LCO Webmaster | 22 Mar 2012
March 21 marked the first star party at Sedgwick for the 2012 season. Not only did we have quite an enthusiastic group, the astronomy club from Santa Barbara City College, but we had perfect (but cold) weather with great seeing.
Jessica Barton | 26 Mar 2012
This week’s interview is with Mike Falarski.Jessica Barton: What is your job title? Mike Falarski: VP of OperationsJB: What does your work at LCOGT involve? MF: I negotiate the agreements at each node site to establish the terms and conditions of cre
Jessica Barton | 11 Mar 2012
This week's interview is with Dr. Martin Dominik.Jessica Barton: What is your job title?Martin Dominik: Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.JB: What does your work involve?MD: First let me mention the
Stuart Lowe | 06 Mar 2012
Our public archive showcases all observations made by schools, amateur astronomical societies, and related groups that use the two 2-meter Faulkes Telescopes. Yesterday we had a minor relaunch of the public observations archive. This update adds some
Abiy Tekola | 05 Mar 2012
During last week I participated as a volunteer (helping in observation and data reduction) at the 34th International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) which was jointly organized by the International Union of Astronomy (IAU), University of Cape Tow
Jessica Barton | 27 Feb 2012
This week’s interview is with Ben Burleson.
Federica B. Bianco | 17 Feb 2012
Eta Carinae is a massive star system in the southern hemisphere. It is possibly the best studied star system in the sky, attracting the attention of scientists and sky watchers for its fitful dramatic magnitude changes. It even has a place in the tri
Jessica Barton | 13 Feb 2012
This week’s interview is with Avi Shporer.
Edward Gomez | 06 Feb 2012
As part of WISE (Women Into Science and Engineering), Haley has run (and I have helped with) an annual workshop for the past 5 years for 12-14 year old girls in Cardiff University. Its part of a year long club called Discover Club, where each year 3
Stuart Lowe | 06 Feb 2012
Last week I was hunting through our archive of public observations. I wanted to find observations that, together, would form a larger image. My plan was to test out some command-line software - Montage - that can automatically combine FITS files into
Stuart Lowe | 31 Jan 2012
On Thursday, January 26 2012 a group of Faulkes Telescope Project users combined forces to observe an asteroid. Grudziadz, The Leigh Technology Academy, College Le Monteil ASAM, Escola Secundária da Cidadela, Moreton Hall School and Regina Mundi Coll
Jessica Barton | 30 Jan 2012
This week’s interview is with John Hygelund.Jessica Barton: What is your job title? John Hygelund: Mechanical EngineerJB: What does your work at LCOGT involve? JH: I do design, fabrication, and testing of telescopes, instruments, and instrument syste
Tim Brown | 24 Jan 2012
The deadline for submitting proposals in 2012A semester has passed.NEW: PROPOSAL PRIORITYFrom 2012A onwards, LCOGT will be accepting proposals for "background" programs in addition to proposals whose priority will be assigned by standard TA
LCO Webmaster | 20 Jan 2012
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) holds two annual meetings, the larger being in January. With attendance of around nearly 3000, there are always lots of exciting announcements in a variety of areas of astronomy, cosmology, technology, ed
LCO Webmaster | 18 Jan 2012
FTS Statistics for 2011:
LCO Webmaster | 17 Jan 2012
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Jessica Barton | 16 Jan 2012
This week’s interview is with Yiannis Tsapras.Jessica Barton: What is your job title? Yiannis Tsapras: Research Astronomer. I am currently the only LCOGT research astronomer not based in California.JB: What does your work at LCOGT involve? YT: I am l
Edward Gomez | 13 Jan 2012
Tomorrow (14 January 2012) to mark the beginning of a week of astronomy in the UK we will be hosting another of our Twitter events, Show Me Stars, where a prominent guest host tweets live while they observe with our network. The week of astronomy is
Jessica Barton | 03 Jan 2012
This week’s interview is with Matt Dubberley.
LCO Webmaster | 19 Dec 2011
Here is a year end summery of activities involving the BOS telescope at Sedgwick Reserve covering education and outreach, science, and engineering.
Edward Gomez | 19 Dec 2011
Last week I visited the South Africa Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town which is home to the IAU's Office for Astronomy Development (OAD). This office has recently been established to deal with issues of science education and awareness in the de
LCO Webmaster | 14 Dec 2011
Despite cold and heavy winds, snow, and freezing temperatures, new domes were constructed in Texas at McDonald Observatory and in South Africa at Sutherland!
Stuart Lowe | 14 Dec 2011
Following the updates to our website last month one area that still needed improving was our website search. For a while we've been relying on the built-in search that comes with our main content management software. That's started to prove v
Jessica Barton | 12 Dec 2011
This week’s interview was with Rachel Haynes. The interview actually took place in late November, and since then Rachel has accepted employment with another local company and left LCOGT. Rachel worked here for over 5 years and we will miss her!
LCO Webmaster | 05 Dec 2011
On December 1, Adams Elementary School in Santa Barbara held their annual science night. Several science and engineering groups from around town were invited to participate including LCOGT. Hands on activities covering a broad range of sciences were