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Global Sky Partners

The goal of the Global Sky Partners program is to inspire students, teachers and the public around the world to engage in scientific endeavors. Through this opportunity, LCO particularly aims to inspire audiences in under-represented communities and the developing world, who would not normally be able to take part in programs involving professional scientific equipment.

LCO annually provides over 1,000 hours of observing time on our telescope network to educational organizations. The Global Sky Partners are a diverse group of educators and scientists who run their own fully-supported education projects and investigations using our telescopes.

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Global Sky Partners is supported by the Simons Foundation and the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation

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Active Partners 39
Student Publications 139

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Current Global Sky Partners

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100 Global High School Teams

100 Global High School Teams intends to facilitate students and teachers to use the robotic telescope time (0.4m) on LCO for the target objects (galaxies, nebulae, globular & open star …

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APPLE: Astronomy PuPiL Education

Based in Sichuan Tianfu, China, this partner program recognises there is a demand for exploring and practicing astronomy courses in high schools. By developing new resources
this partner aims to …

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Asif Stars

The program empowers students through observational research using LCO telescopes. This transformative project by the Asif Astronomy Club inspires a passion for astronomy, fostering scientific skills among underserved communities. Through …

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Astrolab (Starlight in the university lab)

Astrolab is a tutorial, based on telescopic observations, to learn how to do science and discover that science can be challenging, interesting and manageable. This tutorial has been developed primarily …

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Astronomy 4 Equity

Astronomy for Equity will use Las Cumbres Observatory telescopes to provide hands-on educational experiences for the most isolated students – not the underserved but the unserved who are beyond the …

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Balik Balatik

Balik Balatik (Back to Balatik) aims to educate Filipino students, teachers, and the public on ethnoastronomy and inclusive astronomy resource materials. Balatik is the title of Dante Ambrosio’s book based …

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Beyond The Stars

We will use LCO’s 0.4m telescopes for in hands-on astronomical imaging projects for ~200 secondary students in four schools located in Indigenous communities in Canada. High school students will work …

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Black Hole Consortium

NWA Black Hole Consortium will develop an interactive educational module (including astronomical observations)  on “Frontiers of Science: black holes”, aimed at the 10-12-year-old age group, we will stimulate interest in …

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Bolivian Virtual Observatory

The Bolivian Virtual Observatory (BVO) project represents an effort for promoting Astronomy within Bolivia's borders. The initiative cultivates a culture of curiosity and discovery by enlisting students, educators, and amateur …

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BRAZIL: 1,000 Teachers...30,000 Students

A total of 1,000 teachers throughout all 26 states of Brazil will participate along with ~30,000 students. The time will be used by the teachers in their classrooms and for …

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Comet Chasers

This project uses space, particularly comets, to inspire children in their learning across the curriculum.  It links schools with professional and amateur astronomers, to enable them to use research grade …

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Cosmic Adventures

Cosmic Adventures is an inreach program of the Orange County Astronomers, providing members with opportunities to do real astronomical research and activities of scientific value. By being an inreach this …

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ExoClock

The ExoClock project is an open, integrated platform, with the aim of continuously monitoring the ephemerides of the Ariel candidate exoplanet targets. While many of the participants of the ExoClock …

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Exoplanet Watch

Exoplanet Watch is a citizen science project to observe transiting exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — with small telescopes. A transiting exoplanet is one that periodically passes in …

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Expo-Astronomy

Our Research focuses on the study of astrophysical phenomena associated with the variability of stars of the main sequence little studied and that in repositories have scarce data and references, …

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Falkiyati Tajassus - Astronomical Curiosity

"Falkiyati Tajassus" (urdu: Astronomical Curiosity) seeks to foster a sense of science identity through informal, astronomy-related blended learning interactions among females and marginalized communities in Pakistan. Secondary and higher secondary …

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GCC Exoplanet and Variable Star Search

For five years, the Glendale Community College Astronomy Club (named ASTRO) has been using the campus’s 8-inch telescopes for public engagement and educational research and the members are getting to …

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Gee Whiz Astronomy Modeling

Gee-Whiz Astronomy Modeling (GWAM) collects small group of students, teachers, and scientists, for astronomy education projects supported by Global Hands-on Universe. Participants live and study in the UK, Spain, Chile, …

