Header Image Credits

1. The LIGO Livingston Observatory - LSC Web Site

2. Plot of error region and associated galaxies from simulated LIGO/Virgo signal produced as part of the LOOC UP project. The image also appears on this poster presented by Peter Shawhan at the 215th AAS meeting.

3. The 40" ESO Schmidt Telescope, located at the LaSilla Observatory of the European Southern Observatory in Chile, currently hosts the QUEST camera. The image is borrowed from the LaSilla-QUEST project page.

4. An image of the M51 "whirlpool" galaxy, taken as part of the LOOC UP pilot project in 2007. We are grateful for the use of the MDM observatory during the pilot project.