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 Chairman), 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 for 2010A
The LBCs remain available in 2010A.
LUCIFER is undergoing its commissioning phase. Its availability in 2010A should be clear by mid-October.
An SDT opportunity with LUCIFER may be announced around October 15.
Dates in 2010A: Jan 4-8; Feb 9-12; Apr 14-17. We also receive 10% of the RC Partners time now scheduled for Jan 9-13; Mar 15-18.

Facility Instruments

Arizona's LBT Observing Queue

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)