Important Notices
Universal Time
British Summer Time begins in the UK on 31st March 2013. When booking a slot after this date, remember that BST = UT + 1 hour. So, a slot at 12:00 BST = 11:00 UT.
Data archive search
Search the telescopes data archive, by object name, filter set, telescope name. Download the FITS and see if there is any SDSS data for the object.
What to do if...
...a jpeg image doesn't appear at the end of each exposure? It's likely that the data will have been taken.You can search for your data files here: http://ari-archive.lcogt.net/cgi-bin/ft_search
Exciting Targets
Lowell Observatory Project - FTN & FTS
As part of a collaborative project with the Lowell Observatory (see news article here), we are asking schools to take images of Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects so that their positions and orbits can be refined.
GJ1214
Scientists at the University of Colorado have asked the FT Team and FT
users to help in a study to improve the understanding of exoplanets.
They are particularly interested in the study of these objects around
cool M-type stars and have secured the use of the Hubble Space Telescope
to image these stars.
GJ 317
Scientists at the University of Colorado have asked the FT Team and FT users to help in a study to improve the understanding of exoplanets. They are particularly interested in the study of these objects around cool M-type stars and have secured the use of the Hubble Space Telescope to image these stars.
Phase of the Moon
CURRENT MOON
