We have launched another Google Gadget, which provides rise and set times of the moon for any location, along with some other information. Please go to our Gadgets page for more information, or to put the module on iGoogle or your webpages.

28-Oct-2008: Helping UQSchoolsNet

telescope-net has helped The University of Queensland's launch of 'UQ Schools Net', as an example of the sort of technologies which can be delivered across the new, high-speed link. The launch was held on 28-October-2008, at Ipswich Girls' Grammar School. The poster which The University of Queensland created for telescope-net can be seen here as a PDF (4.2 MB).

3-Aug-2008: ALTC Citation!

The Mt Kent Observatory team at the University of Southern Queensland have been awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC; formerly the Carrick Institute). The Citation was awarded for developing a specialised astronomy facility that engages on-campus and distance education students in science through practical and interactive experiences, in part through the use of telescope-net systems and infrastructure. The Mt Kent Observatory team has helped to develop the O'Mara telescope, a fully-robotic instrument which forms a part of the telescope-net network. The full list of Citation recipients for 2008 can be found here.

5-Apr-2008: Google modules launched

As a part of our commitment to make our astronomy services available to all, we have created our first two Google Gadgets. The first of these allows you to see information on the current positions and visibilities of the sun, moon and major planets, and can be adapted to display information on any object in our catalog including comets and asteroids. The second Gadget always shows the latest image processed by the telescope-net network, along with a brief description. Please see the Gadgets page for more information, or to put them on your iGoogle or web pages.

22-May-2007: Paper published!

After finally getting around to doing the corrections, the first paper on this system has been published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. You can view the abstract here, or feel free to contact the author for the full paper.