robotic astronomy with the faulkes telescopes and las cumbres observatory global telescope机器人里望远镜和las山峰天文台的天文全球望远镜.pdf

Hindawi Publishing Corporation Advances in Astronomy Volume 2010, Article ID 873059, 4 pages doi:10.1155/2010/873059 Research Article Robotic Astronomy with the Faulkes Telescopes and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Fraser Lewis,1, 2, 3 Rachel Street,3 Paul Roche,1, 2, 3 Vanessa Stroud,1, 2, 3 and David M. Russell4 1 Faulkes Telescope Project, School of Physics and Astronomy, 5,The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK 2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK 3 Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117, USA 4 Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, P. O. Box 94249, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Correspondence should be addressed to Fraser Lewis, lewisf@cf.ac.uk Received 30 June 2009; Accepted 2 December 2009 Academic Editor: Alberto J. Castro-Tirado Copyright © 2010 Fraser Lewis et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We present results from ongoing science projects conducted by members of the Faulkes Telescope (FT) team and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT). Many of these projects incorporate observations carried out and analysed by FT users, comprising amateur astronomers and schools. We also discuss plans for the further development of the LCOGT network. 1. Introduction times. Many educational users participate in data gathering for research programmes. The Faulkes Telescope Project (http://www.faulkes-telescope