Re: Buying time on a professional telescope through the Web
- From: "Martin Brown" <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk>
- Date: 2 Oct 2006 04:22:17 -0700
Brett wrote:
I'm active in my high school's astronomy club- we have a planetarium on
campus that attracts a lot of interest in the sky. This year we are
looking to buy time on a professional telescope (through the internet)
to follow up research we will conduct throughout the school year.
You don't say where you are. Some countries already have a quota of
professional grade telescope time available to well defined school or
college projects.
How can we book time? Where is this service available? Is it
affordable? Is it worth it?
For UK schools and astro societies see for example:
http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/index.php?page=25
A benevolent millionaire set a pair of them up primarily for schools to
use.
http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/ft_history/ft_article.htm
If you have a serious research project suggestion you can always submit
a proposal for telescope obsering time on a suitable instrument. The
time is free, but living and travel costs may be non-trivial. Your
chances of getting the time allocation depend on its scientific merit.
Regards,
Martin Brown
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