Proposal Submission 2020B
LBTO is currently CLOSED for 2020B Proposals
APRIL 1: COVID-19 UPDATE and CHANGES TO MODES OFFERED
Introduction:
Partners participating in the 2020B call include: University of Virginia, The Ohio State University, Notre Dame, University of Minnesota, MPIA, AIP, and Arizona. As of April 15, 2020, Arizona, OSU, and University of Minnesota are CLOSED. As of June 31, MPIA, AIP, and UVa, and Notre Dame are CLOSED.
Different partners have different dates and deadlines during their proposal seasons. Please check your partner webpages or ask your Partner Coordinator for specific CfP information and closing dates. Given the differing deadlines, joint proposals to several partners in a single submission are NOT currently accepted. If you are interested in a joint proposal that spans multiple partners, please submit a proposal to each partner during their call. You should note in the body of your proposal the partners to which you are applying and the time requested.
Phase I Tool:
LBTO has developed a Phase I Tool (PIT) for proposal submissions. For 2020B the following partners are currently participating in PIT submission of all or some proposals include in the General PIT include: Arizona (AZ, NAU, ASU), The Ohio State University, University of Virginia, Notre Dame, MPIA, AIP, and University of Minnesota. See the download pages for more details. Other LBTO users are welcome to examine the new tool, but should NOT use it to submit their proposals.
This tool allows PIs to easily enter basic information about their program and create a LBTO cover sheet and instrument summary to include with their proposals. For 2020B, partners should upload their entire proposal, including partner-specific cover page, as a PDF attachment. An example of a completed proposal is here. Partner PIs may choose whether or not to describe their program in the Observation and Target Tabs or to submit in a minimalist way with just cover sheet information and their PDF attachment.
Links to the General PIT (used by non-INAF PIs) for Mac, Windows, and Linux are available on the installation page. Links to the INAF-PIT are available on this installation page.
LBTO Partnership (LBTB, INAF, OSURC, AZ)
Instruments Offered:
LBTO is currently offering the following instruments for 2020B science:
| Visible | Near-IR | Mid-IR | Other facilities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facility Instruments | |||
| MODS1: (SX) 320-1100nm multi-object, long-slit spectrograph and imager | LUCI1: (SX) 0.85-2.4µm multi-object, long-slit spectrograph and imager | ||
| MODS2: (DX) 320-1100nm multi-object, long-slit spectrograph and imager | LUCI2: (DX) 1.00-2.4µm multi-object, long-slit spectrograph and imager | ||
| LBCB: (SX) 350-650nm wide-field imager | |||
| LBCR: (DX) 550-1000nm wide-field imager | |||
| PEPSI: 383-907nm high-resolution spectrograph and polarimeter. | |||
| PI/Strategic Instruments | |||
| LMIRCam on LBTI: 1-5µm high resolution camera and coronagraph. Optimized from 3-5µm. | NOMIC on LBTI: an 8-13 μm camera. | ||
Available Tools:
While the observatory does provide an online archive for data access and download, no in-house pipeline or data reduction tools exist. For more information on the availability of community-built tools, please contact sciops@lbto.org.
Telescope/Instrument Configurations
For the 2020B observing season the available telescope configurations offered are as follows:
Seeing Limited:
- Monocular: all facility instruments in seeing-limited mode
- Homogeneous Binocular: all facility instruments in seeing-limited mode; twin or fraternal only
- Heterogeneous Binocular with LBC:
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- LBC + MODS in SHARED RISK**
- LBC + LUCI (SL) in SHARED RISK**
- Heterogeneous Binocular with PEPSI:
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- PEPSI + MODS in SHARED RISK**
- PEPSI + LUCI (SL) in SHARED RISK**
Diffraction Limited, ESM, and ARGOS options are as follows:
(UPDATED APRIL 1, 2020)
**Due to the COVID-19 related closure of LBTO during the 2020A Semester and the interruption of AO commissioning activities and the ARGOS Servicing Mission, modes offered for 2020B have changed. Please note that all commissioning activities will resume as soon as we reopen with the goal of offering Diffraction Limited, ESM, and ARGOS modes in 2021A **
Diffraction Limited:
- LUCI1: Imaging only in SHARED RISK**
- LUCI2: NOT OFFERED
ESM:
- LUCI1: Offered in SHARED RISK**
- LUCI2: NOT OFFERED
ARGOS:
- LUCI1: NOT OFFERED
- LUCI2: NOT OFFERED
* For more information about ARGOS and ESM strategies, see this page. ESM is highly recommended for all seeing-limited LUCI observations with appropriate AO Reference Stars. Please be aware that we cannot perform ARGOS observations below 30 degrees in elevation. This is a hard limit imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
** In “shared-risk”, LBTO and its partners jointly acknowledge that the instrument, capability, or facility may experience suboptimal efficiency or technical downtime during nighttime operations and that, at the discretion of LBTO staff and for the benefit of the greater community, the investigation of the origin of the problem(s) or the pursuit of recovery options may occur.
PI Strategic Instruments:
It is critical that astronomers who would like to use the PI/Strategic instruments LBTI must contact the Principle Investigator of these instruments before submitting proposals to the TAC:
LBTI – LBTI PI (lbtipi@lbto.org)
Observations will be carried out with assistance from the instrument team during scheduled PI instrument blocks.
Special Instructions for 2020B:
- Mask Deadline for Successful Proposals is August 1, 2020. Please contact slitmasks@lbto.org for any questions.
Observing Modes Available:
For the 2020B observing season, three partners will operate during partner science time as they have for the last several years, which is in “partner service”. In this mode, partners will select partner-based service observers to visit the telescope during observatory-scheduled partner blocks. These designated observers will complete observations for themselves and other PIs in their partnership.
The Arizona partner now operates in Mini-Q mode. Like partner service mode, the observing time is still scheduled in discrete blocks, however LBTO’s expert staff now execute observations on behalf of AZ PIs, with attention to priority and weather conditions.
Recent Past CfP:
PIT 2020A release: closed
PIT 2019B release: closed
PIT 2019A release: closed
PIT 2018B release: closed
PIT 2018A release: closed
PIT 2017B release: closed
PIT 2017A release: closed
PIT 2016B release: closed
PIT 2016A release: closed
The LBTO would like to thank Gemini Observatory for extensive use and adaptation of the materials and webpages published by Gemini staff at www.gemini.edu/sciops. The Gemini Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF on behalf of the Gemini partnership: the National Science Foundation (United States), the National Research Council (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the Australian Research Council (Australia), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brazil), and Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (Argentina).