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HELIOS GTTP

HELIOS GTTP is a Colombian heliophysics work and study group focused on outreach activities and teacher training on the sun and star variability. This group is made up of Galileo …

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Hunting Outbursting Young Stars (HOYS)

HOYS is a citizen science project working with amateur astronomers. They provide  observational data for our star and planet formation research. HOYS as an LCO Global Sky partner will engage …

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Institute for Student Astronomical Research

InStAR’s mission is to develop, conduct, and promote the adoption of the Astronomy Research Seminar, which is an immersive, student team-based astronomical research experience for high school, 2-year community college, …

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Kilonova Seekers

Kilonova Seekers - LCO: STAR involves volunteers in all aspects of transient astronomy. Volunteers collaboratively decide which transient discoveries to follow up from the Kilonova Seekers citizen science project, trigger …

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MicroObservatory Exoplanet Exploration Partnership

Through a pilot partnership with LCO, MicroObservatory aims to enhance our users’ learning experience. Specifically, we will offer our audiences periodic opportunities to request “Target of Opportunity” exoplanet datasets from …

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Moon Over Us

Moon Over Us project promotes the observations of the Moon by students on different continents. Students learn about the Moon, its distance from Earth, and how it changes it's shape. …

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Our Solar Siblings

Our Solar Siblings does three things. It freely provides a fully provisioned, off the shelf, curriculum for secondary teachers teaching astronomy, it freely provides guidance and support for larger student …

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PACS e- Lab

In this project, we plan to involve African citizen scientists in soft astronomy research using the Las Cumbres Observatory for three main purposes: conducting astronomy research and publishing findings on …

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PETeR

Proyecto Educativo con Telescopios Robóticos (PETeR) - An Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes. PETeR is an enquiry-based online lab which aims to familiarize the Spanish educational …

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Project: Eyes In the Skies

This project aims to provide educational outreach to the public to offer the opportunity to conduct real research with professional grade telescopes and cameras. Partnering with SkyTour Livestream (STLS), Martz …

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Promoting Astronomy Education, Research, and Outreach in Pakistan

This program leverages LCO robotic telescopes to enhance astronomy education, research, and outreach in Pakistan. It provides in-person training sessions for students, teachers, researchers, and general public, incorporating astronomy lectures, …

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QNL Astronomy Club

The program aims to inspire Qatar National Library visitors to look to the sky and ask questions. This program is aligned with Qatar Foundation’s overarching mission of unlocking human potential. …

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Saptarishi India

Saptarishi India is an All-India astronomy-based STREAM Project. They aim to engage and train students, educators, and amateur astronomers globally but especially across India in the study of deep sky …

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Shristi Astronomy

Shristi Astronomy has been using LCO as an Educational Tool to help participants understand how observations are made, how to plan observations, exposure times, filters, and analyse data. We hope …

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Sri Lanka Astronomical Research Initiative (SLARI)

Sri Lanka Astronomical Research Initiative (SLARI) will spearhead the development of astronomical research in Sri Lanka. The initiative will work at two levels: 1) astronomical research by student groups (first-third …

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Stanford Online High School Astronomy Research Club

Stanford Online High School (SOHS) is an accredited, independent school for intellectually passionate students in grades 7 - 12. The SOHS Astronomy Research Club involves students across the world in …

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Stars, Science and Sand

Stars, Science and Sand aims to help young Algerians learn astronomy by working on astronomical projects. Their target audiences are undergraduate students and young people from astronomy clubs and scientific …

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STEM Through Astronomy Research - San Diego

The Boyce Research Initiatives and Education Foundation (BRIEF) provides research opportunities to students to enhance their educational experience and introduce them to the scientific and technical communities. BRIEF is providing, …

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The Cluster Codex

The group behind the Cluster Codex been working to create teaching materials in the rich learning environment of star cluster analysis, which taps many foundational topics in astrophysics that are …

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Undergrad student training on observational astronomy

Real observational astronomy motivates undergrad students into science. Bringing groups to observatories is costly for Chilean universities. Remote use of instruments cost-effectively transfers knowledge. We plan to impact undergrad astronomy …

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Where's the Flux?

Community observations of secular dimming in the enigmatic dipper, KIC8462852. This is an open collaboration with interested users connected through the sub-Reddit, /r/KIC8462852.