Research Projects
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Preview | Age Suitability | Title | Short Description | Duration |
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11 to 14 14 to 16 16 to 18 18+ |
Asteroid Watch | Search for asteroids in our observations and report back their positions. | Ongoing |
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14 to 16 |
Lunar Features (B1) | Produce a series of telescopic drawings and/or photographs of three lunar surface features. Use them to show their changing appearance at different lunar phases. | 6 hours |
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14 to 16 |
Drawings/Photographs of Messier/NGC Objects (B11) | Use binoculars/telescope/robotic telescope to produce detailed drawings and/or photographs of at least three Messier/NGC objects. | 6 hours |
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14 to 16 16 to 18 18+ |
Exoplanets Project | Use the exoplanet.eu website and plotting tool to search for patterns and correlations in the data we have from all the exoplanets discovered so far. | Ongoing |
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16 to 18 18+ |
Star Clusters Project | Study images of open clusters of stars and measure the brightnesses of stars to create your own colour magnitude (Hertzsprung-Russell) diagrams. | Ongoing |
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16 to 18 18+ |
Supernova Project | Learn about exploding stars, measure how their brightness changes and learn more about the Universe. | Ongoing |