Mr. Ricardo Ortiz Profile

Ricardo Ortiz

at MMT Observatory

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster

The most recent results from wet washing the 2016 coating of the 6.5m MMT primary mirror in situ

Ricardo Ortiz, William Goble

Proceedings Volume 13098, 1309826 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3027052

KEYWORDS: Coating, Mirrors, Spectrophotometry, Reflectivity, Observatories, Aluminum mirrors, Telescopes, Mirror surfaces, Contamination, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 15 December 2020 Presentation

Updated results from wet washing the 2016 coating of the 6.5m MMT primary mirror In-situ

Ricardo Ortiz, William Goble, Joseph Williams

Proceedings Volume 11445, 114450D (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561725

KEYWORDS: Coating, Aluminum, Mirrors, Telescopes, Observatories, Spectrophotometry, Reflectivity, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Lessons learned from wet washing the 6.5m MMT primary mirror in-situ

Ricardo Ortiz, Joseph Williams, William Goble

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070004 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314348

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Coating, Reflectivity, Spectrophotometry, Aluminum, Telescopes, Observatories, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Paper

Re-aluminization of the 6.5m primary mirror at the MMT Observatory

William Goble, J. Duane Gibson, Dallan Porter, Ricardo Ortiz

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070049 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314386

KEYWORDS: Coating, Mirrors, Aluminum, Observatories, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

The 6.5-m MMT Telescope: status and plans for the future

G. Grant Williams, R. Ortiz, W. Goble, J. Gibson

Proceedings Volume 9906, 99060V (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233777

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomical telescopes, Observatories, Mirrors, Astronomical telescopes, Strontium, Coating, Mechanical engineering, Imaging spectroscopy, Electronics, Aluminum

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2016 Paper

Characterization of an integrally wound tungsten and aluminum filament for physical vapor deposition

William Goble, Ricardo Ortiz

Proceedings Volume 9912, 991238 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233637

KEYWORDS: Aluminum, Coating, Tungsten, Mirrors, Observatories, Physical vapor deposition, Power supplies, Control systems, Resistance, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

Advances in thermal control and performance of the MMT M1 mirror

J. D. Gibson, G. G. Williams, S. Callahan, B. Comisso, R. Ortiz, J. Williams

Proceedings Volume 7733, 77333Y (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856335

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Glasses, Control systems, Directed energy weapons, Transmission electron microscopy, Telescopes, HVAC controls, Ions, Neodymium, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

The new MMT

Dan Blanco, Michael Alegria, Shawn Callahan, Dusty Clark, Brian Comisso, Craig Foltz, J. Gibson, Carol Heller, Ron James, Bill Kindred, Steve King, Cory Knop, Howard Lester, John McAfee, Alejandra Milone, Ricardo Ortiz, Timothy Pickering, Phil Ritz, Barbara Russ, Gary Schmidt, Dennis Smith, Peter Spencer, Tom Trebisky, Ken Van Horn, Steven West, Court Wainwright, Grant Williams, J. Williams

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551963

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Adaptive optics, Polishing, Observatories, Space telescopes, Cameras, Wavefront sensors, Control systems

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