Posted Mar 09, 2025
Mar 13, 2025: All normal modes with LUCI1 are released for science.
N375 and N30 imaging, as well as G210 and G200 spectroscopic modes have all been released for normal science use.
Mar 9, 2025: LUCI1 All modes **NOT** …
Posted Feb 14, 2025
Update Feb 24, 2025
On-sky seeing limited checkouts were completed on UTFeb24. The binodal astigmatism was measured and collimation tables updated. The SX ASM is released for all available seeing-limited science modes without restrictions.
Update Feb 14, 2025
ASM …
Posted Jan 21, 2025
DX ASM in Cold Weather Update – Jan 21, 2025
Work was done in summer shutdown 2024 to attempt to address the issues causing the failures in cold temperatures with the DX ASM. Unfortunately, we have continued to see the …
Posted Jan 11, 2025
Jan 09, 2025
The DX LUCI WFS experienced an issue with one of the filter wheels. This filter wheel is used for very bright targets only with an R magnitude brighter than 8th magnitude. LUCI full AO and LUCI ESM …
Posted Sep 10, 2024
As of Sept. 9, 2024, LBTI’s camera cryostat (NIC) remains off the telescope for ongoing maintenance and upgrade work, with some major uncertainty on the observing modes that will be available for 2024B and 2025A. PIs of accepted 2024B programs …
Posted Aug 30, 2024
Summer Shutdown 2024 Wraps up on Aug 30, 2024 with the first on-sky checkout of our instruments taking place Aug 30 weather permitting.
Update Sept 2 2024: On UT Sept 1 the Telescope experienced a water intrusion event. The SX …
