 The impetus is to foster awareness of the Universe by enabling citizens to readily access an observatory using social media, a project that has been heralded as an important innovation by international media.Lane, and fellow Canadian astronomer Paul Gray, discovered supernovas 1995F in NGC 2726, SN 2005B in UGC 11066, and 2005ea in MCG+10-16-61.Kathryn Aurora Gray examined images acquired by Lane via his Abbey-Ridge Observatory and discovered a supernova in UGC 3378 (SN 2010lt).