Forget ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star’…this project goes way beyond looking at diamonds in the sky.
Dr Paul Roche, head of the Faulkes Telescope Project (FTP), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University tells us all about how school students can get a real buzz from scientific discovery.
The FTP began in March 2004, with a single robotic instrument located at the top of the massive Haleakala mountain on Maui in the Hawaiian islands. This instrument, FT North, is soon to be joined by its twin, FT South, currently undergoing final testing at the Siding Spring Observatory site in New South Wales, Australia. Sounds like fun…Hawaii, Australia…but you don’t actually go there.
Located on the opposite side of the planet from the UK, these telescopes can be controlled live by users via a simple website, as the entire school day over here coincides with night time at the sites.
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