Sandy Seale | 27 Oct 2016
One week ago, all of LCO's 1-meter telescopes are equipped with Sinistro cameras. Today, all of the Sinistros are available for science observations, and the raw images are getting processed through the BANZAI reduction pipeline.
Sandy Seale | 18 Nov 2016
In the past few weeks, we've experienced intermittent problems with internet connectivity to some of our network sites, which has prevented us from promptly delivering images to our science archive. In all of these cases, the connectivity problems we
Sandy Seale | 07 Dec 2016
A new SBIG camera (kb98) was installed on the 0m4a (40cm) telescope at our Australia site on November 24. The camera was enabled for science observations on December 1. Also at the Australia site, the 2-meter telescope was taken offline on Decembe
Sandy Seale | 09 Dec 2016
As well as being the LCO education team, Sarah Eve Roberts and I are also the team behind Space Scoop, an astronomy news service for kids. Although the primary audience for Space Scoop is kids from the age of 8, we know that many older kids and adult
Sandy Seale | 12 Dec 2016
A version of this article is also available for young scientists! Read it at
Sandy Seale | 07 Sep 2016
The Spectral camera on the 2-meter telescope on Haleakala has been taken out-of-service because of a persistent problem with the camera's shutter. In the past month, the shutter was stuck closed during observations on various nights: Aug 11-15, Aug 3
Sandy Seale | 16 Sep 2016
On Monday, 19 October, from 17 - 21 UT, LCO's observatory portal will be closed while we address some software maintenance tasks. You will not be able to submit new observing requests during this time, and the portal website will show an er
Sandy Seale | 23 Sep 2016
On 21 September, the fl11 Sinistro camera was installed on the 1-meter telescope in Dome B at Siding Spring (COJ). The telescope will be unavailable for science observations while the new Sinistro camera is commissioned.
Rachel Street | 22 Sep 2016
Artist's impression of the planetary system.
Todd Boroson | 14 Oct 2016
On Friday, October 14, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT) changed its name to Las Cumbres Observatory. Associated with this change is a new website, featuring new colors and a new logo, at a new URL, www.lco.global, and ne
Rachel Street | 24 Aug 2016
Astronomers have found an Earth-mass planet in the Habitable Zone of our closest neighboring star system. A version of this article is also available for young scientists! Read it at
Sandy Seale | 29 Jun 2016
Las Cumbres Observatory have partnered with Asteroid Day and Universe Awareness to create a website which allows you to take pictures of asteroids, using a global network of telescopes, was launched by Dr Edward Gomez at the National Astronomy Meetin
Sandy Seale | 05 Jul 2016
We're pleased to announce that we've modified the observatory portal to provide you with a trove of new information on submitted observing requests.
Sandy Seale | 20 Jul 2016
The deadline for submission is 10 August 2016, 23:59 UTC. In 2016B, LCOGT Network has two 2-meter telescopes, nine 1-meter telescopes and three 0.4-meter telescopes available for science observations. The 1m telescopes are equipped with two different
Sandy Seale | 09 Jun 2016
We have implemented a system to allow users to promote (or demote) the priority of observing requests within their science programs. An introduction to this system, called IPP for "Intra/Inter Proposal Priority", is available from our Docum
Sandy Seale | 31 May 2016
May 31 is the last day that LCOGT's archive at IPAC will be available. If you haven't yet switched to retrieving your data from our new archive, you must do so after today. The description of the archive (available at https://lcogt.net
Austin Riba | 12 May 2016
LCOGT has participated in this year's Cyclemaynia event in the best way we know how: by geeking out over both cycling and astronomy at the same time.
Sandy Seale | 08 Apr 2016
The 2016A semester began on April 1. To those of you who have been granted observing time on the Network, we hope that your observations go well. If you have questions about how to prepare your observing requests, please email our Science Suppor
Sandy Seale | 01 Apr 2016
The 2016A semester began at 0 UT on April 1. Congratulations to all PIs whose proposals were granted observing time in the 2016A semester! All proposals have been entered into our database, and time has been allocated. When you login t
Sandy Seale | 18 Mar 2016
On 14 March 2016 the European Space Agency in partnership with the Russian Space Agency launched the first ExoMars spacecraft, to study the red planet.
Sandy Seale | 15 Mar 2016
The 2015B semester is drawing to a close. The 2016A semester will begin on April 1. Results from LCOGT's time allocation process will be distributed soon.
Sandy Seale | 23 Feb 2016
The fl04 Sinistro camera (in Dome C at our Chilean site) warmed-up unexpectedly on Friday (Feb 19) and was producing bad frames. We suspect that the problem was contamination in the cooling system, which has now been cleared, but we're monitoring the
Sandy Seale | 26 Jan 2016
We have corrected a glitch in the Sinistro cameras. Because of the way the raw frames were processed, one row of pixels was removed between the top and bottom quadrants. The omission is "invisible" (i.e. there's no gap in the processed frame), but th
Sandy Seale | 19 Jan 2016
The Sinistro camera at LCOGT's Texas site (ELP) is now available for science observations.
Sandy Seale | 20 Jan 2016
Annual Award to be Presented by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. this May