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An upgraded 0.4-meter telescope fleet for Las Cumbres Observatory's Educational and Science Programs
Daniel-Rolf Harbeck, Brook Taylor, Annie Kirby +20
Las Cumbres Observatory (LCOGT) operates a global network of robotic 0.4, 1.0, and 2.0-meter telescopes to facilitate scientific research and education in time-domain astronomy. LC…
LCOGT Network Observatory Operations
Andrew Pickles, Annie Hjelstrom, Todd Boroson +11
We describe the operational capabilities of the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network. We summarize our hardware and software for maintaining and monitoring network heal…
The Bright Optical flash and Afterglow from the Gamma-Ray Burst GRB 130427A
W. T. Vestrand, J. Wren, A. Panaitescu +9
The optical light that is generated simultaneously with the x-rays and gamma-rays during a gamma-ray burst (GRB) provides clues about the nature of the explosions that occur as mas…
Characterizing a Dramatic Flare on an Ultracool Dwarf Found by the ASAS-SN Survey
Sarah J. Schmidt, Jose L. Prieto, K. Z. Stanek +19
We analyze a magnitude flare on the newly identified M8 dwarf SDSS J022116.84+194020.4 (hereafter SDSSJ0221) detected as part of the All-Sky Automated Survey for Superno…
The Man Behind the Curtain: X-rays Drive the UV through NIR Variability in the 2013 AGN Outburst in NGC 2617
B. J. Shappee, J. L. Prieto, D. Grupe +44
After the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) discovered a significant brightening of the inner region of NGC 2617, we began a ~70 day photometric and spectroscopic m…
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
T. M. Brown, N. Baliber, F. B. Bianco +52
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) is a young organization dedicated to time-domain observations at optical and (potentially) near-IR wavelengths. To this end, LCOGT…
Cloud Computing with Context Cameras
A. J. Pickles, W. E. Rosing
We summarize methods and plans to monitor and calibrate photometric observations with our autonomous, robotic network of 2m, 1m and 40cm telescopes. These are sited globally to opt…
The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results
N. M. Law, S. R. Kulkarni, R. G. Dekany +38
The Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) is a fully-automated, wide-field survey aimed at a systematic exploration of the optical transient sky. The transient survey is performed using…
LSST: from Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
Željko Ivezić, Steven M. Kahn, J. Anthony Tyson +310
(Abridged) We describe here the most ambitious survey currently planned in the optical, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). A vast array of science will be enabled by a sin…
A Robotic Wide-Angle H-Alpha Survey of the Southern Sky
J. E. Gaustad, P. R. McCullough, W. Rosing +1
We have completed a robotic wide-angle imaging survey of the southern sky (declination less than +15 degrees) at 656.3 nm wavelength, the H-alpha emission line of hydrogen. Each im…
Implications of H-alpha Observations for Studies of the Cosmic Microwave Background
P. R. McCullough, J. E. Gaustad, W. Rosing +1
We summarize the relationship between the free-free emission foreground and Galactic H-alpha emission. H-alpha observations covering nearly the entire celestial sphere are describe…