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Bristol Astronomical Society
Bristol Astronomical Society first became involved with the Faulkes Telescope team at the beginning of 2006 as part of a project on galaxy classification that we were undertaking with junior members concerned with galaxy classification. For this project we imaged …
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Is this the most galaxies imaged in one go with Faulkes?!
Oliver Tunnah, a regular user of the FTs took this great image of the distant galaxy cluster Abell 2065 during one session on FTS. Here is his account of how he imaged this cluster nearly 940 million light years away. …
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Discovery of fast rotating asteroid
GCSE Astronomy Coursework
West Monmouth School Keiran Davies, a year 10 pupil at West Monmouth school undertook his GCSE Astronomy coursework using the Faulkes Telescope in Hawaii. Observing the spiral galaxy M100, Kieron studied a supernova in the galaxy, and his results can …
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Faulkes Telescope Projects
Sydney Girls High School, Australia Jeff Stanger, a teacher at Sydney Girls High School, has written a number of projects based around using the Faulkes Telescopes in the classroom. His excellent activities and worksheets can be found by clicking on …
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First EU-HOU Comenius teacher training workshop – a teacher’s point of view
Glenlola Collegiate Following the successful Comeniu-funded EU-HOU teacher training workshop in France on 7th-10th May, Jacquie Milligan, a regular Faulkes Telescope user who attended the workshop, had this to say about the weekend: “The Observatoire Haute Provence (OHP) was the setting …
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The Faulkes Telescopes and the Nuffield Science Bursary Scheme
Armagh Observatory As part of the 2009 Nuffield Science Bursary Scheme, two students from Northern Ireland carried out summer projects under the supervision of Dr David Asher at Armagh Observatory. Details of the projects they carried out can be found …
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Astronomy projects with the Faulkes Telescopes
Astronomy Projects Group in West Galilie In June 2009 three senior school physics students from West Galilee handed in their research projects completed using data from the Faulkes Telescopes to the Board of Education in Israel. 40% of the students …
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