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LCO's telescopes around the world, always ready in the dark, drive a unique and powerful engine supporting discoveries in Time Domain Astronomy.

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The unique aspect of LCO science is having a global network of telescopes at our disposal. The areas of astronomy most interesting to us are those which take full advantage of this sort of network; targets which appear suddenly and without warning like supernovae and solar system objects and those which need to be observed for long periods in darkness like exoplanets.

LCO Science Groups

  Exoplanets
 Solar System
  Supernovae

Enhancing Community Science

  AEON
 TOM Toolkit
  Observatory Control System
  Astrophysics with LSST
  MARS

Recent Publications

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Published Jan 2022
The Astronomical Journal, 2022 163 1
ArXiv: 2102.02222

Two Massive Jupiters in Eccentric Orbits from the TESS Full-frame Images

Ikwut-Ukwa, Mma  et al. Ikwut-Ukwa, Mma, Rodriguez, Joseph E., Quinn, Samuel N., Zhou, George, Vanderburg, Andrew, Ali, Asma, Bunten, Katya, Gaudi, B. Scott, Latham, David W., Howell, Steve B., Huang, Chelsea X., Bieryla, Allyson, Collins, Karen A., Carmichael, Theron W., Rabus, Markus, Eastman, Jason D., Collins, Kevin I., Tan, Thiam-Guan, Schwarz, Richard P., Myers, Gordon, Stockdale, Chris, Kielkopf, John F., Radford, Don J., Oelkers, Ryan J., Jenkins, Jon M., Ricker, George R., Seager, Sara, Vanderspek, Roland K., Winn, Joshua N., Burt, Jennifer, Butler, R. Paul, Calkins, Michael L., Crane, Jeffrey D., Gnilka, Crystal L., Esquerdo, Gilbert A., Fong, William, Kreidberg, Laura, Mink, Jessica, Rodriguez, David R., Schlieder, Joshua E., Shectman, Stephen, Shporer, Avi, Teske, Johanna, Ting, Eric B., Villaseñor, Jesus Noel, Yahalomi, Daniel A.,

Published Jan 2022
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2022 258 1
ArXiv: 2108.01683

Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design

Bianco, Federica B.  et al. Bianco, Federica B., Ivezić, Željko, Jones, R. Lynne, Graham, Melissa L., Marshall, Phil, Saha, Abhijit, Strauss, Michael A., Yoachim, Peter, Ribeiro, Tiago, Anguita, Timo, Bauer, A. E., Bauer, Franz E., Bellm, Eric C., Blum, Robert D., Brandt, William N., Brough, Sarah, Catelan, Márcio, Clarkson, William I., Connolly, Andrew J., Gawiser, Eric, Gizis, John E., Hložek, Renée, Kaviraj, Sugata, Liu, Charles T., Lochner, Michelle, Mahabal, Ashish A., Mandelbaum, Rachel, McGehee, Peregrine, Neilsen, Eric H., Jr., Olsen, Knut A. G., Peiris, Hiranya V., Rhodes, Jason, Richards, Gordon T., Ridgway, Stephen, Schwamb, Megan E., Scolnic, Dan, Shemmer, Ohad, Slater, Colin T., Slosar, Anže, Smartt, Stephen J., Strader, Jay, Street, Rachel, Trilling, David E., Verma, Aprajita, Vivas, A. K., Wechsler, Risa H., Willman, Beth,

Published Jan 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 657
ArXiv: 2112.01613

Single-lens mass measurement in the high-magnification microlensing event Gaia19bld located in the Galactic disc

Rybicki, K. A.  et al. Rybicki, K. A., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Bachelet, E., Cassan, A., Zieliński, P., Gould, A., Calchi Novati, S., Yee, J. C., Ryu, Y. -H., Gromadzki, M., Mikołajczyk, P., Ihanec, N., Kruszyńska, K., Hambsch, F. -J., Zoła, S., Fossey, S. J., Awiphan, S., Nakharutai, N., Lewis, F., Olivares E., F., Hodgkin, S., Delgado, A., Breedt, E., Harrison, D. L., van Leeuwen, M., Rixon, G., Wevers, T., Yoldas, A., Udalski, A., Szymański, M. K., Soszyński, I., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozłowski, S., Skowron, J., Poleski, R., Ulaczyk, K., Mróz, P., Iwanek, P., Wrona, M., Street, R. A., Tsapras, Y., Hundertmark, M., Dominik, M., Beichman, C., Bryden, G., Carey, S., Gaudi, B. S., Henderson, C., Shvartzvald, Y., Zang, W., Zhu, W., Christie, G. W., Green, J., Hennerley, S., McCormick, J., Monard, L. A. G., Natusch, T., Pogge, R. W., Gezer, I., Gurgul, A., Kaczmarek, Z., Konacki, M., Lam, M. C., Maskoliunas, M., Pakstiene, E., Ratajczak, M., Stankeviciute, A., Zdanavicius, J., Ziółkowska, O.,

Published Jan 2022
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022 657
ArXiv: 2112.01676

A spectroscopic follow-up for Gaia19bld

Bachelet, E.  et al. Bachelet, E., Zieliński, P., Gromadzki, M., Gezer, I., Rybicki, K., Kruszyńska, K., Ihanec, N., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Street, R. A., Tsapras, Y., Hundertmark, M., Cassan, A., Harbeck, D., Rabus, M.,

Published Jan 2022
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2022 258 1
ArXiv: 2106.06820

Optimizing Cadences with Realistic Light-curve Filtering for Serendipitous Kilonova Discovery with Vera Rubin Observatory

Andreoni, Igor  et al. Andreoni, Igor, Coughlin, Michael W., Almualla, Mouza, Bellm, Eric C., Bianco, Federica B., Bulla, Mattia, Cucchiara, Antonino, Dietrich, Tim, Goobar, Ariel, Kool, Erik C., Li, Xiaolong, Ragosta, Fabio, Sagués-Carracedo, Ana, Singer, Leo P.,