Edward Gomez | 24 Nov 2015
A team of astronomers have used the LCOGT network to detect light scattered by tiny particles (called Rayleigh scattering), through the atmosphere of a Neptune-size transiting exoplanet. This suggests a blue sky on this world which is only 100 light
Nikolaus Volgenau | 06 Nov 2015
Sarah Greenstreet | 30 Oct 2015
It's no trick, but certainly a treat that on 31 October 2015 at 10:00 am PDT the near-Earth object (NEO) 2015 TB145 (nicknamed “spooky” by some) will pass within ~490,000 km or ~305,000 miles from Earth (roughly 1.3 times farther away than the Moon).
Nikolaus Volgenau | 06 Oct 2015
Dear Users and Friends of LCOGT Network,
Sarah Greenstreet | 05 Oct 2015
On 29 September 2015 the near-Earth object (NEO) 2015 SZ2 passed within roughly 500,00 km or 305,000 miles from Earth (that's only 1.3 times farther away than the Moon). At LCOGT, we monitored the NEO as it flew by. The movie shows images taken from
Nikolaus Volgenau | 01 Oct 2015
The 2015B semester began at 0 UT on October 1. Congratulations to all PIs whose proposals were granted observing time in the 2015B semester! All proposals have been entered into our database, and time has been allocated. When you login to t
Rachel Street | 22 Sep 2015
Rachel Street | 11 Sep 2015
Edward Gomez | 02 Sep 2015
Over the past few months, I have been working with local artist Laura Sorvala from Auralab. We are both keen on science and both comic book fans, so we decided to make a comic book. The comic book is going to accompany our education programme, partic
Edward Gomez | 12 Aug 2015
This week we are proud to launch version 1.0 of WhatsUP. This is small app which provides On Sky (our education observing interface) with a list of suggested observing targets. This list has been curated by me (Edward Gomez) and other members of
Edward Gomez | 03 Jul 2015
5 weeks ago (May 2015) we successfully installed 2 of our 0.4-meter class telescopes on Mount Teide in Tenerife. Since then we have been commissioning these telescopes, getting them ready for autonomous, robotic operations.
Edward Gomez | 30 Jun 2015
Today is Asteroid Day! At LCOGT We have been observing asteroids since the 2005, back when we only had our 2 flagship, 2-meter class telescopes. Asteroid Day is about sharing global awareness of asteroid impacts. So, we are sharing this movie of the
Nikolaus Volgenau | 25 Jun 2015
Call for proposals to use LCOGT 1m & 2m telescope Network.
Edward Gomez | 08 Jun 2015
Over the past 2 months I have attended 2 conferences about software development. The first, Python in Astronomy, focused on the software tools astronomers have developed to help them to do research and how we can support each other, mostly in Python.
Edward Gomez | 28 May 2015
You may remember that in 2012 we prepared an observatory site on mount Teide on the island of Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean). Sadly that site has remained empty of LCOGT telescopes. However, are pleased to announce that af
LCO Webmaster | 19 Dec 2013
Astronomers affiliated with the Supernova Legacy Survey (SNLS) have discovered two of the brightest and most distant supernovae ever recorded, 10 billion light-years away and a hundred times more luminous than a normal supernova. Their findings appea
LCO Webmaster | 17 Oct 2013
In June of this year, supernova iPTF13bvn, surprised astrophysicists by revealing its parentage. To date, Type Ib supernovae have appeared to come from nowhere. Type Ib supernovae explosions appear in surveys, but a search back through the archived
LCO Webmaster | 01 Aug 2013
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT), with first lights at nine new 1-meter telescopes since April of 2012, achieved another critical milestone by capturing the first on-sky image with a production Sinistro camera. In development for over
LCO Webmaster | 21 Jun 2013
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) announced this week that Dr. Todd Boroson has accepted the role of Director effective August 1, 2013. Dr. Boroson will replace Wayne Rosing, Founder and President, and Tim Brown, Science Director.
LCO Webmaster | 18 Mar 2013
The first truly global telescope came a significant step closer to completion this month with the installation and first light on three new 1-meter telescopes at the South Africa Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) near Sutherland, South Africa. A team o
LCO Webmaster | 06 Nov 2012
Sky & Telescope published The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope in the October, 2012 edition. Researched and written by Santa Barbara author Cameron Walker, the article offers a snapshot of LCOGT as we deployed the first 1-meter telescopes
LCO Webmaster | 22 Oct 2012
After nearly eight years of design, fabrication and development, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) installed three 1-meter telescopes at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) and achieved first light on all three in a span of
LCO Webmaster | 11 Oct 2012
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope(LCOGT), a private, nonprofit scientific institution conducting time domain astrophysics and education, and a provider of global telescope resources, achieved first light with their prototype Network of Robotic
LCO Webmaster | 20 Aug 2012
Two identical FLOYDS spectrographs, installed in recent weeks at telescopes 6,000 miles apart, robotically acquired a supernovae target this week. Due to the level of precision required and the difficulty involved, few if any, other ground-based spec
Tim Lister | 27 Jan 2015
A Near Earth Object (NEO), an asteroid which can come close to the Earth, which has been designated 2004 BL86, passed safely past the Earth on January 26 at a distance about three times the distance of Earth to the moon. Less than 11 hours later, one