News & Blogs

Eta Carinae and a cool eruption

17 Feb 2012

Eta Carinae is a massive star system in the southern hemisphere. It is possibly the best studied star system in the sky, attracting the attention of scientists and sky watchers for its fitful dramatic magnitude changes. It even has a place in the tribal oral tales of the aboriginal tribes (Duane W. Hamacher and Ray P.

An Interview with Avi Shporer

13 Feb 2012

I'm involved in science - mainly transiting planets. I work with the Kepler and the HATNet teams. Our goal with Kepler is to study over 160,000 stars and measure the frequency of planets in the habitable zones of stars like our Sun.

Discover Club and the hard-to-see Universe

06 Feb 2012

As part of WISE (Women Into Science and Engineering), Haley has run (and I have helped with) an annual workshop for the past 5 years for 12-14 year old girls in Cardiff University.

The Veil Unveiled

06 Feb 2012

Last week I was hunting through our archive of public observations. I wanted to find observations that, together, would form a larger image.

Animated Asteroids from FTN

31 Jan 2012

On Thursday, January 26 2012 a group of Faulkes Telescope Project users combined forces to observe an asteroid.

An Interview with John Hygelund

30 Jan 2012

An interview with Mechanical Engineer John Hygelund. John designs, fabricates, and tests telescopes, instruments, and instrument systems.

Call for proposals 2012A

24 Jan 2012

Deadline for 2012A proposals: 2012 Feb. 20 00:01 UTC (Feb. 19 4:01pm PST)

NEW: PROPOSAL PRIORITY

From 2012A onwards, LCOGT will be accepting proposals for "background" programs in addition to proposals whose priority will be assigned by standard TAC-ranking, as in the past.

2012 AAS Conference

20 Jan 2012

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) holds two annual meetings, the larger being in January. With attendance of around nearly 3000, there are always lots of exciting announcements in a variety of areas of astronomy, cosmology, technology, education, and more. This year’s winter AAS was held January 7 - 12 in Austin, Texas.

2011 Statistics for FTN and FTS

18 Jan 2012

FTS Statistics for 2011:

2012 KITP Teacher's Conference

17 Jan 2012