Welcome to The CSU Remote Telescope

This project is an initiative of Dr. David McKinnon, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Charles Sturt University Bathurst. The project delivers primary and secondary schools with learning packages developed for the curricula on Earth and Space.

Navigate your way around the site via the menu on the left. You can also view a short movie about the telescope; located below.

 

Telescope Status: ONLINE
Date: 28/08/2007 Time: 15:30 (AEST)	Current Weather: Clear Outlook: Clear
Remember to refresh your browser for latest status

 

Total Lunar Eclipse - Live Images
	On the 28th of August 2007 the CSU Remote Telescope broadcast live images of the total lunar eclipse. Videos of the eclipse can be found below. We have compressed the full 5 hour eclipse into 1.5mins. You can also find all still images, one every 20sec, in the archive.
	Video: Full Res(11MB) - Small(1.5MB)
	Archive Images
We would like to say a special thanks to the School of Communications and Philip Glen for the loan of the main camera.

 

See the Telescope in Action
	Watch a 2 minute video about the CSU Remote Telescope, click one of the links below.
	Broadband quality - 512kbps+ Dialup quality - 56kpbs Download & Play - 7.5Mb Windows Media Player 9 is required to play WMV files.

 

Many thanks to our sponsors & partners:

Anglo-Australian Observatory, Bathurst Wireless, Charles Sturt University, HP, IBM, Industry Canada's SchoolNet and Starlight Express