OpenScience Observatories
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Autonomous robotic facilities PIRATE and COAST, owned and operated by The Open University. Located at Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife. Website https://telescope.org/
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The COAST camera is currently slightly rotated with respect to North, by about 5 degrees, as shown by the screenshot from astrometry.net. Will be corrected in due course, but science and deep-sky photos shouldn't be affected.
December 16, 2024 at 6:21 PM
The COAST camera is currently slightly rotated with respect to North, by about 5 degrees, as shown by the screenshot from astrometry.net. Will be corrected in due course, but science and deep-sky photos shouldn't be affected.
A few days ago a new filter wheel was installed on COAST. The weather wasn't kind so a full commissioning is pending, but COAST is operational again and returns images in acceptable focus.
December 16, 2024 at 6:16 PM
A few days ago a new filter wheel was installed on COAST. The weather wasn't kind so a full commissioning is pending, but COAST is operational again and returns images in acceptable focus.
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View of Teide volcano (Tenerife) taken by me from the old observatory on Mount Guajara. The observatory was established by Charles Piazzi Smyth. Details: royalsociety.org/blog/2019/10... #astrohistory #canarias
December 15, 2024 at 12:45 PM
View of Teide volcano (Tenerife) taken by me from the old observatory on Mount Guajara. The observatory was established by Charles Piazzi Smyth. Details: royalsociety.org/blog/2019/10... #astrohistory #canarias
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"Online team work in space science and astronomy at the Open University". How distance-learning astro students at #theopenuniversity conduct undergraduate team projects together oro.open.ac.uk/71420/ DOI: doi.org/10.29311/202... #astroedu
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December 15, 2024 at 12:27 PM
"Online team work in space science and astronomy at the Open University". How distance-learning astro students at #theopenuniversity conduct undergraduate team projects together oro.open.ac.uk/71420/ DOI: doi.org/10.29311/202... #astroedu
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Messier 33 (NGC 598, The Triangulum Galaxy), 60,000 ly across and 2.723 million ly from Earth, "taken" by me via The Open University upgraded COAST PlaneWave CDK17 Autonomous Robotic Telescope at Teide observatory, Tenerife 18/08/2021 @osobservatories.bsky.social 🔭
December 15, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Messier 33 (NGC 598, The Triangulum Galaxy), 60,000 ly across and 2.723 million ly from Earth, "taken" by me via The Open University upgraded COAST PlaneWave CDK17 Autonomous Robotic Telescope at Teide observatory, Tenerife 18/08/2021 @osobservatories.bsky.social 🔭
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M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) taken by me using The Open University remote/robotic COAST 14" SCT at Teide observatory in Tenerife. Amazing to think this spiral galaxy is c. 23 million light-years from Earth... @osobservatories.bsky.social 🔭
December 15, 2024 at 12:42 PM
M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) taken by me using The Open University remote/robotic COAST 14" SCT at Teide observatory in Tenerife. Amazing to think this spiral galaxy is c. 23 million light-years from Earth... @osobservatories.bsky.social 🔭
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M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy using the COAST telescope @osobservatories.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 10:34 AM
M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy using the COAST telescope @osobservatories.bsky.social
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Intriguing new JWST image just dropped.
It shows the Sombrero Galaxy in (literally) a whole new light, revealing the galaxy's iconic "brim" as a dusty, clumpy ring. 🧪🔭
webbtelescope.org/contents/new...
It shows the Sombrero Galaxy in (literally) a whole new light, revealing the galaxy's iconic "brim" as a dusty, clumpy ring. 🧪🔭
webbtelescope.org/contents/new...
November 25, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Intriguing new JWST image just dropped.
It shows the Sombrero Galaxy in (literally) a whole new light, revealing the galaxy's iconic "brim" as a dusty, clumpy ring. 🧪🔭
webbtelescope.org/contents/new...
It shows the Sombrero Galaxy in (literally) a whole new light, revealing the galaxy's iconic "brim" as a dusty, clumpy ring. 🧪🔭
webbtelescope.org/contents/new...
Have you been waiting for your images for some time? Unfortunately the COAST filter wheel is currently unreliable, and so throughput is slow. To mitigate we are redirecting some image requests to PIRATE instead.
October 25, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Have you been waiting for your images for some time? Unfortunately the COAST filter wheel is currently unreliable, and so throughput is slow. To mitigate we are redirecting some image requests to PIRATE instead.
Professor Ulrich Kolb and Dr Janet Sumner give an overview of the OpenScience Observatories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-a2...
OpenSTEM Labs: OpenScience Observatories
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October 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Professor Ulrich Kolb and Dr Janet Sumner give an overview of the OpenScience Observatories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-a2...
A pleasant sunny evening at Teide Observatory - hoping for a clear night.
August 29, 2024 at 5:18 PM
A pleasant sunny evening at Teide Observatory - hoping for a clear night.