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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…
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…