Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network: Keeping Education in the Dark

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #218.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is a privately funded, non-profit organization that is constructing two overlapping networks of robotic telescopes for scientific and educational uses. The educational network will consist of at least thirty 0.4 1.0 meter telescopes that will be longitudinally spaced around the world so that there will always be at least one (more likely several) in the dark at any given time. All will be equipped with high quality CCD imagers, with the 1.0 meters having spectrographs and possible infrared capabilities. All networked telescopes will have identical, completely online interfaces that allow you to control the telescope and use different imaging instruments in either real-time or queued modes. Any registered school or group will have the capability to remotely observe using a telescope that is currently in the dark from the comfort of their classroom or science center, half a world away. Accompanying the robotic observations will be a library of resources and activities that will be usable in the formal classroom setting, informal groups and clubs, and for public outreach in the community for all age-groups and levels of science. Using the LCOGT network as a tool to enjoy real astronomical research will not only create a new awareness for science and technology, but also create connections between science and humanities. We aim to always keep astronomy education in the dark.

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