General Information
Acknowledgements
If your paper includes data obtained using MagAO-X (whether on-sky or in the lab) please include the following acknowledgements:
We are very grateful for support from the NSF MRI Award #1625441. The Phase II upgrade program is made possible by the generous support of the Heising-Simons Foundation. The development of CACAO is supported by NSF Award #2410616.
For papers that include on-sky data, please follow these guidelines :
The title should have a footnote that says “This paper includes data gathered with the 6.5 meter Magellan Telescopes located at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile.”
It is also useful for the words “Magellan” and “Campanas” both to appear in the abstract. This helps with database searches.
Citations
The most recent instrument overview is:
Males et al., “MagAO-X: Commissioning Results and Status of Ongoing Upgrades”, Proc. SPIE, 2024. [ADS]
For a list of all MagAO-X publications please click here.
MagAO-X Telescope Runs
Total |
Comm. [a] |
VIS-X [b] |
Phase II [c] |
Return [d] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Run |
Dates |
Nights |
Nights |
Nights |
Nights |
Shipment |
Notes |
2019B |
Dec 2 – Dec 8 |
4 |
4 |
Y |
two separate 2-night blocks |
||
2022A |
Apr 9 – Apr 23 |
15 |
5 |
1 |
Y |
||
2022B |
Nov 28 – Dec 9 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
N |
significant weather losses |
|
2023A |
Mar 3 – Mar 16 |
14 |
2 |
1 |
Y |
XKID commissioning |
|
2024Aa [e] |
Mar 18 – Apr 1 |
13.5 |
2 |
N |
1 night shared with LDSS3 |
||
2024Ab [e] |
May 14 – May 24 |
11 |
1 |
N |
> 80% lost due to weather |
||
2024B |
Nov 7 – Nov 21 |
15 |
3 |
N |
|||
2025A |
Apr 4 – Apr 20 |
17 |
1.5 |
N |
|||
2025B |
Nov 27 – Dec 10 |
14 |
1 |
N |
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Total |
115.5 |
13 |
3 |
7.5 |
3.5 [f] |
~0.5 night used each time for post-installation checkout, here included in commissioning and Ph. II allocations
Nights allocated for commissioning of VIS-X
Nights allocated for commissioning Phase II upgrades
Denotes whether MagAO-X was returned to Tucson, AZ, following the run
Round trips