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Telescope Data Archives
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The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Telescope Data Center maintains archives of data from SAO and HCO telescopes.

spectra taken from
Instrument Description Number of spectra
Online offline
Date Range Wavelength Range
(Angstroms)
Wavelength Resolution
(Angstroms/Pixel)
Reference Search
Z-Machine Spectrograph Reticon spectrograph formerly on the Mt. Hopkins Tillinghast 60-inch reflector 27,171 August 1978 to September 1993 4500 - 7200 1.2 Processing is described in Mink and Wyatt, 1991. Archive Search
FAST Spectrograph Long slit CCD spectrograph currently used on the Mt. Hopkins Tillinghast 60-inch reflector 43,000
88,000
January 1994 to the present 3660 - 7535 1.47 Processing is described in Tokarz and Roll, 1996. Archive Search
Updated Zwicky Catalog of Galaxies Catalog of galaxy positions and redshifts, published in 1999, with access to the spectra upon which the redshifts are based. 19,367 galaxies
7,026 Z-Machine spectra
4,488 FAST spectra
before 1999 variable variable Falco, et.al., 1999 Catalog Search
MMT Blue Channel Spectrograph Low dispersion reticon spectra taken on the MMT 8,790 October 1980 to October 1994 3200 - 7000 1.4 none Catalog Search
Oak Ridge Echelle Spectrograph High dispersion Echelle reticon spectra taken on the Oak Ridge 61-inch telescope 122,829 July 1982 to July 2005 5166 - 5611
(usually)
0.01 none Trial Archive Search
Mt. Hopkins Echelle Spectrograph High dispersion Echelle reticon spectra taken on the Mt. Hopkins Tillinghast 60-inch reflector have been archived 82,295 December 1978 to the present 5166 - 5611
(usually)
0.01 none Trial Archive Search
MMT Echelle Spectrograph High dispersion Echelle reticon spectra taken on the Multiple Mirror Telescope 24,507April 1981 to January 1998 5166 - 5611
(usually)
0.01 none Trial Archive Search

SAO Telescope Observing Schedules

Telescope schedules for the following telescopes, showing instruments and observers, are available online:

[FLWO 48-inch] [FLWO 60-inch] [MMT 6.5-meter] [Magellan 6.5-meter]

Last updated 30 December 2011 by Jessica Mink