The performance of the blue prime focus Large Binocular Camera at the Large Binocular Telescope

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We present the characteristics and some early scientific results of the first instrument at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), the Large Binocular Camera (LBC).

• Each LBT telescope unit will be equipped with similar prime focus cameras.
• The blue channel is optimized for imaging in the UV-B bands and the red channel for imaging in the VRIz bands.
• The corrected field-of-view of each camera is approximately 30 arcminutes in diameter, and the chip area is equivalent to a 23x23 arcmin2 field.