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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/
Orion β¨ #constellation #stars
26.12.2024 16:56 β π 95 π 12 π¬ 6 π 1
A star field taken recently via telescope.org, with celestial coordinates overlaid (screenshot of astrometry.net).
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.
16.12.2024 18:21 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The replacement filter wheel for COAST (CFW by PWI) out of teh box before installation.
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.
16.12.2024 18:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
View of Teide volcano (Tenerife) taken by me from the old observatory on Mount Guajara. The observatory established by Charles Piazzi Smyth. Details: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2019/10/above-the-clouds #astrohistory
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
15.12.2024 12:45 β π 20 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
"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
15.12.2024 12:27 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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
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 π
15.12.2024 12:40 β π 31 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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...
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 π
15.12.2024 12:42 β π 99 π 12 π¬ 0 π 1
An astrophotograph of a spiral shaped galaxy with a smaller one next to it
M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy using the COAST telescope @osobservatories.bsky.social
10.12.2024 10:34 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Intriguing 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. π§ͺπ
webbtelescope.org/contents/new...
Close-up of PIRATE optical tube assembly and mount at night, illuminated with dim red light in the open dome.
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.
25.10.2024 18:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Professor Ulrich Kolb and Dr Janet Sumner give an overview of the OpenScience Observatories. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-a2...
25.10.2024 17:54 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2
Webcam still looking down on PIRATE and COAST domes on a sunny evening.
A pleasant sunny evening at Teide Observatory - hoping for a clear night.
29.08.2024 17:18 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
