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Lowell Discovery Telescope
(formerly the Discovery Channel Telescope)
Observer Information Pages
(The information in the LDTOI space supersedes DCTIC: Observing at DCT)
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Beginning Continuing in 2022A2024A, limited in-person observing will begin be supported at LDT. For those observing remotely, see LDT Remote Observing Notes. |
Current Semester Observer and Telescope Operator Calendar
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The 4.3-m Lowell Discovery Telescope (LDT) is Lowell Observatory's flagship facility at a dark-sky site approximately 40 miles southeast of Flagstaff on the Coconino National Forest.Lowell Observatory operates the LDT in partnership with Boston University, University of Maryland, Northern Arizona University, University of Toledo, and Yale University. The telescope is classically scheduled by semester, with the current being 2022A.The 2024A. See the current call for observing proposals is linked in the sidebar at left for Lowell Observatory and Partner Institution members.
Facility Instruments:
LMI (Optical Imager)
DeVeny (Optical Spectrograph)
NIHTS (Near-infrared Spectrograph)
Visitor / PI Instruments:
EXPRES (Optical Spectrograph)
QWSSI (Optical Speckle Imager)
RIMAS (Near-infrared Spectrograph / Imager – Under Development, Coming 2022)
Instrumentation Main Page
List of LDT Scientific and Technical PublicationsThe facility was constructed as the Discovery Channel Telescope, and was renamed in 2019 in cooperation with Discovery Communications.
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Updates (and Old Updates)UPDATE:The change over to the new confluence server https://confluence.lowell.edu has happened. Please let us know if you run across problems with these pages. (2022Mar07Check with staff about the upcoming PypeIt Workshop on June 11. (2024Apr24) UPDATE:The DeVeny Spectrograph User Manual The 2024B LDT Call for Proposals has been updatedreleased. The new version (v1.7 – 15 February 2022) includes instructions for using the python data reduction pipeline PypeIt with DeVeny data. It is available on the LDT Observer Information Confluence page. (2022Feb15(2024Apr11) UPDATE: The 2022A 2024A LDT schedule Schedule has been released. (2021Dec072023Dec08) UPDATE: DeVeny Image Quality Issue: See the DeVeny Instrument Page for more information. (2021Nov15)UPDATE: The new VPN platform is now required for connection to the Lowell network. All remote observers MUST update their VPN settings: Watchguard SSLVPN Installation. (2021Sep06)
UPDATE: The DeVeny spectrograph GG495 filter has been removed from the instrument; replacement plan TBD. Order-blocking filters GG420 and OG570 are still in service. (2021Apr29)
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