Using Faulkes Telescope

Here are some introductory material and resources needed if you wish to use the Faulkes Telescope Project / Las Cumbres Observatory network.

An introduction to the Faulkes Telescope project (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbmsVvtKRQY).
A night in the life of The Faulkes Telescope South (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG3F5pmVRPw).

This set of resources will guide you through the skills required to use Faulkes Telescope.

Light Curve Photometry

This activity will teach you how to perform photometry using the free image processing software, AstroImageJ.

AstroImageJ is an image processing software which is used to analyse FITS file images. These are the files that are produced by the Faulkes Telescope that you will be using in your investigation.

If you do not already have it on your computer, you can download it from the link below:
http://www.astro.louisville.edu/software/astroimagej/installation_packages/

Light Curve Plotting with AstroImageJ & Excel

This worksheet describes how to use your photometry measurements to investigate the changing brightness of your target.

Light curve error bars in AstroImageJ & Excel

This worksheet describes how to add error bars to your light curves to investigate how much you can trust the trends you might see. When you have plotted simple graphs, you will present your results on graphs to display the error bars.

Light Curve Plotting with AstroImageJ & Numbers

This worksheet describes how to use your photometry measurements to investigate the changing brightness of your target.

Light Curve Error Bars with AstroImageJ & Numbers

This worksheet describes how to add error bars to your photometry graphs to investigate how much you can trust the trends you might see. When you have plotted simple graphs, you will present your results on graphs to display the error bars.

Adding Colour Error Bars

This worksheet describes how to add error bars to your colour graphs to investigate how much you can trust the trends you might see.

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