The LCOGT Science Collaboration
Abstract
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) has deployed a global network of 1-m and 2m optical telescopes, optimized for work in time-domain astronomy. Since our scientific staff is rather small, and since network operation necessarily involves close collaborations with other astronomical institutions, we aim to extend the scientific depth and scope of the Observatory by creating a formal Science Collaboration. This poster explains the structure and membership of the Collaboration, with emphasis on the notion of Key Projects that we intend as vehicles to perform scientific programs for which LCOGT's facilities are uniquely suited, and which will have the greatest scientific impact. The general subjects of these projects are already defined (Supernovae, Extrasolar Planets, Solar System, AGN, and Stellar Astrophysics). A Collaboration-wide proposal process to be carried out in early 2014 will determine which problems within these categories will be addressed in the first round of Key Projects.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #223
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014AAS...22325443B