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“Scan the Skies with Faulkes Australia”
The
Faulkes Telescope: Outside and |
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We are seeking feedback from science teachers around NSW
for interest in using the soon to be commissioned `Faulkes
Telescope’. This automated, `professional sized’ 2-metre
telescope is under construction at Siding Spring Observatory
near Coonabarabran NSW and should be available for use in
2004.
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purpose is to provide an educational facility for schools
giving students unprecedented
opportunity to participate in real astronomical observations
of a wide range of interesting objects that they can
select themselves. |
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Although UK funded,
15% of the available time is available for use by
Australian
schools.
The managing organisation for Faulkes
Australia is Swinburne University in Melbourne
(Director Duncan Forbes) but Macquarie University
is acting
as a facilitating institute in NSW |
The Australian Site in September 2002 |
Design of the Australian Site |
Participating schools will be able to interact directly
with the telescope on-line by nominating areas of the sky
to look at. Teachers can submit the necessary co-ordinates
and receive images the next day via the internet. Alternatively,
the images can be put on disk and mailed to the school if
internet access is limited.
The “Scan the Skies” launch is planned for February
2004. If you would like to be kept up to date on this project
with possible involvement for next year, please click
here and print out the document.
Send completed forms to:
Vic Farrell
High School Liaison
Information & Communication Sciences
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Ph: (02) 9850 9108
Fax: (02) 9850 9502
Email: vfarrell@ics.mq.edu.au
For general enquiries contact:
Dr. Quentin
A Parker
Lecturer in Astronomy
Department of Physics
Tel: (02) 9850 8910
Fax: (02) 9850 8115
e-mail: qap@ics.mq.edu.au
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