Faulkes Telescope South
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The Faulkes Telescope South is a clone of the Liverpool Telescope and is located at Siding Spring Observatory. It is a 2 m (79 in) Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.
The telescope is owned and operated by LCOGT. This telescope and its sister telescope Faulkes Telescope North are used by research and education groups across the globe. The Faulkes Telescope Project is one such group which provides observing time (awarded by LCOGT) for educational projects for UK schools.
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[edit] External links
- Faulkes Telescope website
- The RoboNet global network which controls the Faulkes Telescopes over the internet
Coordinates: 31°16′22.09″S 149°4′14.91″E / 31.2728028°S 149.0708083°E