The Leighton Telescope.
Photo courtesy of Mark Halpern and Scott Chapman

CSO Instruments

Heterodyne Receivers (Existing and New Balanced Receiver Development)
SHARC II (Submillimeter High Angular Resolution Camera)
Bolocam
DSOS (Dish Surface Optimization System)
CSO Beam Efficiency Measurements
CSO-JCMT Interferometer

CSO Information

General Information
Local Information (Memos, Trouble Shooting Guide, etc.) For Current Observers
Logistics For Current And Incoming Observers
CSO Weather Multiplexing Policy
CSO Observing Manual (revised Jan. 2002)
[in gzipped PostScript: for Letter or A4 (7.7 MB)]
[in PDF format: for Letter or A4 (5.4 MB)]
CSO Seminar
Recent CSO Results
Live Image from the CSO
Information about the CSO antenna and optics
Recent News and Results Digest
CSO Education, Outreach, and Public Service
CSO Hawaii Based Staff
Employment Opportunities

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Other Information

The Caltech Submillimeter Astrophysics Group
Astronomical Resources
Home pages of the other Mauna Kea telescopes
Emergency phone contacts of the Mauna Kea observatories
Information about Hawaii

About Robert Leighton:

By Karen Freeman, NYTimes, March 14, 1997.
By Charles Peck, Caltech, March, 1997.
Helioseismology
Finding Aid to the Papers of Robert B. Leighton, 1938-1988

Permission to use images from these webpages should be requested from Linda Bustos, Caltech Public Relations. PH: 626-395-6326.

Weather Information

current summit views

Other Hawaii Weather Info