Texas Millimeter Wave Observatory Unit

In 2012 Vanden Bout, John H. Davis, and Robert B. Loren published a paper in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, "The University of Texas Millimeter Wave Observatory" (2012), 15, pp. 232-245. This unit contains notes, correspondence, logs, reprints, proposals, and other materials dated 1958-2012 gathered by Vanden Bout while preparing the article. Original folder titles have been retained. A book with handwritten notes labeled "Notes 1980-81 Seminars & Colloquia" is included. Also included is a Lucite block with "SPLOBS ON July 1972 to July 1977" embedded in it. According to Vanden Bout, "SPLOBS ON was a button on the MWO spectrometer. When you pushed it you started an integration and the button was illuminated: 'Spectral Line Observation On.' It was retired when the MWO operation was computerized."

Papers of Paul A. Vanden Bout

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2012

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University of Texas Series

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