKAM

4" Filters

     •U

     •B

     •V

     •R

     •I

     •DES-i, z, Y

     •SDSS-u, g, r, i, z

     •Omega SDSS-u,g,r,i,z

     •GG475

     •OG530

     •HST F450W

     •HST F555W

     •HST F675W

     •HST F814W

2" Filters

     •893/13.6

     •Gunn u

     •Gunn g

     •Gunn v

     •Gunn r

     •Gunn i

     •H-alpha

     •N-WG280

     •BG38

     •GG420

     •7000Å (T1)

     •Kitt Peak R (T2)

     •Kitt Peak I (T3)

2.5" Filters

     •Lowell UBVRI

     •OSU Interference Set

     •661nb5

     •666nb5

     •671nb5

     •676nb5

     •681nb5

     •503.7n3

     •506.7n3

     •509.7nb3

     •512.7nb3

     •515.7nb3

     •520nb3

     •OSU656nb3

     •OSU486.1/3

     •OSU5007

     •OSU5755

     •OSU630nb3

     •OSU468.6/3

     •OSU436.3/3

     •OSU434/3

     •KPNO 4" Filter Set

     •KPNO 2" Filter Set

     •WIYN Imager Filter List

     •KOSMOS-Approved 4" Filter List

•Useful General Documentation for Observing

     •Owl to Control the MDM Facility CCDs, including ModSpec & MkIII

     •Prospero to Control 4K CCDs, OSMOS, CCDS & TIFKAM

     •Prospero Quick Command List (CCDS)

     •Andor Camera for Slit-Viewing & Science

     •Auto-Guiding & Acquisitions Manual

     •CCDS Acquisition Camera Users Guide

     •2.4m Instrument Rotator

     •JSkyCalc Special 2.4m Version with Guide Star Selector

     •JSkyCalc for the 1.3m

     •MDM Workstation Information

     •The Astronomical Almanac: Bright Stars and Stellar Systems

     •Fast Target Centering with OSMOS using osctrtask

     •Centering and Focusing Owl Images

     •qccds: CCDS quick-look Spectra Extraction Tool

     •Quick-Look Spectra for ModSpec and MkIII

     •Local Pointing Check Stars

     •Observing Run Startup Procedures

     •OSMOS, CCDS, MDM4K, R4K & TIFKAM Data-Taking Startup Procedures

     •Quick Guide for CCDS on the 2.4m

     •Lamp calibration plots and data

•Lightning Shutdown Information

     •Hiltner 2.4m

     •McGraw-Hill 1.3m

•Gotchas and Potential Solutions

     •IC-Linux Crash Recovery

     •OSMOS Troubleshooting Quicklink

     •OSMOS, Editing Filter and Slit Tables in Prospero

     •IC Image Display Scaling Issues

     •Prospero Quick-Command List

     •Prospero Writing Duplicate Files

     •Observing Run Startup Procedures

     •OSMOS, CCDS, MDM4K, R4k & TIFKAM Data-Taking Startup Procedure

     •1.3m Pier Limit Reset

     •1.3m Declination Motor Controller Reset

     •Hiltner 2.4m Trouble Report Archive

     •Hiltner 2.4m Run Report Archive

     •McGraw-Hill 1.3m Trouble Report Archive

     •McGraw-Hill 1.3m Run Report Archive

•Observing and Trouble Reports

     •Observing Report Submission Instructions

     •Trouble Report Submission Instructions

     •Submit a Nightly Observing Report

     •Latest 2.4m Observing Report

     •Archive of 2.4m Observing Reports

     •Archive of 2.4m Trouble Report Solutions

     •Latest 1.3m Observing Report

     •Archive of 1.3m Observing Reports

     •Archive of 1.3m Trouble Report Solutions

     •Submit a Trouble Report

     •Latest Trouble Report

     •Archive of Trouble Reports (without solutions or followup)

     •Hiltner 2.4m Trouble Report Database

     •McGraw-Hill 1.3m Trouble Report Database

     •OSU Archive of Observing Reports

     •OSU Archive of Trouble Reports

•Observing Preparation Form

•Publication Acknowledgement

•Network Sense

•NOAO Cybersecurity & Acceptable Use Policy

•Columbia University Astronomy and Astrophysics

•Dartmouth College Physics & Astronomy

•University of Michigan Astronomy

•Ohio State University Department of Astronomy

•Ohio University Department of Astronomy