LCO Webmaster | 28 Feb 2011
This years KITP Teacher's conference was held on February 26th with a theme of “Physics and Biology: Evolution of Life and Evolution of Science.” This conference brings over a hundred science teachers at the middle and high school
Edward Gomez | 28 Feb 2011
Our Back Parking Lot (or BPL) site behind the Santa Barbara Headquarters is our primary test assembly for the 0.4 and 1m classes of telescope (for recent progress see Rachel's blog entry, Site Development at Sedgwick and the Back Parking Lot ). W
Stuart Lowe | 22 Feb 2011
If you've ever used a telescope with a CCD camera you've probably encountered FITS files. FITS, or Flexible Image Transport System, is a file format used widely in astronomy to share images.
LCO Webmaster | 15 Feb 2011
Last Wednesday, Feb 9, the team working on the new science camera system, Sinistro, got their first light image. This is a huge accomplishment, congratulations to the team!
JD Armstrong | 12 Feb 2011
I didn't mean to be a geek at the NewYears party. Really I didn't. I brought my laptop, and the host told me I could set it up at a table. I think that the intent was for me to post on FB or something like that. I had a set of data from the Faulk
Edward Gomez | 10 Feb 2011
One of our science team, Yiannis Tsapras has produced a graphic showing interesting information about all the exoplanets listed on The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.
Stuart Lowe | 09 Feb 2011
Over the past few months I've reorganised the /observations section of our site and added the ability to display collections of images (e.g. by user or by telescope) as slideshows. Today I've added some options to allow people to access the observa
Edward Gomez | 03 Feb 2011
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. LCOGT scientists are involved in the mission.
Edward Gomez | 27 Jan 2011
Once again Richard Miles (Director of the BAA, asteroids and comets section) has been following up interesting activity on the periodic comet, Comet 29P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann. His report is below.
Stuart Lowe | 21 Jan 2011
Over recent months we've been improving how we show observer's images. We started by building an ontology based around /observations. Every observation (e.g. this observation of spiral galaxy M65), observer (e.g. Whitchurch High School) and telesco
LCO Webmaster | 10 Jan 2011
Edward Gomez | 10 Jan 2011
As 2011 begins we thought it would be interesting to have a look at some numbers which were significant for LCOGT during 2010. The majority of the numbers are precise but a couple of them are estimates (look at the descriptions for more information
David Petry | 03 Jan 2011
On December 23, 2010, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope’s CEO Wayne Rosing and a crew of three movers from Bucks Movers and Transport Statewide arrived at LCOGT’s Goleta warehouse to see if LCOGT’s 1-meter telescope enclosure
LCO Webmaster | 21 Dec 2010
The LCOGT network will consist of at least 6 sites, including Haleakala, Maui and Siding Spring, Australia where the two Faulkes Telescopes reside. The other confirmed network sites are in Chile on Cerro Tololo (CTIO), South Africa near Sutherland (S
Edward Gomez | 14 Dec 2010
Here are the two images hot off the press. The observations of a strange asteroid were taken about 58 hr apart. It was reported that Steve Larson of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, had imaged the asteroid (596) Scheila
Stuart Lowe | 26 Nov 2010
One of the great advantages of the world wide web has been the ability for anyone to make a website and link it to any other. This openness, and the ground-up approach, has led to the mass of interconnected web pages we see today. However, as more
LCO Webmaster | 16 Nov 2010
On November 11, 2010 the BOS telescope at Sedgwick Reserve produced its first science result. BJ Fulton controlled the 0.8m telescope from Santa Barbara while the Santa Ynez Valley was enjoying good weather and seeing conditions. Taking 120 s
LCO Webmaster | 09 Nov 2010
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Edward Gomez | 28 Oct 2010
Recently a school in the UK contacted us who have been using our network through our partnership with Faulkes Telescope Project. It is always great to hear from people using our network. It looks like they made the most of a bad weather situation.
Jessica Barton | 27 Oct 2010
Last weekend, October 22-24, was the California Science Teachers Association's annual conference in Sacramento. The conference featured 14 hours of workshops, two general sessions, six focus speakers, four field courses, 16 short courses, as well a
LCO Webmaster | 22 Oct 2010
Sedgwick
Edward Gomez | 12 Oct 2010
Once again, Richard Miles from British Astronomical Association's Asteroids and Comets section has glimpsed another fast rotating asteroid, called 2010 TD54. It is estimated that this asteroid is only 7 (+/-2) m in diameter. This asteroid is smal
Jessica Barton | 11 Oct 2010
On October 2nd, a group of 16 guests had an in-depth tour of LCOGT's Goleta office and workshop, while learning about LCOGT's mission and goals. They traveled in executive shuttles to Sedgwick Reserve, where they were welcomed by Sedgwick sta
David Petry | 07 Oct 2010
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope’s (LCOGT) Faulkes Telescope North (FTN) was featured in The Pfluke Times of Kihei, Hawai’i in two articles in a recent Sunday edition. Stating that “It is a very cool telescope,” Anthon
LCO Webmaster | 01 Oct 2012
A small team of Las Cumbres Observatory engineering and technical specialists arrived at the Cerro Tololo International Observatory (CTIO) in central Chile on September 27, 2012. Their job, to install and commission three LCOGT 1m telescopes.