Instruments
Please note: a variety of instruments are normally available on the LT. However, users should check the Call for Proposals before requesting an instrument for an upcoming semester. There is of course a limited number of available ports on the backend of the telescope; not all instruments can be mounted at the same time.
Prospective users should also make use of the Exposure Time Calculator before preparing telescope proposals.
In operation
- IO:O
Optical Wide Field Camera - IO:I
Near-Infrared Camera [Currently offline] - RISE
Fast-readout Wide Field Camera - SPRAT
SPectrograph for the Rapid Acquisition of Transients - FRODOSpec
Fibre-fed RObotic Dual-beam Optical Spectrograph - MOPTOP
Multicolour OPTimised Optical Polarimeter - SkyCam
- Fixed 180° FOV all-sky camera mounted in telescope enclosure
- Piggyback medium FOV (10–20°) camera with telephoto lens, co-pointed with LT
- Piggyback 1° camera in 200mm Newtonian telescope, co-pointed with LT. [Currently offline]
The Telescope Autoguider is described on the Telescope Specifications page.
Decommissioned
- LOTUS
LOw-cosT Ultraviolet Spectrograph - IO:THOR
Fast Readout Optical Camera - Meaburn
Spectrometer - RATCam
Optical CCD camera - RINGO
Optical polarimeter - RINGO2
Optical Polarimeter - RINGO3
Three-band Optical Polarimeter - SupIRCam
Infrared array camera