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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.

Simons Foundation
Moore Foundation

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

View our 2023-2024 report
Active Partners 25
Student Publications 147

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Current Global Sky Partners

Filtered by Audience: In-person workshops/training/mentoring

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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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Beyond The Stars

Beyond the Stars is a place-conscious astronomy education program in Canada that provides hands-on, inquiry-based learning opportunities for students in remote, Indigenous, and historically underserved communities. The program combines access …

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Bolivian Virtual Observatory

The Bolivian Virtual Observatory (BVO) project seeks the implementation of free workshops on the study of transient astronomical phenomena and astrophotography processing through a campaign of astronomical observations planned by …

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Comet Chasers

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

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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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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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PETeR: PETeR: Education Project with Robotic Telescopes

Proyecto Educativo con Telescopios Robóticos (PETeR) - Education Project with Robotic Telescopes - is an online laboratory that aims to engage Spanish students in science and …

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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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STEM Through Astronomy

The Boyce Research Initiatives and Education Foundation (BRIEF) also known as Boyce-Astro provides research opportunities to students to enhance their educational experience and introduce them to the scientific and technical …

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"Study of Astrophysical Phenomena in Comets and Narrow Band Galaxies" - Expoastronomy

Our Research focuses on the study of astrophysical phenomena in comets and very little-studied narrow-band galaxies, which in repositories have little data and references. We also want to identify astrophysical …

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"Study of Astrophysical Phenomena in Variable Stars and Binary Systems in the Main Sequence" - Expoastronomy

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, …