(formerly the Discovery Channel Telescope)
Observer Information Pages
(The information in the LDTOI space supersedes DCTIC: Observing at DCT)
COVID-19 Note:For the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak, all observing at the LDT will be done 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 scheduled by semester, with the current being 2021B.
The current call for observing proposals is linked in the sidebar at left for Lowell Observatory and Partner Institution members.
LMI (Optical Imager)
DeVeny (Optical Spectrograph)
NIHTS (Near-infrared Spectrograph)
EXPRES (Optical Spectrograph)
QWSSI (Optical Speckle Imager)
RIMAS (Near-infrared Spectrograph / Imager – Under Development, Coming 2021)
Updates (and Old Updates)UPDATE: Lowell Observatory is shifting to a new VPN platform. All remote observers should update their VPN settings: Watchguard SSLVPN Installation (2021Jul01) UPDATE: NIHTS is offline until further notice. (2021Jun10) UPDATE: The 2021B LDT schedule has been released. (2021Jun07) UPDATE: The dome mounted flat lamp bulbs (typically used for LMI dome flats) were replaced today. One of the previous three was burned out. (2021Jun01) 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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