Can you do real science with primary school children? Of course you can๐
Our comet chaser schools observed and measured newly-discovered active asteroid 248370โ๏ธ and submitted their measurments to the Minor Planet Centre. Great work! https://t.co/xaJZicQblM @stmarysbridgend
That's a fantastic process of the data Dave ๐ Its a great comet for our @comet_chasers schools to observe. The @LCO_Global Global Sky Partners 0.4m network telescopes provide a wide field of view - proof that the biggest telescope isn't always best for comet observing!
While the weather seems to be against me at home, @tyseren gave me access to some very nice @comet_chasers@faulkestel comet data for C/2023 A3 to process. This is the result of an image taken last night on @LCO_Global 0.4m telescope.
Exoplanets & the Ariel Mission - Searching for signatures of life on strange worlds, this Thursday 31st Oct, 5:30pm, online ๐ช๐ฐ๏ธ๐
Our next 'Adventures in Planetary Science' public outreach event features the following line-up of fantastic experts... ๐๐
@fringetracker I've done recent courses at undergrad and masters level where a core part was exactly this - writing different types of reports, articles, press releases, papers, grant propsals etc, peer review and regular presentations. Excellent training, and very transferable skills too
Got to see #Comet2023A3 ๐ Light polluted observing site (seafront at Barry), but with good horizon. Nothing naked eye, or even with my phone, but success with the Seestar. That also meant it was really easy to show passers-by - loads of wows ๐ @BritAstro @RAS_Outreach
#100HoursOfAstronomy is live! Check out the website/app for 4 fun challenges and some great background information too. (whispers: the weather in the UK might cooperate for once ๐คซ)
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Let's get people across the country looking up!
Check out all the amazing events taking place during #100HoursOfAstronomy on our website:
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@JAtanackov@Josep_Trigo Here's our @comet_chasers project image from this morning (@LCO_Global 1m telescope in Cerro Tololo, Chile, w filter 30s exposure). I think the children are going to have lots of fun observing this one!
@Bakewell2009@C4Paralympics I agree - we're missing whole games in this really tight tennis final - veryy frustrating! I like the coverage, chat etc, with some great presenters, but the action is the most important! @C4Paralympics
@TheBarmyArmy We were out celebrating my Father in Law's 90th birthday - as a cricket fan it was the perfect birthday present! Today we're out celebrating his 95th ๐๐