We are very excited to see the first of two domes constructed and ready to be shipped to the GOTO-S site at Siding Springs Observatory. The two Astrohaven 18 foot domes will each host eight 40cm telescopes. The second dome is currently under construction and is foreseen to be completed two months from now.
The Warwick Astronomy and Astrophysics group seeks to appoint two Research Fellows to work within the Gravitational wave Optical Transient Observer project under supervision of Prof Danny Steeghs. The fellows will contribute to the development, operations and science exploitation of the GOTO facility. For more information have a look at the job ad. Deadline is…
In late 2019 the GOTO collaboration received the news that the STFC has awaerded GBP3.4m to expand the network to an additional node in Australia. We’ll be adding a second mount to our La Palma node, and fully populating both mounts, with 16 telescopes in total at that site. With the additional sky coverage, we’ll…