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Getting to LDT:

In Person: Driving to LDT

Remote: LDT Remote Observing

During the Night / Starting & Stopping:

Observer's Guide to LDT Startup Procedures

LDT All-Sky Cameras and Weather Information

Target of Opportunity Policy and Procedures

Closure Criteria

Night Report Form

Printable Observing Logs:

Printable LMI Observing Log

Printable DeVeny Observing Log

Printable NIHTS Observing Log

Instrument Quick Links

LDT

Instrumentation Overview

Facility Instruments:

Large Monolithic Imager (LMI) – available to users the entire semester.

DeVeny Optical Spectrograph – available to users the entire semester.

Near-Infrared High-Throughput Spectrograph (NIHTS) – used with a dichroic, available to users the entire semester.

Visitor / PI Instruments:

EXPRES – expected to be available to users the entire semester; contact Contact D. Fischer if you want to use it.(debra.fischer at yale dot edu)

QWSSI/DSSI/Speckle – instrument availability will depend on status, LDT port availability, and user demand.Contact G. van Belle (gerard at lowell dot edu)

RIMAS – Under Development – Coming 2022RIMAS – not available for general use in 2021A.