Instruments
Some current or planned LBT telescope instruments:
- LBC - optical and near ultraviolet wide field prime focus cameras. One is optimized for the blue part of the optical spectrum and one for the red.
- PEPSI - A high resolution and very high resolution optical spectrograph and imaging polarimeter at the combined focus.
- MODS - two optical multi object and longslit spectrographs plus imagers. Capable of running in single mirror or binocular mode.
- LUCIFER - two multi-object and longslit infrared spectrographs plus imagers. The imager has 2 cameras and can observe at both seeing limited and diffraction limited with adaptive optics.
- LINC/Nirvana - wide-field interferometric imaging with adaptive optics at the combined focus.
- LBTI/LMIRCAM - 2.9 to 5.2 micron fizeau imaging and medium resolution grism spectroscopy at the combined focus.
- LBTI/NOMIC - N band nulling imager for the study of protoplanetary and debris disks at the combined focus.
- FLAO - first light adaptive optics to correct atmospheric distortion
- ARGOS - multiple laser guide star unit capable of supporting ground layer or multi conjugate adaptive optics.
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