Documents & Links

The OHIO State University MODS Home Page:

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/MODS/

MODS Manual:

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/MODS/Manuals/MODSManual.pdf

Written by R. Pogge, this Instrument manual describes the instrument characteristics and how to observe with MODS1.

MODS Observing Scripts Manual

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/MODS/Manuals/MODSScripts.pdf

This manual goes in to great detail about the mods command Interface and MODS acquisition, observing, and calibration scripts.

modsTools:

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/MODS/ObsTools/modsTools/

modsTools is a suite of python programs for creating MODS target acquisition and observing script templates.

SPIE article on Current Status of the Facility Instrumentation Suite at The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory

Installed and to be Installed MODS Mask Lists:

http://wiki.lbto.org/bin/view/Instrumentation/MODSSlitMasks

http://wiki.lbto.org/bin/view/Instrumentation/FutureMODSMOSMasks

MODS Mask Inventory:
http://wiki.lbto.org/bin/view/Instrumentation/MODSMaskInventoryMMS User’s Manual:

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~martini/mms/

ESO Cat Tool:

http://archive.eso.org/cms/tools-documentation/skycat.html

Exposure Time Calculator:

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/MODS/ObsTools/obstools.html#ETC