Join the MAROON-X ʻOhana (Family)

The latest MAROON-X run has just concluded, and was extremely successful both in terms of weather, and ease of observations.  Our preferred method of making the observations, of course, is to have the telescope operator and the instrument team all together in the control room. However, travel is not possible now and we worked with our technology teams to ensure that everyone could exchange information easily in real time, even though each person was in a different location. This was the first time that MAROON-X has been available to our user community, and we were impressed with the great science that our users proposed.

The team is working on data reduction now, and will be in contact with the investigators soon.  MAROON-X will be in the upcoming Call for Proposals, and is also available for Fast Turnaround, so this is a good time to think about what it can do for you. Users can find more information about the instrument here, and if you would like to become more involved with MAROON-X for your science, the instrument team at the University of Chicago maintains a mailing list and also hosts telecons for those who are interested in updates and coordinating projects with other teams. To take advantage of this great resource, contact the instrument PI Jacob Bean (jbean@astro.uchicago.edu).