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Dr. Daniel Klinglesmith

at Magdelane Ridge Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Paper

Weather trends at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory

D. Klinglesmith, D. Buscher, M. Creech-Eakman, D. Etscorn, E. Garcia, C. Gino

Proceedings Volume 10704, 107042B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312682

KEYWORDS: Astronomy, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Observatories, Clouds, Meteorology, Humidity, Interferometers

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There have been astronomical observatories on Magdalena Ridge in south-central New Mexico since the late 1960s. Magdalena Ridge is relatively flat, at an average elevation of 10,560 feet (3220 meters) with a north-south length of 3/4 of a mile. In 2000 the Magdalena Ridge Observatory began site testing for two new facilities: a 2.4-meter optical telescope and a 10-element optical interferometer. As part of that testing, meteorological instrumentation was deployed at several locations across the mountain. As a result, we have an 18 year history of regular experience with the environment, including weather and cloud cover data for much of this time period. We present trends in the basic meteorological parameters: temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speeds and directions, and cloud cover. Diurnal temperatures ranges vary from 15 C° in the spring when it is largest to 10 C° in the summer months when it is smallest. Barometric pressure varies more in the spring and fall than in the summer. Annual rain fall levels vary greatly with an average of about 10 inches of rain per year. The snow amounts have traditionally been very hard to measure as the area is partly above the tree line and wind-blown snow can leave parts of the region barren while other parts have a foot or more of snow. Winds speeds are typically 10 to 20 miles per hour. Wind speeds have been measured above 100 mph (45 m/s), with wind gusts as high as 125 mph (56 m/s), though this is primarily a spring phenomenon. The wind direction is predominately out of the Southwest. Wind speeds at the 2.4-meter telescope location are frequently 2 times as high wind speeds at the optical interferometer site due to the differences in terrain to the West of the two sites. An optical allsky camera has been in operation on the Ridge from 2003 to 2012 with nightly sequences of images obtained on most nights when the winds were less than 15 m/s and the humidity below 90%. Analysis of this imagery shows that a majority of the nights would be useable for astronomical observations. We present an overview of statistics of the site and discuss how these statistics will be used for defining appropriate operational windows for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer.

Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory interferometer: first light and deployment of the first telescope on the array

M. Creech-Eakman, V. Romero, I. Payne, C. Haniff, D. Buscher, J. Young, F. Santoro, R. Blasi, C. Dahl, J. Dooley, D. Etscorn, A. Farris, M. Fisher, E. Garcia, C. Gino, B. Jaynes, L. Jencka, P. Johnston, C. Jurgenson, R. Kelly, D. Klinglesmith, E. R. Ligon, J. Luis, T. McCracken, C. McKeen, D. Mortimer, D. Ochoa, A. Olivares, J. Pino, C. Salcido, L. Schmidt, E. Seneta, X. Sun, D. Wilson

Proceedings Volume 10701, 1070106 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314155

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Interferometers, Mirrors, Interferometry, Sensors, Relays, Optical instrument design, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Reflector telescopes

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The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) has been under development for almost two decades. Initial funding for the facility started before the year 2000 under the Army and then Navy, and continues today through the Air Force Research Laboratory. With a projected total cost of substantially less than $200M, it represents the least expensive way to produce sub-milliarcsecond optical/near-infrared images that the astronomical community could invest in during the modern era, as compared, for instance, to extremely large telescopes or space interferometers. The MROI, when completed, will be comprised of 10 x1.4m diameter telescopes distributed on a Y-shaped array such that it will have access to spatial scales ranging from about 40 milliarcseconds down to less than 0.5 milliarcseconds. While this type of resolution is not unprecedented in the astronomical community, the ability to track fringes on and produce images of complex targets approximately 5 magnitudes fainter than is done today represents a substantial step forward. All this will be accomplished using a variety of approaches detailed in several papers from our team over the years. Together, these two factors, multiple telescopes deployed over very long-baselines coupled with fainter limiting magnitudes, will allow MROI to conduct science on a wide range and statistically meaningful samples of targets. These include pulsating and rapidly rotating stars, mass-loss via accretion and mass-transfer in interacting systems, and the highly-active environments surrounding black holes at the centers of more than 100 external galaxies. This represents a subsample of what is sure to be a tremendous and serendipitous list of science cases as we move ahead into the era of new space telescopes and synoptic surveys. Additional investigations into imaging man-made objects will be undertaken, which are of particular interest to the defense and space-industry communities as more human endeavors are moved into the space environment.

In 2016 the first MROI telescope was delivered and deployed at Magdalena Ridge in the maintenance facility. Having undergone initial check-out and fitting the system with optics and a fast tip-tilt system, we eagerly anticipate installing the telescope enclosure in 2018. The telescope and enclosure will be integrated at the facility and moved to the center of the interferometric array by late summer of 2018 with a demonstration of the performance of an entire beamline from telescope to beam combiner table shortly thereafter. At this point, deploying two more telescopes and demonstrating fringe-tracking, bootstrapping and limiting magnitudes for the facility will prove the full promise of MROI. A complete status update of all subsystems follows in the paper, as well as discussions of potential collaborative initiatives.

