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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.
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.
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Recent Publications
Published Jun 2022
The Astronomical Journal, 2022 163 6
ArXiv: 2110.10707
An Aligned Orbit for the Young Planet V1298 Tau b
Johnson, Marshall C.
et al.
Johnson, Marshall C., David, Trevor J., Petigura, Erik A., Isaacson, Howard T., Van Zandt, Judah, Ilyin, Ilya, Strassmeier, Klaus, Mallonn, Matthias, Zhou, George, Mann, Andrew W., Livingston, John H., Luger, Rodrigo, Dai, Fei, Weiss, Lauren M., Močnik, Teo, Giacalone, Steven, Hill, Michelle L., Rice, Malena, Blunt, Sarah, Rubenzahl, Ryan, Dalba, Paul A., Esquerdo, Gilbert A., Berlind, Perry, Calkins, Michael L., Foreman-Mackey, Daniel,
Published May 2022
The Astronomical Journal, 2022 163 5
A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions
Christian, Sam
et al.
Christian, Sam, Vanderburg, Andrew, Becker, Juliette, Yahalomi, Daniel A., Pearce, Logan, Zhou, George, Collins, Karen A., Kraus, Adam L., Stassun, Keivan G., de Beurs, Zoe, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland K., Latham, David W., Winn, Joshua N., Seager, S., Jenkins, Jon M., Abe, Lyu, Agabi, Karim, Amado, Pedro J., Baker, David, Barkaoui, Khalid, Benkhaldoun, Zouhair, Benni, Paul, Berberian, John, Berlind, Perry, Bieryla, Allyson, Esparza-Borges, Emma, Bowen, Michael, Brown, Peyton, Buchhave, Lars A., Burke, Christopher J., Buttu, Marco, Cadieux, Charles, Caldwell, Douglas A., Charbonneau, David, Chazov, Nikita, Chimaladinne, Sudhish, Collins, Kevin I., Combs, Deven, Conti, Dennis M., Crouzet, Nicolas, de Leon, Jerome P., Deljookorani, Shila, Diamond, Brendan, Doyon, René, Dragomir, Diana, Dransfield, Georgina, Essack, Zahra, Evans, Phil, Fukui, Akihiko, Gan, Tianjun, Esquerdo, Gilbert A., Gillon, Michaël, Girardin, Eric, Guerra, Pere, Guillot, Tristan, K. Habich, Eleanor Kate, Henriksen, Andreea, Hoch, Nora, Isogai, Keisuke I., Jehin, Emmanuël, Jensen, Eric L. N., Johnson, Marshall C., Livingston, John H., Kielkopf, John F., Kim, Kingsley, Kawauchi, Kiyoe, Krushinsky, Vadim, Kunzle, Veronica, Laloum, Didier, Leger, Dominic, Lewin, Pablo, Mallia, Franco, Massey, Bob, Mori, Mayuko, McLeod, Kim K., Mékarnia, Djamel, Mireles, Ismael, Mishevskiy, Nikolay, Tamura, Motohide, Murgas, Felipe, Narita, Norio, Naves, Ramon, Nelson, Peter, Osborn, Hugh P., Palle, Enric, Parviainen, Hannu, Plavchan, Peter, Pozuelos, Francisco J., Rabus, Markus, Relles, Howard M., Rodríguez López, Cristina, Quinn, Samuel N., Schmider, Francois-Xavier, Schlieder, Joshua E., Schwarz, Richard P., Shporer, Avi, Sibbald, Laurie, Srdoc, Gregor, Stibbards, Caitlin, Stickler, Hannah, Suarez, Olga, Stockdale, Chris, Tan, Thiam-Guan, Terada, Yuka, Triaud, Amaury, Tronsgaard, Rene, Waalkes, William C., Wang, Gavin, Watanabe, Noriharu, Wenceslas, Marie-Sainte, Wingham, Geof, Wittrock, Justin, Ziegler, Carl,
Published May 2022
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022 512 3
The Lick Observatory Supernova Search follow-up program: photometry data release of 70 SESNe
Zheng, WeiKang
et al.
