Welsh High School turn their Village Hall into a Planetarium!

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Published on Thursday, 04 February 2010 01:00

Written by Sarah Roberts

On Saturday, February 6, a village hall in the Welsh borders will become a planetarium for a night.

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The Naked Astronomer at Faulkes!

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Published on Monday, 01 February 2010 01:00

Written by Sarah Roberts

Fraser Lewis, PhD student at the Open University, and support astronomer for the Faulkes Telescope Project was recently lucky enough to be asked to take part in a ' Naked Astronomer' podcast.

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Spotting planets in our Galaxy

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Published on Monday, 01 February 2010 01:00

Written by Sarah Roberts

On February 13th, the exoplanet XO-3b will transit its parent star,  an event which can be observed from (large) amateur astronomers telescopes. 

 

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School students recover Martian companion using Faulkes Telescope

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Published on Monday, 01 February 2010 01:00

Written by Sarah Roberts

Two girls from Victoria College, Belfast, have recovered a unique asteroid that is one of a very rare class of companions to the planet Mars.  Christina Larkin and Catherine O'Prey remotely controlled the 2-metre Faulkes Telescope North on the island of Maui,Hawaii, during a week's work experience at the Armagh Observatory.

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