The image above shows the galaxy NGC 925 taken with a Skynet robotic telescope and processed with the AstroImage processing software.
The galaxy is 30 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum.
The galaxy is 30 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum.
A new club in the 2015-16 school year at Orenic Intermediate School....
The Troy Skynet Scholars Club is part of the Skynet Junior Scholars (SJS) program. This program was developed as an out-of-school program funded by the National Science Foundation. Program partners include: the University of Chicago's Yerkes Observatory, the University of North Carolina, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, and 4 H.
The club is sponsored by 6th grade science teacher Margie Corp. In the spring of 2015, Ms. Corp attended training at Yerkes Observatory for implementing SJS at Troy 30C. As part of this training, students have access to Skynet Robotic Telescopes. These telescopes are located around the world in both northern and southern hemispheres, which allow students to capture images of distant objects in our universe, some of which cannot be viewed from telescopes in their own backyard. Troy Skynet Scholars are able to access an online web-portal to create an image gallery and share data with other young scientists. They have the opportunity to communicate with astronomers, engineers, software developers and SJS staff.
This year during the club's after school sessions, students were guided through the process of accessing the SJS network, and were engaged in STEM activities. One of those activities involved using color filters of different wavelengths to understand how stars and galaxies are studied. Pictured here, students used filter masks or "Alien Eyes" to see a landscape in red, green, and blue filters. If you have access to colored plastic (as in report cover plastic or other transparent colored material), you can study these images to view them through "Alien Eyes" too!
Click here to see scenes from the Lunar Eclipse viewing party we enjoyed in September 2015 and our final Star Party in November 2015. Click here for a NASA explanation about why the lunar eclipse looked that way. We hope for clear skies next year for real-time telescope viewing and are happy to have had clear skies for our Skynet images. You can view them on our Gallery of Images page. Learn more about the network of Skynet telescopes here.
The club is sponsored by 6th grade science teacher Margie Corp. In the spring of 2015, Ms. Corp attended training at Yerkes Observatory for implementing SJS at Troy 30C. As part of this training, students have access to Skynet Robotic Telescopes. These telescopes are located around the world in both northern and southern hemispheres, which allow students to capture images of distant objects in our universe, some of which cannot be viewed from telescopes in their own backyard. Troy Skynet Scholars are able to access an online web-portal to create an image gallery and share data with other young scientists. They have the opportunity to communicate with astronomers, engineers, software developers and SJS staff.
This year during the club's after school sessions, students were guided through the process of accessing the SJS network, and were engaged in STEM activities. One of those activities involved using color filters of different wavelengths to understand how stars and galaxies are studied. Pictured here, students used filter masks or "Alien Eyes" to see a landscape in red, green, and blue filters. If you have access to colored plastic (as in report cover plastic or other transparent colored material), you can study these images to view them through "Alien Eyes" too!
Click here to see scenes from the Lunar Eclipse viewing party we enjoyed in September 2015 and our final Star Party in November 2015. Click here for a NASA explanation about why the lunar eclipse looked that way. We hope for clear skies next year for real-time telescope viewing and are happy to have had clear skies for our Skynet images. You can view them on our Gallery of Images page. Learn more about the network of Skynet telescopes here.