Director's Discretionary Time
Through Director's Discretionary Time, observing time at LBTO can be made available, by request to the LBTO Director, outside of the normal semester-based proposal process.
As with other ground-based and space observatories, DDT can be allocated for:
Requests for DDT must provide the following information:
Requests must be sent to director@lbto.org
Criteria used for the allocation will include criticality, potential impact, fast data usage, feasibility, and potential conflict with ongoing LBT programs.
DDT time allocated to a given request is generally short (rarely more than a couple of hours) and observations will be carried in service observing mode by LBTO staff.
As with other ground-based and space observatories, DDT can be allocated for:
- followup of newly-discovered unexpected transient phenomena or class of objects, or
- when an observation is critical to a work in progress or to the preparation of follow-up proposals, but was unfortunately not known at the time of the last proposal cycle.
Requests for DDT must provide the following information:
- A justification of the proposed observations and of the use of DD time.
- A description of the observations (for technical evaluation).
- A description of the possible impact of the requested observations on what is already known on the subject.
Requests must be sent to director@lbto.org
Criteria used for the allocation will include criticality, potential impact, fast data usage, feasibility, and potential conflict with ongoing LBT programs.
DDT time allocated to a given request is generally short (rarely more than a couple of hours) and observations will be carried in service observing mode by LBTO staff.