Events
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Previous Events
July 2025
07/12 MROI attains First Fringes with the first two telescopes!
September 2024
09/01 The second telescope is moved to the MROI array’s central pad
October 2023
10/09 UT Enclosure #2 is completed and ready to be integrated with Telescope #2 at VCMF
November 2021
11/01 MROI enters into a new Cooperative Agreement with AFRL for the 1st 3 telescopes
March 2020
03/07 First Saturday Star Party at Etscorn Campus Observatory
03/09-03/12 Exhibit at Satellite 2020 in Washington, D.C.
February 2020
02/01 First Saturday Star Party at Etscorn Campus Observatory
02/03 Exhibit at New Mexico Tech Day at The Roundhouse in Santa Fe
December 2019
12/07 Saturday First Saturday Star Party at Etscorn Campus Observatory, starts an hour after sunset, weather permitting
November 2019
11/02 Saturday First Saturday Star Party at Etscorn Campus Observatory, starts an hour after sunset, weather permitting
11/09 Saturday Socorro County Chamber of Commerce sponsored MRO tour – sorry, tickets are sold out
11/11 Monday Mercury Transit Observing at Etscorn Campus Observatory, 7 to 11 AM, weather permitting
11/22 Friday MRO/ECO hosted Star Party at Etscorn Campus Observatory for Festival of the Cranes, 7 to 10 PM, weather permitting
October 2019
10/05 Saturday First Saturday star party at Etscorn Campus Observatory
10/16 Wednesday MROI Exhibit at NMT Research Colloquium
10/23 Wednesday MRO tour and star party for Enchanted Skies Star Party participants
10/24 Thursday MRO tour and star party for Enchanted Skies Star Party participants
September 2019
9/04 Wednesday Private tour and star party at Etscorn Campus Observatory
9/07 Saturday First Saturday star party at Etscorn Campus Observatory
9/07 Saturday MRO/ECO hosted star party in Corrales
9/16 Monday MRO exhibit at New Mexico Tech Career Fair
9/16 Monday Last day to see MRO astrophotography exhibition at Macey Center