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06 Mar 2012

Our public archive showcases all observations made by schools, amateur astronomical societies, and related groups that use the two 2-meter Faulkes Telescopes. Yesterday we had a minor relaunch of the public observations archive.

05 Mar 2012

During last week I participated as a volunteer (helping in observation and data reduction) at the 34th International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) which was jointly organized by the International Union of Astronomy (IAU), University of Cape Town (UCT) and the

27 Feb 2012
My main goal is to write software that controls different robotic parts of the telescopes and reports status of various things on the telescopes.
17 Feb 2012

Eta Carinae is a massive star system in the southern hemisphere. It is possibly the best studied star system in the sky, attracting the attention of scientists and sky watchers for its fitful dramatic magnitude changes. It even has a place in the tribal oral tales of the aboriginal tribes (Hamacher, D.W. & Frew, D.J.

13 Feb 2012
I'm involved in science - mainly transiting planets. I work with the Kepler and the HATNet teams. Our goal with Kepler is to study over 160,000 stars and measure the frequency of planets in the habitable zones of stars like our Sun.
06 Feb 2012

As part of WISE  (Women Into Science and Engineering), Haley has run (and I have helped with) an annual workshop for the past 5 years for 12-14 year old girls in Cardiff University.

06 Feb 2012

Last week I was hunting through our archive of public observations. I wanted to find observations that, together, would form a larger image.

30 Jan 2012
An interview with Mechanical Engineer John Hygelund. John designs, fabricates, and tests telescopes, instruments, and instrument systems.
24 Jan 2012

The deadline for submitting proposals in 2012A semester has passed.

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