Edward Gomez | 04 Mar 2013
Here are three images put together by BJ Fulton from the data from 2 March, 2013 on our newly installed 1-meter telescopes at Sutherland, South Africa. BJ decided that in order to keep the integrity of a "first-light" image, he would
David Petry | 25 Feb 2013
We have installed and completed engineering commissioning of three robotic 1-meter telescopes in a matter of a few days this week at the South Africa Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), Sutherland. The telescopes, first built and tested at the company&#
Edward Gomez | 22 Feb 2013
This week members of our engineering team have been installing telescopes at our Sutherland site, South Africa. We are pleased to announce the first of the 3 telescopes to be installed achieved first light on 22 February 2013. The image below is a wi
David Petry | 23 Feb 2013
At the South Africa Astronomical Observatory site last night, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope achieved first light with two of its three 1-meter telescopes. The telescopes, initially built in the Santa Barbara headquarters, were delivered to
Edward Gomez | 15 Feb 2013
An asteroid with an orbit that brings it very close to the Earth this week, with it's closest approach on 15 February at 20:00 UT. For the past couple of weeks staff astronomer, Tim Lister and I have been trying to image this asteroid, called 2012 DA
Edward Gomez | 07 Feb 2013
After the bush fires which ravaged New South Wales mid-January 2013, we are pleased to announce that the LCOGT installation at Siding Spring is back on sky!
David Petry | 17 Jan 2013
A heatwave in New South Wales, Australia last week pushed daytime temperatures to as high as 42 degrees Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) and triggered a series of wildfires. One of these, the Wambelong Fire, burned through portions of the Warrumbungle Nation
Rachel Street | 17 Jan 2013
Call for Proposals to use the LCOGT 2m telescope facilities
Edward Gomez | 14 Jan 2013
This weekend Siding Spring observatory has been ravaged by a bush fire. All of the telescopes (including Faulkes Telescope South and our other instrumenation) appear to be safe. The New South Wales Fire Service used the LCOGT webcams to investigate t
LCO Webmaster | 04 Jan 2013
LCOGT scientists are attending the winter 2013 meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Long Beach, CA. In addition to several poster and oral presentations, LCOGT will be hosting a booth in the conference hall all week. Members of our s
Abiy Tekola | 10 Dec 2012
LCO Webmaster | 27 Nov 2012
Melissa Graham | 17 Nov 2012
On Thursday November 15 I visited the MESA Club at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, CA. This visit was arranged through a fantastic program called Santa Barbara Partners in Education that, among other activities, links schools
David Petry | 05 Nov 2012
Rounding out Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope's 1-meter southern ring development, the final two enclosures were completed last week at Siding Spring Observatory. Telescope Operations Manager Mark Willis led the effort, first building two
Stuart Lowe | 26 Oct 2012
It has been a while since I mentioned Virtual Sky. Development hasn't stopped. In fact, since my last post about it in April last year, it has gone from version 0.3.4 to 0.3.17. Over that time I've added new features and tweaked the code to s
Edward Gomez | 26 Oct 2012
Over the past summer I had the opportunity to undertake a summer placement at Cardiff University School of Physics and Astronomy through the Nuffield Science Bursary scheme, under the supervision of Dr Edward Gomez. The main aim of this project was t
LCO Webmaster | 10 Oct 2012
Two of three 1-meter LCOGT telescopes are being commissioned at our first Southern site at CTIO in Chile by Annie Hjelstrom, Vincent Posner, Kurt Vander Horst & Mark Crellin, assisted by local staff. The LCOGT team will have the third teles
LCO Webmaster | 09 Oct 2012
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Jessica Barton | 09 Oct 2012
This week’s interview is with Juan Garza.Jessica Barton: What is your job title?Juan Garza: Telescope Assembly Technician.JB: What does your work at LCOGT involve?JG: That’s kind of a trick question! In a normal environment an assembly technician wou
David Petry | 05 Oct 2012
Willie Koorts of the South Africa Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) put together a time-lapse movie of the development of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telesope 1-meter telescope node at their site. The movie shows the site development and the cre
David Petry | 02 Oct 2012
Last night, October 1, 2012, was the first night of purely science operations for Las Cumbres Observatory’s first 1-meter telescope. The telescope is run remotely and robotically, taking queued observations from the LCOGT “POND” database, and executi
David Petry | 02 Oct 2012
A small team of Las Cumbres Observatory engineering and technical specialists arrived at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in central Chile on September 27, 2012. Their job, to install and commission three LCOGT 1-meter telescopes.
Jessica Barton | 26 Sep 2012
This week’s interview is with Rachel Street.Jessica Barton: What is your job title?Rachel Street: Project scientist.JB: What does your work at LCOGT involve?RS: My work is mainly research, and mainly studying exoplanets, but there are a lot of things
Edward Gomez | 13 Sep 2012
Beijing Olympic park played host to the 28th triennial general assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) this August. I was delighted to get a chance to attend and talk about the education and outreach resources of LCOGT. I am also a mem
Jessica Barton | 04 Sep 2012
This week’s interview is with Ben Haldeman.