The Faulkes Telescope North is a clone of the
Liverpool Telescope, and is located at
Haleakala Observatory in the
U.S. state of
Hawaii. It is a f/10
Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.
The telescope is owned and operated by
LCOGT. This telescope and its sister telescope
Faulkes Telescope South are used by research and education groups around the globe. The
Faulkes Telescope Project The Faulkes Telescope Project (FTP) is supported by the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust. It provides access to 1,500 hours of observing time on two 2-metre class telescopes located in Hawaii (Faulkes Telescope North in Hawaii) and Australia (Faulkes ...
is one such group which provides observing time (awarded by LCOGT) for educational projects for UK schools and amateur astronomers.
In 2013, it imaged the defunct
Herschel Space Observatory
The Herschel Space Observatory was a space observatory built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). It was active from 2009 to 2013, and was the largest infrared telescope ever launched until the launch of the James Webb Space Telesc ...
.
Herschel seen by Faulkes Telescope North
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See also
* List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
* Faulkes Telescope South
* Liverpool Telescope
References
External links
Faulkes Telescope Project website
LCOGT
- The organisation which owns and operates the Faulkes Telescopes
Optical telescopes
Robotic telescopes
Astronomy in the United Kingdom
Astronomical observatories in Hawaii
Minor-planet discovering observatories
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