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Neil deGrasse Tyson visits LCOGT in Goleta

08 May 2013

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke at Santa Barbara's Granada Theater on May 2, 2013. Before the lecture, Dr. Tyson stopped by Las Cumbres Observatory's headquarters in Goleta. Photographer Kimberly Citro, working with UCSB Arts & Lectures which sponsored the lecture, has kindly shared some of her photos of the event with LCOGT.

Hawai'i science student wins awards using LCOGT Faulkes data

18 Apr 2013
Christopher Lindsay '17 received three prizes for his project, "Looking for Life in all the Right Places: A Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets using the CoRot and Faulkes Telescopes." His project mentor was Dr. J.D. Armstrong of the Institute of Astronomy, Maui, and his faculty adviser was Dr. Mark Lindsay.

Telescopes Away: Two 1-Meters Travel to Australia

11 Apr 2013

Maintaining a high-paced rollout, LCOGT shipped two more 1-meter production telescopes today. Bound for Australia and the Siding Spring Observatory, the telescopes will bring the total number of 1-meters to nine. A team lead by LCOGT technician Kurt Vander Horst will travel to Australia in May to install them.

Former LCOGT Postdoc a NASA 2013 Carl Sagan Fellow!

09 Apr 2013

NASA annouced the selection of five exoplanet scientists who will receive the 2013 Carl Sagan Exoplanet Postdoctoral Fellowships today. One is former LCOGT postdoc Avi Shporer. The fellowship, named for the late astronomer, was created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.

LCOGT plays role in Institute for Astronomy Open House on April 14

09 Apr 2013

Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, with six operational observatory sites and more to come, will open their robotic telescopes to hands-on use during the University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy (IfA) open house this coming April 14.

Some Assembly Required: LCOGT Astronomy Postdoc Builds the Telescopes He Will Use

03 Apr 2013

“It has not been a normal postdoc position,” Abiy Tekola, postdoctoral scholar with Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) and the South Africa Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) explained. “I’m not doing quite what I expected to do.”

Telescopes, the Moon and Science Week

27 Mar 2013

Last week (15 -24 march) was National Science and Engineering Week in UK, and as a break in between writing computer code and telescope scheduling, I took the opportunity to do some public engagement.

Astrophotography on new telescopes

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.

All Sutherland telescopes see first-light

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.

Two first lights in One Night!

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.

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