Policies and Guidelines

Policies and Guidelines

The following pages cover several policies and guidelines developed for our users and and the LBTO facility use.

Guidelines:

• Guidelines for Operating the Facility – These include weather and safety restrictions.
• Guidelines for Remote Observing Zoom Etiquette – These include guidelines to help ensure smooth, efficient, and safe remote operations and communication.

Policies:

• LBTO Data Dissemination Policy
• LBTO Time Domain Observations (TDOs) Policy
• LBTO Remote Observing Policy

Publishing science based on LBTO data

The LBTO requests that publications based on data obtained at the LBT include one the following statements:

1) Observations prior to 2016:

The LBT is an international collaboration among institutions in the United States and Europe. At the time data were acquired for this research, LBT Corporation Members were the University of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy; LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Germany, representing the Max-Planck Society, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, and Heidelberg University; The Ohio State University; and the Research Corporation, on behalf of the Universities of Notre Dame, Minnesota, and Virginia.  This research used the facilities of the Italian Center for Astronomical Archives (IA2) operated by INAF at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste.

2) Observations between 2016-2018:

The LBT is an international collaboration among institutions in the United States and Europe. At the time data were acquired for this research, LBT Corporation Members were the University of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy; LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Germany, representing the Max-Planck Society, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, and Heidelberg University; The Ohio State University; and the Research Corporation, on behalf of the Universities of Notre Dame, Minnesota, and Virginia.  This research used the facilities of the Italian Center for Astronomical Archives (IA2) operated by INAF at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste. Observations have benefited from the use of ALTA Center (alta.arcetri.inaf.it) forecasts performed with the Astro-Meso-Nh model. Initialization data of the ALTA automatic forecast system come from the General Circulation Model (HRES) of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts.

3) Observations between 2019-2025:

The LBT is an international collaboration among institutions in the United States and Europe. At the time data were acquired for this research, LBT Corporation Members were the University of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy; LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Germany, representing the Max-Planck Society, the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, and Heidelberg University; and The Ohio State University, representing The Ohio State University, University of Notre Dame, University of Minnesota, and University of Virginia.  This research used the facilities of the Italian Center for Astronomical Archives (IA2) operated by INAF at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste. Observations have benefited from the use of ALTA Center (alta.arcetri.inaf.it) forecasts performed with the Astro-Meso-Nh model. Initialization data of the ALTA automatic forecast system come from the General Circulation Model (HRES) of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts.

4) Observations obtained 2026 and later:

The LBT is an international collaboration among institutions in the United States and Europe. At the time data were acquired for this research, LBT Corporation Members were the University of Arizona on behalf of the Arizona Board of Regents; Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Italy; and The Ohio State University, representing The Ohio State University, University of Notre Dame, University of Minnesota, and University of Virginia.  This research used the facilities of the Italian Center for Astronomical Archives (IA2) operated by INAF at the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste.  Observations have benefited from the use of ALTA Center (alta.arcetri.inaf.it) forecasts performed with the Astro-Meso-Nh model. Initialization data of the ALTA automatic forecast system come from the General Circulation Model (HRES) of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts.

 

If the study uses observations from more than one interval, use acknowledgment (2) if data obtained prior to 2019 are included; and otherwise use acknowledgment (3).

Authors may re-order the list of partners as appropriate to emphasize their primary affiliation, but please list all partners as above. Specific references for each instrument can be found on the individual instrument pages.