Edinburgh Astronomy and Educational Teaching Packages

1991 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-155
Author(s):  
Ann Savage ◽  
Sue Tritton ◽  
Mary Brück
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Schmidt Telescope ◽  
South Wales

AbstractFilm copies of original astronomical plates taken with the 1.2-metre UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST) at Siding Spring Observatory, New South Wales have been used for several years at Edinburgh University. Two teaching packages are intended for undergraduate use; the educational packages are mainly designed as visual aids for colleges, schools and amateur groups.

scholarly journals The UK Schmidt telescope plate catalogue and problems associated with increasing numbers of plates and users

1982 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 229-231
Author(s):  
S.B. Tritton
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Schmidt Telescope ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Uk

The UK 1.2m Schmidt Telescope (an outstation of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh) is situated at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. The telescope has been operational since 1973 and has, to date, taken about 7000 plates. This paper discusses some of the problems associated with cataloguing these plates and keeping track of their locations.

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