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Recent Announcements

Resolved: DX LUCI Pyramid Rotated

Posted Dec 15, 2023

2023-12-15  DX LUCI Pyramid Rotated – Resolved 
The DX SOUL LUCI Wavefront sensor underwent a series of checkouts and performance checks on 2023-12-14. The results were analyzed and showed that the performance of the WFS is comparable to before the …

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LUCI1 Offline for Camera Wheel Failure (Resolved)

Posted Nov 29, 2023

Update Dec 8, 2023: LUCI1 released for science…with caveats! 
LUCI1 is again available for science…with caveats, so please read this carefully.  We are assuming that the flexure calibrations taken prior to the camera wheel failure are still valid.  We …

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LUCI1 and LUCI2 2023B restart delays (Update Nov08)

Posted Nov 04, 2023

UPDATE (Jan 31, 2024)
Both LUCIs are available for all normal observing modes:

Seeing-limited (SL) or ESM N375 Imaging

SL/ESM N180 or N375 +G210 Spectroscopy

SL/ESM N180 or N375 +G200 Spectroscopy

Full AO N30 Imaging

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TMS Offline (Update Aug 22, 2024)

Posted Oct 14, 2023

UPDATE (Aug 22, 2024)
A new replacement laser was delivered to LBTO in mid-June, and installed late-June.  However with summer shutdown starting in early July it was decided to wait until SSD24 restart to align the laser.  We expect TMS …

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MODS1 Blue quadcell issue

Posted Sep 19, 2023

Update 8-Feb-2024: The MODS1 blue IMCS quad cell appears to be working and there is no evidence that the workflow modification is still needed. The initial problem has not clearly been resolved, however, so please report any imcslock failures of …

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Instrument Status Post SSD2023

Posted Sep 09, 2023

LBC
During SSD, the filters and accessible lenses were cleaned, and the TMS collimators were reinstalled and realigned. A software service was put in place to simplify operation of the LBCs with TMS.
During restart, the LBCs were …

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