MMT Blue Channel Reticon Spectrograph

Hardware

The MMT Blue Channel Spectrograph was a moderate-resolution optical spectrograph with a two-channel reticon detector. It operated at the f/9 Cassegrain focus of the Multiple Mirror Telescope on Mount Hopkins in Arizona.
[MMT spectrograph operation manual in PDF] [MMT spectrograph detector notes in PDF]

MMT Spectrograph Archive

The MMT Spectrograph Public Archive contains 8,790 spectra.

Map of Sky Coverage of the Blue Channel Spectrograph Archive

Processing

[Reducing MMT spectrograph data with IRAF in PDF]

A survey of galaxy redshifts. I - Data reduction techniques
by John Tonry and Marc Davis
Astronomical Journal, vol. 84, Oct. 1979, p. 1511-1525.
[ADS Abstract] [ADS Full Text]

A Production System for Radial Velocity Measurements
by Douglas J. Mink and William F. Wyatt
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems I,
ASP Conference Series, Vol. 25, 1992, Editors: Diana M. Worrall, Chris Biemesderfer, and Jeannette Barnes
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XCSAO: A Radial Velocity Package for the IRAF Environment
by Michael J. Kurtz, Douglas J. Mink, William F. Wyatt, Daniel G. Fabricant, Guillermo Torres, Gerald A. Kriss, and John L. Tonry
ASP Conference Series, Vol. 25, 1992, Editors: Diana M. Worrall, Chris Biemesderfer, and Jeannette Barnes, p. 432.
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