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Article

LBT Italia: Current Achievements and Future Directions

by
Silvia Tosi
1,*,
Ester Marini
1,
Felice Cusano
2,
Andrea Rossi
2,
Roberto Speziali
1 and
Roberta Carini
1
1
INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via Frascati 33, 00077 Monte Porzio Catone, Italy
2
INAF, Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio, Via Piero Gobetti 93/3, 40129 Bologna, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Instruments 2025, 9(4), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments9040024
Submission received: 31 July 2025 / Revised: 13 October 2025 / Accepted: 14 October 2025 / Published: 21 October 2025
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Abstract

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is a world-leading astronomical observatory, where the Italian partnership has played an important role in increasing the telescope’s productivity, both through an optimized observing strategy and through peer-reviewed publications that are well recognized by the international astronomical community. This manuscript provides an updated overview of the active and past instruments at LBT, together with key usage statistics. In particular, we analyze the operational performance recorded in the LBT Italia night logs during INAF’s observing time and assess the scientific impact of each instrument. Between 2014 and 2025, LBT Italia produced an average of 14 refereed publications per year, based on an annual average of 311 h of on-sky time. This corresponds to approximately 2.2 nights of telescope time per publication. The results of this analysis are placed in an international context to evaluate the competitiveness of LBT, and we outline future perspectives for scientific exploitation.
Keywords: telescopes; photometry; spectroscopy; adaptive optics telescopes; photometry; spectroscopy; adaptive optics

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Tosi, S.; Marini, E.; Cusano, F.; Rossi, A.; Speziali, R.; Carini, R. LBT Italia: Current Achievements and Future Directions. Instruments 2025, 9, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments9040024

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Tosi S, Marini E, Cusano F, Rossi A, Speziali R, Carini R. LBT Italia: Current Achievements and Future Directions. Instruments. 2025; 9(4):24. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments9040024

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Tosi, Silvia, Ester Marini, Felice Cusano, Andrea Rossi, Roberto Speziali, and Roberta Carini. 2025. "LBT Italia: Current Achievements and Future Directions" Instruments 9, no. 4: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments9040024

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Tosi, S., Marini, E., Cusano, F., Rossi, A., Speziali, R., & Carini, R. (2025). LBT Italia: Current Achievements and Future Directions. Instruments, 9(4), 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments9040024

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