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Published September 2011 | Version Published
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A Global Robotic Telescope Network for Time-Domain Science

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  • 1. ROR icon Queen Mary University of London
  • 2. ROR icon University of St Andrews
  • 3. ROR icon Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
  • 4. ROR icon European Southern Observatory
  • 5. ROR icon University of Toronto
  • 6. ROR icon Liverpool John Moores University

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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.

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© 2012 International Astronomical Union. Published online: 01 April 2012.

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Proceedings IAU Symposium
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285