• About us

    About Us

    Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is a private operating foundation, building a global network of telescopes for professional research and citizen investigations

  • Science

    About Us

    Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is a private operating foundation, building a global network of telescopes for professional research and citizen investigations

  • Network

    About Us

    Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is a private operating foundation, building a global network of telescopes for professional research and citizen investigations

  • Education

    About Us

    Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is a private operating foundation, building a global network of telescopes for professional research and citizen investigations

Scientific Research

Our interests range from supernovae to exoplanets. View our latest scientific papers:

Telescope Network

We have two 2-meter class telescopes and are building 1-meter and 0.4-meter class telescopes.

Our Staff

LCOGT has over 50 employees including research scientists, engineers and support staff.

News

Observations

  • Show Me Stars!

    Guest hosts tweet live while they observe with our network

  • Seminar Series

    Lectures about astronomy by scientists visiting LCOGT

  • Instruments

    Find out about the cameras, filters and CCDs we use.

  • Data Archive

    Our archive of scientific observations with the Faulkes Telescopes.

  • RoboNet-II

    Monitoring microlensing events in the Galactic Bulge.

  • How to

    Guides on how to do photometry, use FITS data and more.

  • Activities

    A range of educational activities from crosswords to craters.

  • Image Gallery

    A gallery of our favorite photographs.

  • Network Team

    The engineers and technicians that keep our network working.

  • Apply for time

    Existing collaborators can apply for observing time.

  • Space Book

    Information about general astronomy and telescopes.

  • Webcams

    See what is happening at our network sites.

  • Microlensing Forum

    A scientific community forum.

  • Observations

    All the latest public observations taken with our telescopes.

  • Agent Exoplanet

    Find exoplanets using data from our telescopes.

  • Weather

    The latest weather data from our telescope sites.

  • Virtual Sky

    Embed a virtual view of the sky in your own webpage.

  • Network Statistics

    Nightly statistics for dew points, seeing and more at each site.