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LBT Project

LBT Project Partners

Arizona (25%)
LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft LBTB (25%)
- MPIA – Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg
- MPE – Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching
- MPIfR – Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn
- AIP – Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam
- LSW – Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Königstuhl
Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica INAF (25%)
The Ohio State University OSO (12.5%)
Research Coorporation (12.5%)

LBT Instruments

LBT NIR-Spectroscopic Utility with Camera and Integral-Field Unit for Extragalactic Research (LUCIFER)
Large Binocular Camera (LBC)
Multi-Object Double Spectrograph (MODS)
LBT Interferometric Camera (LINC)
LBT Interferometer (LBTI)
Potsdam Echelle Polarimetric and Spectroscopic Instrument (PEPSI)
LMIRCam
Advanced Rayleigh guided Ground layer adaptive Optics System (ARGOS)

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Other Interesting Articles

Photo of the new LBT Director Prof. Joseph Shields

Announcing the new Director of the Large Binocular Telescope

May 31, 2022

The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (LBTO), one of the largest and most advanced optical telescopes in the world, is proud to announce the appointment of its new Director, Prof. Joseph Shields, who will assume the position effective June 06, 2022.

Splinter Meeting: Science with the LBT

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is approaching the completion of its suite of first generation instruments.

Young Stellar Clusters

Young Stellar Clusters

The new generation of 8m-class telescopes and sensitive infrared instruments facilitates studies of the stellar populations in young, massive clusters down to substellar masses, despite their much larger distance than the typical low-mass star formation regions in out solar neighbourhood.

Planet Hunting

Exoplanets - planets around star other than the sun - are nowadays being found by the dozens and start to be characterized in detail now.

Instruments

The following instruments are available for observations: the prime focus cameras LBC red & blue, the near-infrared multi-object spectrograph LUCI I snd the optical multi-object spectrographs MODS I.

Observations

Large Binocular Telescope

Large Binocular Telescope

Located on the summit of Mt. Graham, LBTO aspires to be the first of the ELTs and one of the leading 8-m class telescopes. Comprised of privately funded or national institutes and consortiums of universities, the goal of LBTO and its partners is to ensure that its community of users are receiving the highest-quality astronomical data.