Proceedings Article | 4 August 2016 Paper

A new path to first light for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory interferometer

M. Creech-Eakman, V. Romero, I. Payne, C. Haniff, D. Buscher, J. Young, R. Cervantes, C. Dahl, A. Farris, M. Fisher, P. Johnston, D. Klinglesmith, H. Love, D. Ochoa, A. Olivares, J. Pino, C. Salcido, F. Santoro, L. Schmidt, E. Seneta, X. Sun, L. Jenka, R. Kelly, J. Price, A. Rea, J. Riker, S. Rochelle

Proceedings Volume 9907, 990705 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233910

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Interferometers, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Situational awareness sensors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Relays, Infrared radiation, Interfaces, Sensors

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The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) was the most ambitious infrared interferometric facility conceived of in 2003 when funding began. Today, despite having suffered some financial short-falls, it is still one of the most ambitious interferometric imaging facilities ever designed. With an innovative approach to attaining the original goal of fringe tracking to H = 14^th magnitude via completely redesigned mobile telescopes, and a unique approach to the beam train and delay lines, the MROI will be able to image faint and complex objects with milliarcsecond resolutions for a fraction of the cost of giant telescopes or space-based facilities. The design goals of MROI have been optimized for studying stellar astrophysical processes such as mass loss and mass transfer, the formation and evolution of YSOs and their disks, and the environs of nearby AGN.

The global needs for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) have moved to the forefront in many communities as Space becomes a more integral part of a national security portfolio. These needs drive imaging capabilities ultimately to a few tens of centimeter resolution at geosynchronous orbits. Any array capable of producing images on faint and complex geosynchronous objects in just a few hours will be outstanding not only as an astrophysical tool, but also for these types of SSA missions. With the recent infusion of new funding from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Albuquerque, NM, MROI will be able to attain first light, first fringes, and demonstrate bootstrapping with three telescopes by 2020.

MROI’s current status along with a sketch of our activities over the coming 5 years will be presented, as well as clear opportunities to collaborate on various aspects of the facility as it comes online. Further funding is actively being sought to accelerate the capability of the array for interferometric imaging on a short time-scale so as to achieve the original goals of this ambitious facility

Proceedings Article | 24 July 2014 Paper

Magdalena Ridge Observatory interferometer: 2014 status update

M. Creech-Eakman, V. Romero, I. Payne, C. Haniff, D. Buscher, C. Dahl, A. Farris, M. Fisher, C. Jurgenson, D. Klinglesmith, T. McCracken, M. Napolitano, A. Olivares, J. Riker, S. Rochelle, C. Salcido, F. Santoro, L. Schmidt, R. Selina, E. Seneta, A. Shtromberg, X. Sun, D.M.A. Wilson, J. Young

Proceedings Volume 9146, 91460H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057331

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Observatories, Relays, Optical alignment, Prototyping, Optical instrument design

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

Final mechanical and opto-mechanical design of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer

Fernando Santoro, Andres Olivares, Chris Salcido, Stephen Jimenez, Colby Jurgenson, Xiaowei Sun, Christopher Haniff, David Buscher, Michelle Creech-Eakman, Robert Selina, Tyler McCracken, John Young, Martin Fisher, Dan Klinglesmith, Nicolas Torres, Chuck Dahl, Alisa Shtromberg, Donald M. Wilson

Proceedings Volume 8445, 84452K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926501

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Sensors, Spectrographs, Prisms, Aluminum, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Prototyping, Laser metrology, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 12 September 2012 Paper

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory interferometer: a status update

M. Creech-Eakman, V. Romero, I. Payne, C. Haniff, D. Buscher, V. Alvidrez, C. Dahl, J. Deninger, A. Farris, S. Jimenez, C. Jurgenson, R. King, D. Klinglesmith, T. McCracken, A. Olivares, C. Salcido, Fernando Santoro, John Seamons, Robert Selina, Alisa Shtromberg, J Steenson, Nick Torres, Martin Fisher, E. Seneta, X. Sun, D. Wilson, John Young

Proceedings Volume 8445, 84450P (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926516

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Relays, Mirrors, Observatories, Prototyping, Computing systems, Optical alignment, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: advancing to first light and new science

M. Creech-Eakman, V. Romero, I. Payne, C. Haniff, D. Buscher, C. Aitken, C. Anderson, E. Bakker, T. Coleman, C. Dahl, A. Farris, S. Jiminez, C. Jurgenson, R. King, D. Klinglesmith, K. McCord, T. McCracken, K. Nyland, A. Olivares, M. Richmond, M. Romero, C. Salcido, J. Sandoval, F. Santoro, J. Seamons, R. Selina, A. Shtromberg, J. Steenson, N. Torres, D. Westpfahl, F. Baron, M. Fisher, E. Seneta, X. Sun, D. Wilson, J. Young

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773406 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857359

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Neodymium, Observatories, Sensors, Mirrors, Infrared radiation, Wavefronts, Field emission displays

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Assembly and integration activities moving toward commissioning of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer

