LCO Webmaster | 06 Aug 2009
We're about to leave since we're all pretty tired after trying to solve some problems
LCO Webmaster | 05 Aug 2009
This morning we had an eventful ride up the mountain, we were stuck behind a horsebox on its way up to the peak to ferry down the tourists. Jacob, our driver, did his very best to stay calm traveling at 5 mph for almost 20 minutes but we got here ev
LCO Webmaster | 05 Aug 2009
Well, we've been at the summit for almost 10 hours and it's been great so far. Mark was installing a webcam on the outside of a building and we helped him out whilst the electrics and links with the 0.4m and the control software are bei
LCO Webmaster | 04 Aug 2009
This week, I have been lucky enough to be asked to go out to the Haleakala site in Maui by LCOGT to help commission the telescopes. As an astrophysicist, I often analyze images from telescopes (mostly ones which work in the far-infrared range, includ
Edward Gomez | 21 Jul 2009
The commissioning work at the Sedgwick Reserve Observatory continues. This is the latest image taken by the LCOGT team working on the telescope.
Edward Gomez | 10 Jul 2009
Over the past few months LCOGT has been making lots of progress with the 1-meter telescope prototype, the 1-meter enclosure prototype, the 0.4-meter telescope , and the 0.4-meter enclosure prototype, also know as "Aqawan".
Edward Gomez | 04 Jun 2009
The network expansion continues. Earlier this week Faulkes Telescope North was joined by 2 smaller telescopes, installed inside the Haleakala observatory enclosure as can be seen in the images. You can just make out the 2 small black tubes next t
Derek Johnson | 21 Mar 2009
On the evening of March 12, 2009, the Sedgwick telescope, looking outside from the doorway of the LCOGT warehouse, was put on sky for the first time. As it was primarily a test for the drive system's tracking performance, the goal for the night wa
Edward Gomez | 28 May 2009
I've spent the past 2 days talking to total of about 2000 people at the Science Museum in London, with Dr Haley Gomez (Cardiff University) and others. We were talking to people in the Antenna gallery whose sole purpose is to show people what is hap
LCO Webmaster | 26 Aug 2009
New addition to the website:
Edward Gomez | 19 May 2009
We've recently launched an exoplanet observing programme, and are looking for people to help with observing these very rare microlensing events. One such group in Ireland has already taken up the challenge and successfully observed 10 different candi
LCO Webmaster | 27 Apr 2009
Last week (April 23-26, 2009) we have had a traditional (9th) Science and Art Festival in our town Torun (Poland). Since the beginning it is connected with Nicholas Copernicus University and other institutions in our region, which during 4 days pre
Edward Gomez | 24 Apr 2009
The Sedgwick telescope has now had first light at its site. The telescope is not robotically controllable yet and does not have a full set of instrumentation installed or commissioned on it. This trip was was to check and calibrate the optics on a
JD Armstrong | 16 Apr 2009
At the recent Hawai`i State Science fair there were two projects which I believe that people in the LCOGT community might find of interest.
JD Armstrong | 26 Mar 2009
On the 21st of February I took 22 Boy Scouts and 17 adults to the summit of Haleakala for a Tour of AEOS, FTN, and Mees as part of the requirements for their astronomy merit badge. After the tour we broke into three groups to work on a couple more re
LCO Webmaster | 08 Aug 2009
After 15 hours on the mountain, we got first light on the South 0.4m. The first images looked a little strange (see the bottom image) because the telescope wasn't focussed yet. Once this was done, we checked the drift on the stars and saw they wer
Edward Gomez | 10 Mar 2009
We would like to make all our users aware that we will be performing IT maintenance at 0500 UT on 11 March. This will mean some of our services will be unavailable (including the website and data archives).
Edward Gomez | 23 Jul 2008
A British amateur astronomer has discovered the fastest rotating natural object known in our Solar System, using data from FT South part of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, have proved that the newly-discovered asteroid, 2008 HJ
Edward Gomez | 06 Jan 2009
This January not only marks the beginning of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, but also the official launch of our new website. There are many new features and more will be appearing over the next few months. There is also lots of exciting
Edward Gomez | 23 Oct 2008
April Gadsby, an 8th grader at Goleta Valley Junior High in Santa Barbara, has won 1st prize (Gold) in the Santa Barbara County Science Fair, and 4th in the California State Science Fair, with an eclipsing binary lightcurve research project with LC
Edward Gomez | 23 Oct 2008
A number of school students have won prizes in national and international competitions after working with LCOGT scientists and facilities. On Friday 23rd May, ESO announced the winners of its "Catch a Star" competition: "ESO and EA
Edward Gomez | 24 Oct 2008
An image taken with LCOGT's Faulkes Telescope North was the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for June 26th 2008. You can view the APOD site here:
Edward Gomez | 28 Jan 2009
Not only keeping the telescopes dry but safe from wind, snow and all adverse weather conditions.
Edward Gomez | 23 Oct 2008
LCOGT participated in this years prestigious Royal Society Exhibition with an exhibit titled: Is there anybody out there? Looking for new worlds. There were three general themes, each outlining the most popular methods used to detect planets around
Edward Gomez | 16 Oct 2008
The Faulkes Telescope project team and astronomers from the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University ran a highly successful “Observatory” at the 2008 National Eisteddfod. This year’s event was visited by around 156,000 people, and th