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SMT Specifications


Photo by Tom Polakis
Site
  • Elevation: 3186.0 m (10,453 ft)
  • Latitude: 32d 42m 05.8s North
  • Longitude: 109d 53m 28.5s West
  • Travel time from Tucson: approximately 3.5 hours.
Position is based on VLBI GPS measurements made in 1999, and refers to the intersection of the telescope's azimuth and elevation axes.

Wavelength Range
  • 0.3 - 1.0 mm in typical conditions
  • 1.0 - 2.0 mm in inclement weather

The telescope site is part of the MGIO (Mount Graham International Observatory).


Contact Harold M. Butner (hbutner@as.arizona.edu) or Michael Dumke (mdumke@as.arizona.edu).
Last modified: 1 May 2002