Eric Bakker, Andres Olivares, Fernando Santoro, Ifan Payne, Rob Selina, Dan Klinglesmith, Allen Farris, Ron King, Colby Jurgenson, John Seamons, Nicolas Torres, Michelle Creech-Eakman, Krista McCord

Proceedings Volume 7734, 77340V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856468

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Optical instrument design, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Interferometry, Optics manufacturing, Computer aided design

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

The MROI fringe tracker: first fringe experiment

C. Jurgenson, F. Santoro, T. McCracken, K. McCord, A. Shtromberg, D. Klinglesmith, A. Olivarez, D. Buscher, M. Creech-Eakman, C. Haniff, J. Young

Proceedings Volume 7734, 773446 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857128

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Sensors, Interferometers, Telescopes, Modulation, Temperature metrology, Cameras, Visibility, Optical filters, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 19 July 2010 Paper

Software architecture of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer

Allen Farris, Dan Klinglesmith, John Seamons, Nicolas Torres, David Buscher, John Young

Proceedings Volume 7740, 77400R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856497

KEYWORDS: Databases, Telescopes, Control systems, Interferometers, Telecommunications, Java, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Computing systems, Diagnostics, Distributed computing

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Proceedings Article | 22 August 2009 Paper

Characterization of silver and aluminum custom mirror coatings for the MRO interferometric telescopes

Krista McCord, Daniel Klinglesmith, Colby Jurgenson, Eric Bakker, Reed Schmell, Rodney Schmell, Darren Gartner, Anthony Jaramillo, Kelly Romero, Andres Rael, Jeff Lewis

Proceedings Volume 7425, 74250V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826044

KEYWORDS: Silver, Mirrors, Reflectivity, Aluminum, Silica, Telescopes, Optical coatings, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Humidity, Computer aided design

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2008 Paper

Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: progress toward first light

M. Creech-Eakman, V. Romero, D. Westpfahl, C. Cormier, C. Haniff, D. Buscher, E. Bakker, L. Berger, E. Block, T. Coleman, P. Festler, C. Jurgenson, R. King, D. Klinglesmith, K. McCord, A. Olivares, C. Parameswariah, I. Payne, T. Paz, E. Ryan, C. Salcido, F. Santoro, R. Selina, A. Shtromberg, J. Steenson, F. Baron, R. Boysen, J. Coyne, M. Fisher, E. Seneta, X. Sun, N. Thureau, D. Wilson, J. Young

Proceedings Volume 7013, 70130X (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789859

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Sensors, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Observatories, Optical instrument design, Buildings, Mirrors, Infrared telescopes, Interferometry

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Proceedings Article | 7 September 2006 Paper

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: a high-sensitivity imaging array

D. Buscher, E. Bakker, T. Coleman, M. Creech-Eakman, C. Haniff, C. Jurgenson, D. Klinglesmith, C. Parameswariah, J. Young

Proceedings Volume 6307, 63070B (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.684422

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Telescopes, Interferometry, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Optical instrument design, Reflection, Wavefronts, Cameras, Adaptive optics, Imaging arrays

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2006 Paper

Engineering overview of the conceptual design and hardware/software implementation proposed for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer

Chethan Parameswariah, Eric Bakker, David Buscher, Tom Coleman, Michelle Creech-Eakman, Chris Haniff, Colby Jurgenson, Dan Klinglesmith, John Young

Proceedings Volume 6268, 62683O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672526

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Telescopes, Control systems, Control systems design, Optical instrument design, Computer architecture, Relays, Observatories, Metrology

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Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper

Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: status update

M. Creech-Eakman, E. Bakker, D. Buscher, T. Coleman, C. Haniff, C. Jurgenson, D. Klinglesmith, C. Parameswariah, V. Romero, A. Shtromberg, J. Young

Proceedings Volume 6268, 62681V (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672643

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Interferometers, Cameras, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Infrared radiation, Imaging systems, Sensors, Observatories, Optical instrument design, Simulation of CCA and DLA aggregates

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

Astronomical site monitoring system for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory

Daniel Klinglesmith, R. Alvarado, Michelle Creech-Eakman, Bridget O'Donovan, Eugene Seneta, John Young

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552145

KEYWORDS: Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Astronomy, Telescopes, Interferometers, Cameras, Clouds, Imaging systems, Temperature metrology, Environmental sensing, Humidity

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

A new instrument for measuring atmospheric turbulence

Danny Jacobs, Brett Edwards, Zak Stelly, Ivana Gorgievska, David Westpfahl, Daniel Klinglesmith, Michelle Creech-Eakman

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550850

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Observatories, Atmospheric turbulence, Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Digital recording, Atmospheric sensing, Motion measurement, Atmospheric monitoring, Amplifiers, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper

DIMMWIT measurements of the spatial and temporal scale of atmospheric turbulence at COAST and MROI

Bridget O'Donovan, Eugene Seneta, John Young, Daniel Klinglesmith

Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551622

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Turbulence, Telescopes, Computing systems, Cameras, Atmospheric turbulence, Imaging systems, Wavefronts, Image resolution, Stars

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