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Sep. 2009:
Succesful commissioning from Sep 23 - Oct 4
June 2009:
Modifications on Grating Unit, succesful testing and comm. end of June, but bad weather.
20.03.-6.04.09:
LUCIFER maintenance in the lab
12.3.-19.3.09:
Telescope tests with LUCIFER
06.02.-16.02.09:
LUCIFER Commissioning Phase 5
08.01.-18.1.09:
LUCIFER Commissioning Phase 4
03.12.-15.12.08:
LUCIFER Commissioning Phase 3
05.10.-17.10.08:
LUCIFER Commissioning Phase 2
06.09-20.09.08:
LUCIFER Commissioning Phase 1
02.07.08:
-got acceptance from LBTO
-so schedule remains as listed here
15.4.08:
-Instrument cool
-testing of all components running
September 2008:
Start of commissioning LUCIFER 1
(planned w49/2007)
August 2008:
re-integration of LUCIFER 1 at LBTO
(planned w44/2007)
June/July 2008:
transport LUCIFER 1 to Tucson
(planned w40/2007)
May/June 2008 :
Lab acceptance tests Europe
(planned w4/2008)
April/May 2008:
Verification Tests Europe LUCIFER1
(duration: 20 days)
planned (w35/2007)
August 2007:
- detailed flexure tests at telescope simulator
- reliability testing
NEWS (13.10.2009):
last comm. runs before SDT in December:
Oct 30-Nov4 and Nov 28-Dec 3SDT LUCIFER 1 in December 09
newest images in database:
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The LUCIFER Project is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). It is a collaboration of five German institutes, Landessternwarte Heidelberg, Max Planck Institut für Astronomie (Heidelberg), Max Planck Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (Garching), Fachhochschule für Technik und Gestaltung (Mannheim), Astronomisches Institut der Universität Bochum.
The aim is the development and construction of two near-infrared multi-mode instruments for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), which is located near Tucson, Arizona (USA). The LBT consists of two 8.4m mirrors in one mounting, offering diffraction limited observing using adaptive secondary mirrors. LUCIFER will provide imaging, long-slit and multi-object spectroscopy, using 33 exchangable masks.
-Marcus Jütte, Astronomisches Institut Ruhr-Uni-Bochum-