Fraser Lewis: Linking Real Astronomy Research to the Classroom
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Fraser Lewis Faulkes Telescope Project
Liverpool John Moores University The Open University
Linking Real Astronomy Research to the
Classroom
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Robotic telescopes allow us to obtain images from distant good quality sites
There are ONLY 3 * 2-metre telescopes that do this for education (and only 1 person … !)
FT
LT
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Tarantula
Nebula
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M27
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NGC 4038 and NGC 4039
The Antennae
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FTN
Haleakala, Maui
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10 Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope
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2m
2m 2 x 1m
3 x 1m 3 x 1m
1m
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“Whole Earth Telescope”
24/7 observations
Long-term monitoring
Rapid response
Time critical observations
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Education
FT initiatives: • Twinning schools • Themed Observing Days • Teacher Training (online and F2F) • School-based Support Centres • Down2Earth
Schools initiatives:
• After-school Astronomy clubs • GCSE Astronomy support
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“Themed Observing Days”
Pro-Am-Schools collaborative projects - day, weeks or months Projects include: • Colour Imaging • “Lifecycle of Stars” • Asteroid Rotation • Tracking NEOs • X-ray systems in outburst • Compact galaxy groups
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Asteroids, comets & NEOs
• FT observing programmes – asteroids and comets in space
• “Down 2 Earth” project – impacts and meteorites
http://education.down2earth.eu
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Asteroid Rotation
• Requires collaboration
• Asteroid brightness measured to produce light curves
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Aug.
2011
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Exoplanet transits
CoRot 2b: David Hardy & Thomas Ham (Cardiff schools), July 2012
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Open Clusters
• Colour images
• Produce colour-magnitude
(cf. Hertzsprung-Russell) diagrams
• Identify “unusual” stars (BVR + H alpha)
• Variable star searches (hours to years)
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New variables
Patrick Gildersleeve (St. Johns, Cardiff)
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Supernovae Portal
Co-ordinated by Poland
>40 targets in archive
29 schools (6 UK, 2 US, 2
Portugal, 2 Italy, 1
Germany, 1 China, 15
Poland)
24 teachers
31 guests (amateurs)
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Faulkes Telescope Monitoring of GX 339-4
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Optical/infrared – X-ray correlations
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A nearby and ‘easy-to measure’
black hole !
Coming soon via Rosa @ NUCLIO
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28 May 2015 Fraser Lewis - Usk AS 27
Thanks for listening
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http://faulkes-telescope.com
http://resources.faulkes-telescope.com
http://education.down2earth.eu
http://www.golabz.eu/
http://schoolsobservatory.org.uk/
http://lcogt.net
Please come find me or
e-mail me your ideas
fraser.lewis@faulkes-
telescope.com
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Inquiry-Based Science Education
Students ask questions, we provide tools and data, they provide answers themselves
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NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula
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FTS Siding Spring, Australia
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Fastest Rotating Asteroid!
• FTS observations by British amateur astronomer
• Part of new collaborative project to survey properties
of small NEAs
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
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International Education
• Belgium • Poland • Russia • Portugal • USA • Australia • France • Netherlands • Germany • Italy • Spain • India • Israel
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• Image specific objects showing stars at different life stages
• Schools process images, create poster
Lifecycle of Stars
Birth Life Death
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2-metre primary 2048 x 2048 CCD 21 filters (UV - near IR)
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WWW access to research grade telescope networks
International collaboration
Infrastructure + Research + Education
Larger network plans:
0.4m mid 2014?, then 2-3 sites/year 1m early 2013, then 1-2 site/year
“We will always keep you in the dark”
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LCOGT Plans
Funded FTP Sept. 05 – July 09
Additional core networks:
Education - 6 clusters of 0.4m (x 2-4)
Research - 6 clusters of 1.0m (x 2-3)
~$100 million programme
Eventually – free access globally
Wayne Rosing
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Faulkes Telescopes
~£10M Dill Faulkes Educational Trust
~£1M STFC (UK research organisation)
~£0.6M Government (Education)
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Overview (in ~ 10 minutes !)
• Robotic/remote-control telescopes
• Background to FT
• LCOGT – a global network
• Examples of FT projects
– Open clusters
– Asteroids, comets and NEOs
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