Instruments and Projects
SDSS Robotic Focal Plane Systems (FPS)
The Focal Plane System (FPS) units for SDSS-V replace the traditional Sloan Survey hand-plugged fiber plates with 500 robotic fiber positioners.
Multi-Object Double Spectrographs (MODS)
The Multi-Object Double Spectrographs (or MODS) are two facility UV-to-Near IR spectrographs for the Large Binocular Telescope.
DESI Sky Continuum Montitor
The DESI Sky Continuum Monitor System tracks the night sky brightness to dynamically adjust exposure times to maximize DESI observing efficiency.
Korean Microlensing Telescope Network Cameras (KMTCam)
The three KMTNet prime focus CCD cameras are dedicated to gravitational microlensing searches for exoplanets on custom-designed 1.6m telescopes.
KPNO/CTIO Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrographs (K/COSMOS)
The Kitt Peak/CTIO Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrographs (K/COSMOS) are modified versions of the OSMOS spectrograph for the 4-m Mayall and Blanco telescopes.
Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (OSMOS)
The Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (OSMOS) is the workhorse facility optical spectrograph at MDM.
LBT f/15 Rigid Secondary Mirror
The LBT f/15 Rigid Secondary Mirror enabled the LBT's MODS and LUCI facility instruments to get on sky before the adaptive secondary mirrors arrived.
Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT)
KELT, OSU's first fully-robotic telescope, eventually discovered 26 transiting exoplanets around bright stars.
LBT Primary Mirror Aluminization System
The LBT Primary Mirror Aluminization system is used to put a fresh aluminum coating on the LBT's 8.4-meter diameter primary mirrors.