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Month: July 2017

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International Asteroid Day at the Las Cumbres Observatory Open House

July 13, 2017 admin 0

Having recently visited  UCSB’s Sedgewick Reserve at the foothills of Figueroa Mountain in the Santa Ynez Valley, I was eager to learn more about the organization, people, and equipment comprising the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, commonly shortened to LCOGT Network or simply LCO. LCO’s very first fully automated [Read More…]

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Member’s Work

M78 by Dave Majors
M33 by Dave Majors
Rosette Nebula by Lee Coombs
M65-M66 pair of the Leo Triplet by Dave Majors
M42
NGC 891 in Andreomeda by Dave Majors
M33 Hyperstar
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Triangulum Galaxy M33 by Dave Majors
NGC 4565 by Dave Majors
M1 Crab Nebula by Peter Bresler
Globular Cluster M15 by Dave Majors

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