primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message lightbuckets code h11 1 until mid 2011 b10 since november 2011 location hautes alpes france coordinates 31 51 39 n 109 00 56 w 31.86083 n 109.01556 w 31.86083 ; 109.01556 coordinates 31 51 39 n 109 00 56 w 31.86083 n 109.01556 w 31.86083 ; 109.01556 altitude 814.6 m website www.lightbuckets.com telescopes lb 0001 32 astelco f4 f8 lb 0002 17 dall kirkham f4 .56 lb 0003 110 mm apo 4.3 ed doublet f5 .95 lb 0004 175 mm apo 7 tmb triplet f8 lb 0005 300 mm 12 asa newton f3 .6 edit on wikidata lightbuckets is a commercial astronomical observatory formerly located in rodeo new mexico and now located in france which rents time on its telescopes to customers around the world via a website on the internet including amateur and professional astronomers . it is an online astronomy platform with live views 2 and hosts an image gallery of astronomy images . 2 recognized scientific uses include the confirmation of supernova and discovery of asteroids . 3 4 contents 1 description 1.1 pre 2011 1.2 post 2011 2 activities 3 see also 4 references 5 external links description edit the dwarf planet eris on a 24 inch 61 cm aperture lightbuckets telescope lightbuckets was founded in 2007 by steve cullen a former software executive and the observatories became active on june 12 2008 . 5 in 2011 he returned to the software business and lightbuckets went through a period of change . citation needed time on the telescopes is sold either by a subscription or pay as you go . the cost of using one of the telescopes in its global network varies depending on the model . compared to its contemporaries lightbuckets allows new images of the sky to be observed as opposed to microsoft worldwide telescope or google sky which use stored images . it is more similar to slooh which also allows live views from telescopes located in places such as chile and spain . 2 pre 2011 edit lightbuckets went through an ownership transition in 2011 citation needed resulting in a turn over in what instruments and sites were available . before then lightbuckets instruments included ritchey chr tiens by rc optical systems including a 0.61 m 24 f 8 4 designated lb 0001 and a 0.37 m 14.5 designated lb 0003 both located at the company s observatory in rodeo new mexico . this site is recorded as h11 rodeo by the minor planet center . 4 lightbuckets also offers a wide field observatory lb 0002 in rodeo nm which includes a 0.2 m 8 astrosysteme austria n8 newtonian astrograph . other instruments are imaging cameras from apogee instruments including a high quantum efficiency alta u42 lb 0001 a large ccd alta u16m lb 0003 and an alta u8300 lb 0002 . each camera is equipped with a filter wheel containing a full complement of broadband lrgb and narrowband ha sii and oiii filters . lb 0001 also offers photometric johnson cousins from astrodon v and ic filters for researchers . post 2011 edit lightbuckets is now located in france with a new 32 inch robotic telescope lb 0001 and four other telescopes lb 0002 a 17 planewave telescope lb 0003 a flt 110mm refractor lb 0004 a tmb 175 mm refractor and lb 0005 an asa 12 newtonian telescope on an asa direct drive mount . activities edit puckett observatory supernova search discovered supernova sn 2008gr in ic 1579 which was confirmed using lightbuckets telescopes at rodeo new mexico usa in 2008 . 3 by october 2009 lightbuckets lb 0001 in rodeo nm had been used to discover at least 17 new asteroids with provisional designations . 6 self published source lightbuckets lb 0001 was recorded as a .68 m f 8 ritchey chr tien by the minor planet center at h11 rodeo . 4 6 in september 2010 lightbuckets lb 0001 was part of a group of instruments to confirm gamma ray burst grb grb100901a . 7 self published source on may 18 2011 lightbuckets announced that it will be ceasing operations in rodeo nm in the near future . citation needed lightbuckets had imaged for over 4 300 hours had executed more than 5 400 customer imaging runs and had over 680 customers . citation needed a new telescope lb 0006 a 0.43 m 17 0.43 m 17 dall kirkham in france south alpen appears on startsite in august 2011 . see also edit astrophotography kitt peak advanced observing program list of astronomical observatories software bisque references edit list of observatory codes minor planet center website . accessed 2011 03 28 . a b c cassie rodenberg the best in armchair astronomy popular mechanics march 22 2010 accessed october 2010 a b daniel w. e. green iau electronic telegram no. 1557 2008 october 30 a b c d mpc 68175 68624 2010 january 30 page 175 h11 rodeo home chesmont astronomical society a b cullen steve october 5 2009 . 17 new asteroids found by lightbuckets . lightbuckets . retrieved 16 june 2011 . http www.lightbuckets.com forums showthread.php p 3096 post3096 external links edit official website lightbuckets 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