CONFESSIONS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS: WATCH THIS <i>SPACE</i>

Ryan, Ray; Ryan, Des

doi:10.1017/s0008197305386958

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“…The relative simplicity of directly receiving NOAA APT signals lends itself to education, where an enterprising high school student would have little difficulty assembling the necessary equipment. Brigidine School (located in Randwick, Sydney) is renowned for incorporating satellite communication into its science curriculum, and during 2005 June they even undertook live voice communications with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (Ryan 2005). Our website incorporates several pages of technical notes on how to build a NOAA APT receiving station, and a specialized page directed towards schoolteachers, with relevant educational links.…”

Section: Educational Outreachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cloud Imaging from Meteorological Satellites and its Application to Robotic Observing

Phillips

Ashley

2005

Publ. – Astron. Soc. Aust

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Satellite cloud imagery is a standard tool of meteorology, and also of ground-based observational astronomy. Fast access to cloud imagery through the Internet now permits more accurate prediction of local cloud cover than was formerly the case. This is particularly useful for automatic and remotely operated telescopes, where an observer may be at a considerable distance from the telescope itself. Since satellite imagery can now be accessed through the Internet with such ease, direct reception of radio transmissions from weather satellites may seem unnecessary. However, advances in computing power and radio receiver technology permit simple automated receipt of satellite transmissions, particularly from the NOAA series of low Earth orbit satellites. This has the advantage of more up-to-date, and higher resolution, cloud imagery than can be obtained from the Internet. We have operated such a satellite receiving station since 2003 April, and have found it particularly useful when remotely operating our telescopes at Siding Spring Observatory (SSO). By automatically publishing our cloud imagery onto the World Wide Web we have established a resource that is widely used by other local observatories and by the general public.

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Section: Educational Outreachmentioning

confidence: 99%