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Las Cumbres Observatory

The Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) network was founded in 2005.

It has over 20 telescopes around the world. Each one is fully robotic, so people do not need to be on site. They are controlled over the internet.

White telescope domes of various sizes on a mountaintop. The ground is green and orange, and in the background, there are some trees. — LCO telescopes of various sizes at Siding Spring, Australia

Liverpool Telescope

The Liverpool Telescope (LT) is a robotic telescope with a 2-metre-diameter mirror. Astronomers and young people all over the world use it to study the Universe.

Software

Did you know that scientists use special computer programs to explore space? These programs help them control telescopes, take pictures, and plan their observations.

One important thing these programs do is help scientists study pictures of space taken by telescopes.

An image of a star cluster against a black background. Small dots of stars are mostly concentrated in the centre, many of them white in colour but some of them having a blue hue to them. Further out from the middle, a few more stars are scattered around, but they are fewer in number and seem more reddish compared to the others. — A star cluster image taken by the Liverpool Telescope and analysed by our software

Telescopes

Explore Messier Objects

Go Observing includes advanced options where you get to decide the exposure time of the observation and the filter the telescope uses.

Read more about Explore Messier Objects

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