Full Resolution We're taking a tour of the LCOGT (Las Cumbres Global Observatory Telescope) 1-meter telescope. This is really cool. It's a brand-new network of telescopes, placed all across the globe. The idea is to focus not on spatial or spectral resolution, but on time. Having a network of telescopes lets a particular object be studied 24-7, with less concern for weather, set times, etc. Also, since their machine shop designs and manufactures every telescope identically, they can really optimize. Look at that perfect perfect cabling job -- so unlike the mess of wires coming out of most telescopes.
Note the Google-like colors on the LCOGT logo. Wayne Rosing, who started and runs LCOGT, was head of the Apple LISA project, developed the SPARC chip, and then was a VP at Google, before quitting with a ton of $$ and using it to set up a private telescope network.
