LBT OSU/ND/UM/UVa Member Observing
These pages support queue observing with the Large Binocular Telescope for
the quarter-share block run by observers from OSU, Notre Dame, Minnesota,
and Virginia. We began OSURC member observing in March 2008.
Instruments currently available for routine OSURC observing:
- LBC Red and Blue
- MODS1 and MODS2
- LUCI1 and LUCI2
- PEPSI in non-polarimetric mode
LBTI and PEPSI-POL remain available only
during specially-scheduled cross-member campaigns.
Observing Preparation
- OSU Member Program Submission Forms
- Project Registration Form
- Observing Script Submission Form
- Instrument Manuals:
- LBC
- MODS
- LUCI
- PEPSI
Observing Planning Tools
Observing Queue
- OSURC Observing Queue
Observing Reports
Semester 2026A
- 2026 Mar 11 - 15 UTC
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- 2026 Feb 17 - 20 UTC
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- Note:
- In addition to the observing log and the individual instrument
data logs, we provide two supplementary plots:
- AGw plots guide star image quality (FWHM and ellipticity) and instrumental
magnitude [28-2.5*log10(cts/sec)] when observing with MODS, LUCI, and PEPSI.
The LBC guiders do not produce comparable data.
- Env plots LBT weather information during the night: temperature, relative
humidity, wind speed (actual and 5-min running mean), and pressure. Humidity and wind
closure limits are indicated with the red lines.
[LBT Weather Guidelines]
These may be absent if telemetry is offline or no observing was done.
Previous Years
- 2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Updated: 2026 Mar 23 [rwp/osu]
