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Image processing Faulkes Telescope Date |
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
How this image was createdWhy don't telescopes use Colour cameras?Sometimes they do! The advantge of taking separate colour channels is that the image has better resolution, and the astronomer can choose which wavelengths to image, in order to extract information about the object being studied. Nowadays, astronomy operates at multiple wavelengths, and being able to image at well-defined frequency bands helps astronomers understand far more than if they were just restricted to a pre-determined range as defined by a colour camera. Having said this, one-shot colour cameras are extensively used by amateur astronomers, as they enable final colour shots to be taken many times more rapidly. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 July 2008 )
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2009: International Year of Astronomy |
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Thursday, 31 January 2008 |
| 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations of the night sky using a telescope, and it's fitting therefore that the year has been marked as the International Year of Astronomy. Project Galileo will undoubtedly be involved in what will prove to be a very exciting resurgance of interest amongst the public, so watch this space for further developments. To find out more about IYA 2009, click on the image below. |  | | The UK node for IYA 2009 can be found here |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 31 January 2008 )
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Star Analyser spectroscope: first results |
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Sunday, 23 September 2007 |
Star Analyser: First Results  The Star analyser low-resolultion diffraction grating has produced our first spectrum. The result displayed here is a single 20 second snapshot taken on 22/09/07. Processed results will appear here soon. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 October 2007 )
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