A global robotic telescope network for time-domain science

R. A. Street; T. A. Lister; Y. Tsapras; A. Shporer; F. B. Bianco; B. J. Fulton; D. A. Howell; B. Dilday; M. Graham; D. Sand; J. Parent; T. Brown; K. Horne; M. Dominik; P. Browne; C. Snodgrass; N. Kains; D. Bramich; N. Law; I. Steele

doi:10.1017/S174392131200124X

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Abstract

Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT) is currently building a new kind of general-purpose astronomical facility: a fully robotic network of telescopes of 2m, 1m and 0.4m apertures and homogeneous instrumentation. A pan-network approach to scheduling (rather than per individual telescope) offers redundancy in the event of poor weather or technical failure, as well as the ability to observe a target around the clock. Here we describe the network design and instrumentation under development, together with the main science programmes already being lead by LCOGT staff.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	408-410
Number of pages	3
Volume	7
Edition	S285
ISBN (Print)	9781107019850
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131200124X
State	Published - Sep 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

instrumentation: photometers
instrumentation: spectrographs
stars: planetary systems
stars: supernovae
telescopes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Street, R. A., Lister, T. A., Tsapras, Y., Shporer, A., Bianco, F. B., Fulton, B. J., Howell, D. A., Dilday, B., Graham, M., Sand, D., Parent, J., Brown, T., Horne, K., Dominik, M., Browne, P., Snodgrass, C., Kains, N., Bramich, D., Law, N., & Steele, I. (2011). A global robotic telescope network for time-domain science. In New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy (S285 ed., Vol. 7, pp. 408-410). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131200124X

Street, RA, Lister, TA, Tsapras, Y, Shporer, A, Bianco, FB, Fulton, BJ, Howell, DA, Dilday, B, Graham, M, Sand, D, Parent, J, Brown, T, Horne, K, Dominik, M, Browne, P, Snodgrass, C, Kains, N, Bramich, D, Law, N & Steele, I 2011, A global robotic telescope network for time-domain science. in New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy. S285 edn, vol. 7, Cambridge University Press, pp. 408-410. https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131200124X

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