MMT Overview

LBT Overview

LBTO Partners: The University of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona university system; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy; LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Germany, representing the Max-Planck Society, the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, and Heidelberg University; The Ohio State University, and The Research Corporation, on behalf of The University of Notre Dame, University of Minnesota and University of Virginia.

Time Sharing:

Arizona (25%), Germany (25%), Italy (25%), OSU (12.5%), Research Corporation Partners (12.5%)

Research Corporation Partners: Arizona (10%), ND (22.5%), OSU (25%), UMN (22.5%), UVA (17.5%)

LBTO Corporation Board: Arizona (Strittmatter, Thompson, Tolbert)

Science & Technical Committee: Arizona (Hinz, Fan), OSU (Pogge, Martini), LBTB (Herbst, Quirrenbach), INAF (Maiolino, Origlia), RC (Woodward, Skrutskie)

TAC coordinators: Arizona (D. McCarthy), Germany (R. Gredel), Italy (R. Gratton), OSURC partners (K. Stanek)

Instrumentation Updates
Update about LBC(R/B) and binocular mode (Dec. 21)

Facility Instruments

Instrumentation & Science Operations

f/1.125: Prime Focus Cameras: LBC (red): (E. Giallongo) a large mosaic CCD camera with a 23 arcmin field with a thinned 2048x4608 pixel CCD (0.23"/px).
LBC (blue): (E. Giallongo) a large mosaic CCD camera with a 23 arcmin field with a thick 2048x4608 pixel CCD (0.23"/px).; LBC (blue): (E. Giallongo) a large mosaic CCD camera with a 23 arcmin field with a thick 2048x4608 pixel CCD (0.23"/px).

f/15: Single Focii with Adaptive Optics: MODS: (R. Pogge) Multi-Object Double Spectrograph
LUCIFER: (R. Hofmann) LBT Utility Camera (& Spectrograph) Imaging Fields for Extragalactic Research; LUCIFER: (R. Hofmann) LBT Utility Camera (& Spectrograph) Imaging Fields for Extragalactic Research

f/15: Combined Focus with Adaptive Optics: LBTI: (P. Hinz) LBT Interferometer (2.2-20 microns)
LINC-Nirvana: (T. Herbst) LBT Interferometirc Camera/Near-IR & Visible Adaptive Interferometer for Astronomy (0.6 -2.4 microns)
PEPSI: (K. Strassmeier) Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument. PEPSI is a high-resolution echelle spectrograph with two polarimeters.; LINC-Nirvana: (T. Herbst) LBT Interferometirc Camera/Near-IR & Visible Adaptive Interferometer for Astronomy (0.6 -2.4 microns)
PEPSI: (K. Strassmeier) Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument. PEPSI is a high-resolution echelle spectrograph with two polarimeters.; PEPSI: (K. Strassmeier) Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument. PEPSI is a high-resolution echelle spectrograph with two polarimeters.

PI Instruments

f/15: Single & Combined Focii with Adaptive Optics: PISCES: (D. McCarthy) a 1-2.5 micron diffraction-limited (0.026"/px; FOV=26") or "wide-field" camera (0.1"/px; FOV=1.8 arcmin)