Getting Started

Welcome to the Faulkes Telescope Project. If you have ever wanted to use a professional telescope, but without having to go across the world to use it yourself, then this is the place for you!

The Faulkes Telescope Project gives you access to a network of telescopes located around the world, which can be remotely controlled by any of our users from their house, classroom or pretty much anywhere. If this is something you’re interested in, then follow these simple guides to learn how to use the telescopes. To go to any of the guides, simply click one of the links below:


Getting Started Guides

An Introduction to the Faulkes Telescope Project

Guide 1 – Registering for a Faulkes Telescope account

Guide 2 – Observing using the real-time interface – RTI_quick_guide_2020

Guide 3 – Observing using the queue – Queue observing with LCO

Guide 4 – Accessing the LCO data archive – LCO_archive


Other Resources

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page

Is there something you’d like us to cover as a tutorial? Fill in our Contact Form and we will try to create guides for the most requested problems, activities and questions.

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