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2008 TA4

sroberts — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:34:33 +0000

2008 TZ

atripp — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:14:29 +0000

Observing HETE 1900

egomez — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:22:19 +0000

HETE 1900.1-2455 is a bright accreting millisecond pulsar (AMSP) at d ~ 4.5 kpc. It was discovered using HETE II in 2005 and is one of only eight known AMSPs (Vanderspek et al., 2005). The secondary star is estimated to have a mass of ~ 0.085 solar masses, suggesting that it is a brown dwarf.

2008 LC

egomez — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:18:48 +0000

2008 KX2

egomez — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:34:24 +0000

2008 JP24 Asteroid Alert

dduggan — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:20:37 +0000

Superfast Rotator Project Alert

Target asteroid: 2008 JP24

Discovered: 2008 May 10

Announced: 2008 May 12 16:33 UT
Approx. Size: 20 meters
FTN (F65) Observing Window: Not accessible
FTS (E10) Observing Window: May 13 - May 15 (10.00-17.00 UT)
Magnitude: 19.4-20.0
Angular Speed: 3-5 arcsec/min

Observing Advice:

2008 JL24 Asteroid Alert

dduggan — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:12:03 +0000

Superfast Rotator Project Alert

Objective: To survey and discover very fast-rotating near-Earth asteroids.

Target asteroid: 2008 JL24

Alert Page

dduggan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:07:22 +0000

When new astronomcal objects are discovered, they require urgent follow-up observations to confirm, or otherwise, the original observational data. These often come in the form of newly discovered asteroids, where only a few positions are known, and urgent observations must be made to calculate a more accurate orbit before the asteroid is lost.

2008 HJ Asteroid Alert

dduggan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:39:00 +0000

2008 HJ Asteroid Alert

Superfast Rotator Project Alert

Objective: To survey and discover very fast-rotating near-Earth asteroids.

Target asteroid: 2008 HJ

Discovered: 2008 April 24

Announced: 2008 April 25

Approx. Size: 30 meters

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2008 HG Asteroid Alert

dduggan — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:58:25 +0000

2008 HG Asteroid Alert

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Superfast Rotator Project Alert

Objective: To survey and discover very fast-rotating near-Earth asteroids.

Target asteroid: 2008 HG

Discovered: 2008 April 24

Approx. Size: 75 meters

FTN (F65) Observing Window: April 28 - May 02 (09:00-13:00 UT)

2008 GP3 Asteroid Alert

dduggan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:50:52 +0000

2008 GP3 Asteroid Alert

A new asteroid, 2008 GP8 was discovered on April 3rd but was lost for 4 days before being recovered again on the 7th. It is a superfast rotating asteroid about 30 meters in diameter.

The asteroid is only visible from Faulkes Telescope South and is brightest at magnitude 16.9 on April 13.

Astronomical Imaging - Showcases

dduggan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:20:29 +0000

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Crashing Galaxies

sroberts — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:08:56 +0000

Programme Leaders: Sarah Roberts (Faulkes Telescope Project, Cardiff University), Paul Roche (Faulkes Telescoe Project, Cardiff University)

Introduction

In this project you will use the Java applet applet, 'Galaxy Crash' (written by Chris Mihos, Case Western University, USA - http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/JavaLab/), to simulate interactions of galaxies. By changing the parameters of each galaxy, you will create tidal tails and elliptical galaxies, and reproduce the types of galaxy interactions which we observe today.

Measuring M87

sroberts — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:59:31 +0000

Programme Leaders: Sarah Roberts (Faulkes Telescope Project, Cardiff University), Paul Roche (Faulkes Telescoe Project, Cardiff University

Introduction

The M87 Jet project consists of making a colour image of the giant elliptical galaxy, M87, and using SalsaJ to measure how far its jet extends in space.

Hubble Tuning Fork Project (HTF)

sroberts — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:25:49 +0000

Programme Leaders: Sarah Roberts (Faulkes Telescope Project, Cardiff University), Paul Roche (Faulkes Telescoe Project, Cardiff University

Introduction

The Hubble Tuning Fork project consists of using FT data to produce colour images of galaxies of different types, and creating an FT version of Hubble's tuning fork diagram.

FTN in bad weather 2

egomez — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:33:38 +0000

Mark Elphick at FTN, braving the storm on 4 Dec 2007

FTN in bad weather

egomez — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:28:02 +0000

Weather on FTN 4 Dec 2007. Mark Elphick braving the storm!

Life cycle of stars

egomez — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:19:53 +0000

This tour uses the data from the Life cycle of stars observing day, held on 23 May 2007.

The images in this tour were produced with the data obtained by the schools involved (see the tour for details). Within the tour you can find links to the fits files to download the data yourself.

Google Sky with LCOGT data

egomez — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:22:40 +0000

We will prepare a selection of Google Sky files which use Faulkes Telescope data. We will add more to this page when they become available.

Google Sky provides the facility to add your own astronomical images as overlays, and snippets of information about the objects.

You will need to download Google Earth version 4.1 (or higher) to be able to access Google Sky.

Open star clusters

sroberts — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:00:53 +0000

Programme Leaders: Paul Roche (Cardiff University), Sarah Roberts (Faulkes Telescope Project, Cardiff University)

Introduction

The open star clusters project consists of carrying out photometry on open clusters of stars, and plotting a colour-magnitude diagram for the cluste. This is a simple form of a Hertsprung-Russell diagram, and can give information on the lifecycles of stars in the cluster.