News and Updates
MODS1 is the first of a pair of optical double-beam spectrographs currently nearing completion of its commissioning phase at the LBT. Initial configuration and performance information can be found on the MODS team page at Ohio State University.
Also note that during the transition to using MODS as a science instrument that a lot of information and further links can be found on our Observer's Reference wiki pages under the MODS heading.
Quick links to:
- The MODS User Manual (PDF, v1.2.4 Feb 2012)
- The MODS Observing Scripts Manual (PDF, v1.1.3 Dec 2011)
- Exposure Time Calculator (Preliminary sensitivity here); Imaging ETC
- The MODS Mask Software (MMS) website at OSU (currently v1.60)
- The MODS Observing Preparation Tools (modsTools, lbtView, etc.)
- References
Acknowledgement
Please include the following acknowledgement in papers that include data from MODS
This paper used data obtained with the MODS spectrographs built with
funding from NSF grant AST-9987045 and the NSF Telescope System
Instrumentation Program (TSIP), with additional funds from the Ohio
Board of Regents and the Ohio State University Office of Research.
Summary Description of MODS1
Cameras:
Filters:
Longslits:
Gratings:
Detector:
Guiding and Wavefront Sensing:
Photometric Standards
Zero Points in all filters are available in the User's Manual.