SPACE and IASC bring you ‘Internet Telescope’
July 16th, 17th, 2011
SPACE is proud to bring the‘Internet Telescope’ project for the first time to India. This is in collaboration with IASC, InternationalAstronomy Search Collaboration. This is a pilot test for Global Astronomy Monthin April 2012...Astronomers Without Borders. In April 2012 this project will beconducted with about 80 participants during Global Astronomy Month.
The Pilot test in July 2012 willbe conducted with 16 participants, dates and sessions are listed below.
The Project Description
The project will be using a 16" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes located atthe Ironwood North Observatory. This is a privately-owned observatorylocated in Queen Creek, AZ. The students will be remotely commanding a CCDcamera on the telescope to take images of asteroids, comets, and deep skyobjects. The deep sky objects include star clusters, galaxies, andnebulae.
For the asteroids and comets, images will be taken 1-hour apart then blinked tosee the moving object against the fixed background stars. For the deepsky objects there will be three images of each taken...one with the red filter,one with the green filter, and one with the blue filter. The three imageswill be combined into a color image of the deep sky objects.
The project will be using a 16" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes located atthe Ironwood North Observatory. This is a privately-owned observatorylocated in Queen Creek, AZ. The students will be remotely commanding a CCDcamera on the telescope to take images of asteroids, comets, and deep skyobjects. The deep sky objects include star clusters, galaxies, andnebulae.
For the asteroids and comets, images will be taken 1-hour apart then blinked tosee the moving object against the fixed background stars. For the deepsky objects there will be three images of each taken...one with the red filter,one with the green filter, and one with the blue filter. The three imageswill be combined into a color image of the deep sky objects.
This is the first time thisproject is bring brought to India, and this will give the students theopportunity to be part of a international project and use hands on techniquesto control a telescope in real time and understand how to identify a target,how to plan the exposures and how to analyse the data.
Session Plan:
Groups of 4 students each will be placed at one location with a laptop withskype, and share their desltop. Each group will work 2 hours at theworkstation using the telescope taking asteroid, comet, and deep sky images.
Groups of 4 students each will be placed at one location with a laptop withskype, and share their desltop. Each group will work 2 hours at theworkstation using the telescope taking asteroid, comet, and deep sky images.
Venue: SPACE Office, WZ-19,Asalatpur, Janakpuri
Session #1
Saturday, July 16th 9:30am - 11:30am IST (session 1, 4 students)
11:30am- 1:00 pm IST (session2, 4 students)
Session #2
Sunday, July 17th 9:30am - 11:30am IST (session 3, 4students)
11:30am- 1:00 pm IST (session 4, 4 students)Saturday, July 16th 9:30am - 11:30am IST (session 1, 4 students)
11:30am- 1:00 pm IST (session2, 4 students)
Session #2
Sunday, July 17th 9:30am - 11:30am IST (session 3, 4students)
