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Lowell Discovery Telescope
(formerly theDiscovery
ChannelTelescope
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(The information in the LDTOI space supersedes DCTIC: Observing at DCT)
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For the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak, all observing at the LDT will be done remotely. See Continuing in 2024A, limited in-person observing will be supported at LDT. For those observing remotely, see LDT Remote Observing Notes. |
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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 2021A.The 2024A. See the current call for observing proposals is linked in the sidebar at left for Lowell Observatory and Partner Institution members.
The facility was constructed as the Discovery Channel Telescope, and was renamed in 2019 in cooperation with Discovery Communications.
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 2021)
Instrumentation Main Page
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Updates (and Old Updates)UPDATE:Check with staff about the upcoming PypeIt Workshop on June 11. (2024Apr24) UPDATE: The 2024B LDT Call for Proposals has been released. (2024Apr11) UPDATE: The 2024A LDT Schedule has been released. (2023Dec08) 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)
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Updates (and Old Updates)UPDATE:
UPDATE: The 2021A LDT schedule has been released. (2020Dec01)
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