Sep 15, 2026
September 14, 2026: During summer shutdown 2026 restart, it was discovered that the PEPSI SX PFU side was suffering from severe vignetting despite attempts to realign with the M3 on-sky. The cause was tracked down to index-matching oil in between …
Aug 28, 2026
Due to last minute staffing commitments, the TMS system will not be available until approximately late September. However the LBCs can still be used although more frequent re-collimations will be necessary.
Aug 27, 2026
Sept 3, 2026: PEPSI Chamber Lost Pressure Control Update
Pressure is stabilized with the solenoid valve. PEPSI will be available for shared-risk science pending calibration and restart checkouts. Work to replace the faulty part will be scheduled at a later …
Feb 24, 2026
There will be an LBT Users Meeting on Tuesday, March 3 at 8am Arizona time over Zoom. Please contact the sciops team for login information.
Feb 17, 2026
Feb. 12, 2026: The TMS system recently experienced a hardware issue with the GPU in the PC controlling the system. A replacement GPU is currently being sourced, but for the time TMS will be offline.
March 27, 2026: We have …
Aug 10, 2023
Beginning February 1st 2024, all science data in the archive will be publicly available after the proprietary period for that data has ended. Therefore, all partner data acquired after February 1st 2024 with the 12 month default proprietary period will …
Sep 13, 2022
Unveiling the population of dual and lensed active galactic nuclei at sub-arcsec separations is an exciting Nature paper featuring the LBT AO system at work. The team describes a new selection method to obtain a sample of dual/lensed active galactic …
Aug 09, 2022
As any user in the NIR astronomical community may already recognize, the resources geared towards near infrared observing are few and far between. The release of Astronomy in the Near-Infrared- Observing Strategies and Data Publications by Dr. Jochen Heidt provides …
Apr 05, 2022
The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, uses its nulling interferometric capabilities to study the brightness of warm dust floating in the orbital planes of other stars (called exozodiacal dust). In particular, the HOSTS survey (The Hunt for Observable Signatures …
Apr 01, 2022
Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the brightest and most energetic events in the Universe. There are 2 classifications of these events: Long GRBs (LGRBs) linked with the end states of very massive stars in which the duration of the gamma …