Zheng, WeiKang, Stahl, Benjamin E., de Jaeger, Thomas, Filippenko, Alexei V., Wang, Shan-Qin, Gan, Wen-Pei, Brink, Thomas G., Altunin, Ivan, Baer-Way, Raphael, Bigley, Andrew, Blanchard, Kyle, Blanchard, Peter K., Bradley, James, Cargill, Samantha K., Casper, Chadwick, Chapman, Teagan, Chander, Vidhi, Channa, Sanyum, Choi, Byung Yun, Choksi, Nick, Chu, Matthew, Clubb, Kelsey I., Cohen, Daniel P., Dalba, Paul A., deGraw, Asia, de Kouchkovsky, Maxime, Ellison, Michael, Falcon, Edward, Fox, Ori D., Fuller, Kiera, Ganeshalingam, Mohan, Girish, Nachiket, Gould, Carolina, Halevi, Goni, Halle, Andrew, Hayakawa, Kevin T., Hardy, Romain, Hestenes, Julia, Hoffman, Andrew M., Hyland, Michael, Jeffers, Benjamin T., Jennings, Connor, Kandrashoff, Michael T., Khodanian, Anthony, Kim, Minkyu, Kim, Haejung, Kislak, Michelle E., Krishnan, Daniel, Kumar, Sahana, Kumar, Snehaa Ganesh, Leja, Joel, Leonard, Erin J., Li, Gary Z., Li, Weidong, Lian, Ji-Shun, Liu, Evelyn, Lowe, Thomas B., Lu, Philip, Ma, Emily, Mason, Michelle N., May, Michael, McAllister, Kyle, McGinness, Emma, Modak, Shaunak, Molloy, Jeffrey, Murakami, Yukei S., Nayak, Omnarayani, Perera, Derek, Pina, Kenia, Punjabi, Druv, Rikhter, Andrew, Ross, Timothy W., Sipple, Jackson, Soler, Costas, Stegman, Samantha, Stephens, Haynes, Sunseri, James, Tang, Kevin, Taylor, Stephen, Thrasher, Patrick, Van Dyk, Schuyler D., Wang, Xiang-Gao, Wayland, Jeremy, Wilkins, Andrew, Yagubyan, Abel, Yuk, Heechan, Yunus, Sameen, Zhang, Keto D.,
Published May 2022
The Astronomical Journal, 2022 163 5
A Radial Velocity Study of the Planetary System of π Mensae: Improved Planet Parameters for π Mensae c and a Third Planet on a 125 Day Orbit
Hatzes, Artie P.
et al.
Hatzes, Artie P., Gandolfi, Davide, Korth, Judith, Rodler, Florian, Sabotta, Silvia, Esposito, Massimiliano, Barragán, Oscar, Van Eylen, Vincent, Livingston, John H., Serrano, Luisa Maria, Luque, Rafael, Smith, Alexis M. S., Redfield, Seth, Persson, Carina M., Pätzold, Martin, Palle, Enric, Nowak, Grzegorz, Osborne, Hannah L. M., Narita, Norio, Mathur, Savita, Lam, Kristine W. F., Kabáth, Petr, Johnson, Marshall C., Guenther, Eike W., Grziwa, Sascha, Goffo, Elisa, Fridlund, Malcolm, Endl, Michael, Deeg, Hans J., Csizmadia, Szilard, Cochran, William D., Cuesta, Lucía González, Chaturvedi, Priyanka, Carleo, Ilaria, Cabrera, Juan, Beck, Paul G., Albrecht, Simon,
Published May 2022
The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 930 2
Selective Dynamical Imaging of Interferometric Data
Farah, Joseph
et al.
Farah, Joseph, Galison, Peter, Akiyama, Kazunori, Bouman, Katherine L., Bower, Geoffrey C., Chael, Andrew, Fuentes, Antonio, Gómez, José L., Honma, Mareki, Johnson, Michael D., Kofuji, Yutaro, Marrone, Daniel P., Moriyama, Kotaro, Narayan, Ramesh, Pesce, Dominic W., Tiede, Paul, Wielgus, Maciek, Zhao, Guang-Yao, Alberdi, Antxon, Alef, Walter, Algaba, Juan Carlos, Anantua, Richard, Asada, Keiichi, Azulay, Rebecca, Baczko, Anne-Kathrin, Ball, David, Baloković, Mislav, Barrett, John, Benson, Bradford A., Bintley, Dan, Blackburn, Lindy, Blundell, Raymond, Boland, Wilfred, Boyce, Hope, Bremer, Michael, Brinkerink, Christiaan D., Brissenden, Roger, Britzen, Silke, Broderick, Avery E., Broguiere, Dominique, Bronzwaer, Thomas, Bustamente, Sandra, Byun, Do-Young, Carlstrom, John