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Faulkes Telescope to help boost STEM in Wales
The Faulkes Telescopes are going to be used as part of a multi-million pound education project, funded by the EU and the Welsh government. The Trio Sci Cymru project will help boost STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) in Wales, through …
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New Cepheid variables in the young open clusters Berkeley 51 and Berkeley 55
M. E. Lohr (Open University), I. Negueruela, H. M. Tabernero (Alicante), J. S. Clark (Open University), F. Lewis (FT/LJMU), P. Roche (FT) As part of a wider investigation of evolved massive stars in Galactic open clusters, we have spectroscopically identified …
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Tagged Cepheid Variable, Research
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Welcome to the new Faulkes Telescope Website!
Welcome to our new website! We decided that it was time for an update and a refresh of our old site. Hopefully you’ll agree that our website looks a bit smarter, cleaner and better organised. We’ve tried to keep the …
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German high school students catch first sight of comet 46P/Wirtanen
By Paul Breitenstein (science teacher at Pascal-Gymnasium, Münster, Germany) After an unsuccessful three-week search with the 1m LCO telescopes by students at Pascal-Gymnasium, Münster, comet 46P finally fell into our net with the help of the 2m FTS. And no wonder …
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German student Levin Belli discovers an asteroid with FTN
New FTP mailing list – Sign up now to stay in touch!
The Faulkes Telescope Project will be closing our current mailing list (which is operated by yahoo) and moving over to a new one, operated by MailChimp on 24th May 2018. You’ve probably heard about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that …
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Crab Nebula (June 2018)
Name: Crab Nebula RA: 5h 34m 31.94 Dec: +22º 00′ 52.2″ Suggested Exposure Time: 180 seconds Colour Filters: RGB Dates Visible: June The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus. The now-current name is due to William Parsons, who observed the object …
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Antennae Galaxies (June 2018)
Name: Antennae Galaxies RA: 12h 01m 53.0s Dec: -18º 52′ 10″ Suggested Exposure Time: 60 seconds Colour Filters: RGB Dates Visible: June The antennae galaxies are a pair of merging, interacting galaxies, around 50 million light years away from us. …
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ESEA and PLATON teacher training
In September, the FT Team ran a weeklong training course for six teachers, entitled ‘Astronomy Through Space and Time’. In conjunction with the European Schools Education Academy (ESEA; http://esea.ea.gr/) and NUCLIO from Portugal, the teachers (two from Italy and four from …
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Physics with Faulkes
Last week, Matthew and Sophie attended the Welsh Physics Teachers Conference at Christ College in Brecon, Wales. Teachers attended various workshops throughout the day and talked to a number of exhibitors. Sophie was there talking to teachers about some of the imaging and …
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