2012-10-31T10:42:42-07:00 2011-12-31 Deborah Fleming CPA 650 Bellevue Way NE 2801 Bellevue WA 98004 990 2011-01-01 911265806 Astrophysical Research Consortium ASTR 2066857857 c/o Dept of Astronomy Box 351580 University of Washington Seattle WA 981951580 Ronald Irving 2066857857 2012-10-30 1 Deborah Fleming P01502012 4254535023 2012-10-30 X 2011 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z Ronald Irving Padelford C548 University of Wash Box 354350 Seattle WA 98195 6724592 0 X www.apo.nmsu.edu X 1984 WA Astrophysical Research Consortium was established to design, build, and operate a variety of sizes and shapes of telescopes at its Apache Point site at Sunspot, New Mexico. 16 16 0 17 0 0 8734282 6653749 0 0 5814 45947 137820 24896 8877916 6724592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10134177 8581040 10134177 8581040 -1256261 -1856448 24484369 22627921 0 0 24484369 22627921 Astrophysical Research Consortium operates two telescopes at the Apache Point Observatory. There is a 3.5 meter general purpose telescope and a survey specialized 2.5 meter Sloan Foundation telescope. The telescopes have distinct purposes in the service of their constituencies. 0 0 8527340 0 24896 The 3.5 meter telescope benefits the research faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and public outreach programs of each member institution. Using innovative remote software, astronomers can operate and collect data from anywhere in the world. The telescope has a suite of cameras and spectrographs that serve a wide variety of scientific endeavors, resulting in more than 50 refereed science results being published each year. There is an active outreach program at the observatory and at member institutions. The 2.5 meter telescope, which operates the SDSSIII survey project, reached the midpoint of its 6 year survey. The project is a collaboration of more than 50 institutions and 600 astronomers. The primary foci of the survey this year were operations, Data Release 9, and collaboration science analyses. BOSS achieved 45% above the baseline rate for data acquisition. The APOGEE commissioning was completed and the first year of that survey yielded a world-leading data set. 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F990_P06_S0A_L07a Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Each member of ARC has two representatives on the Board of Governors, who are appointed by the member institution's academic administration. F990_P06_S0A_L07b Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b Members have approval rights in accordance with Title 24 of the Washington non-profit corporation act. F990_P06_S0B_L11b Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Each member of the Board of Governors is given a copy of the Form 990 prior to its submission. F990_P06_S0B_L12c Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c There is an annual review of the Conflict of Interest statements and all statements are kept on file. Board members are expected to disclose conflicts as they may arise on the honor system, with the oversight of the governance committee. If a conflict exists or arises during the course of business, the governance committee investigates and determines any action to take in accordance with the policy. F990_P06_S0C_L19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 ARC makes governing documents available to the public upon request.