E., Chan, Chi-kwan, Chatterjee, Koushik, Chatterjee, Shami, Chen, Ming-Tang, Chen, Yongjun, Cho, Ilje, Christian, Pierre, Conway, John E., Cordes, James M., Crawford, Thomas M., Crew, Geoffrey B., Cruz-Osorio, Alejandro, Cui, Yuzhu, Davelaar, Jordy, Laurentis, Mariafelicia De, Deane, Roger, Dempsey, Jessica, Desvignes, Gregory, Doeleman, Sheperd S., Eatough, Ralph P., Falcke, Heino, Fish, Vincent L., Fomalont, Ed, Ford, H. Alyson, Fraga-Encinas, Raquel, Friberg, Per, Fromm, Christian M., Gammie, Charles F., Garc'a, Roberto, Gentaz, Olivier, Goddi, Ciriaco, Gold, Roman, Gómez-Ruiz, Arturo I., Gu, Minfeng, Gurwell, Mark, Hada, Kazuhiro, Haggard, Daryl, Hecht, Michael H., Hesper, Ronald, Ho, Luis C., Ho, Paul, Huang, Chih-Wei L., Huang, Lei, Hughes, David H., Ikeda, Shiro, Inoue, Makoto, Issaoun, Sara, James, David J., Jannuzi, Buell T., Janssen, Michael, Jeter, Britton, Jiang, Wu, Jimenez-Rosales, Alejandra, Jorstad, Svetlana, Jung, Taehyun, Karami, Mansour, Karuppusamy, Ramesh, Kawashima, Tomohisa, Keating, Garrett K., Kettenis, Mark, Kim, Dong-Jin, Kim, Jae-Young, Kim, Jongsoo, Kim, Junhan, Kino, Motoki, Koay, Jun Yi, Koch, Patrick M., Koyama, Shoko, Kramer, Carsten, Kramer, Michael, Krichbaum, Thomas P., Kuo, Cheng-Yu, Lauer, Tod R., Lee, Sang-Sung, Levis, Aviad, Li, Yan-Rong, Li, Zhiyuan, Lico, Rocco, Lindahl, Greg, Lindqvist, Michael, Liu, Jun, Liu, Kuo, Liuzzo, Elisabetta, Lo, Wen-Ping, Lobanov, Andrei P., Loinard, Laurent, Lonsdale, Colin, Lu, Ru-Sen, MacDonald, Nicholas R., Mao, Jirong, Marchili, Nicola, Markoff, Sera, Marscher, Alan P., Martí-Vidal, Iván, Matsushita, Satoki, Matthews, Lynn D., Medeiros, Lia, Menten, Karl M., Mizuno, Izumi, Mizuno, Yosuke, Moran, James M., Moscibrodzka, Monika, Müller, Cornelia, Mejas, Alejandro Mus, Musoke, Gibwa, Nagai, Hiroshi, Nagar, Neil M., Nakamura, Masanori, Narayanan, Gopal, Natarajan, Iniyan, Nathanail, Antonios, Neilsen, Joey, Neri, Roberto, Ni, Chunchong, Noutsos, Aristeidis, Nowak, Michael A., Okino, Hiroki, Olivares, Héctor, Ortiz-León, Gisela N., Oyama, Tomoaki, zel, Feryal, Palumbo, Daniel C. M., Park, Jongho, Patel, Nimesh, Pen, Ue-Li, Piétu, Vincent, Plambeck, Richard, PopStefanija, Aleksandar, Porth, Oliver, Pötzl, Felix M., Prather, Ben, Preciado-López, Jorge A., Psaltis, Dimitrios, Pu, Hung-Yi, Ramakrishnan, Venkatessh, Rao, Ramprasad, Rawlings, Mark G., Raymond, Alexander W., Rezzolla, Luciano, Ripperda, Bart, Roelofs, Freek, Rogers, Alan, Ros, Eduardo, Rose, Mel, Roshanineshat, Arash, Rottmann, Helge, Roy, Alan L., Ruszczyk, Chet, Rygl, Kazi L. J., Sánchez, Salvador, Sánchez-Arguelles, David, Sasada, Mahito, Savolainen, Tuomas, Schloerb, F. Peter, Schuster, Karl-Friedrich, Shao, Lijing, Shen, Zhiqiang, Small, Des, Sohn, Bong Won, SooHoo, Jason, Sun, He, Tazaki, Fumie, Tetarenko, Alexandra J., Tilanus, Remo P. J., Titus, Michael, Toma, Kenji, Torne, Pablo, Traianou, Efthalia, Trent, Tyler, Trippe, Sascha, Bemmel, Ilse van, van Langevelde, Huib Jan, van Rossum, Daniel R., Wagner, Jan, Ward-Thompson, Derek, Wardle, John, Weintroub, Jonathan, Wex, Norbert, Wharton, Robert, Wiik, Kaj, Wong, George N., Wu, Qingwen, Yoon, Doosoo, Young, André, Young, Ken, Younsi, Ziri, Yuan, Feng, Yuan, Ye-Fei, Zensus, J. Anton, Zhao, Shan-Shan, Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration,