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Our birthday project.Our birthday project.

To celebrate Jodrell bank’s 50To celebrate Jodrell bank’s 50thth anniversary by taking images using anniversary by taking images using

the Faulkes telescope to complement the Faulkes telescope to complement the radio data and discoveries made the radio data and discoveries made

by Jodrell bank. by Jodrell bank.

Our birthday project.Our birthday project.

The images were taken from a target The images were taken from a target list provided by Jodrell Bank for ‘The list provided by Jodrell Bank for ‘The

Seeing the Invisible’ anniversary Seeing the Invisible’ anniversary activity.activity.

M1 (The crab Nebula).M1 (The crab Nebula).

In 1054 a supernova In 1054 a supernova was seen and was was seen and was visible even during visible even during

the day.the day.

Can you see the star Can you see the star responsible for the responsible for the supernova in the supernova in the

middle of the middle of the nebula?nebula?

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The supernova was The supernova was recorded by recorded by Chinese Chinese astronomers and astronomers and can now be seen in can now be seen in small telescope as small telescope as ‘The Crab Nebula’. ‘The Crab Nebula’.

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Jodrell Bank has Jodrell Bank has detected a pulsar detected a pulsar at the centre of at the centre of this supernova this supernova remnant.remnant.

The crab in Hydrogen AlphaThe crab in Hydrogen Alpha

The pulsar is The pulsar is continuously continuously monitored by monitored by Jodrell Bank Jodrell Bank whenever it is whenever it is above the horizon above the horizon and the rotation is and the rotation is speeding up.speeding up.

M42 (The Orion Nebula).M42 (The Orion Nebula).

• The Orion nebula is The Orion nebula is located in the sword located in the sword beneath Orion’s belt.beneath Orion’s belt.

• The four new stars in The four new stars in the middle are the middle are known as the known as the trapezium.trapezium.

• Does the gas cloud Does the gas cloud look like a map of look like a map of Wales?Wales?

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• M42 is a vast M42 is a vast region of dust and region of dust and gas which is a gas which is a stellar nursery for stellar nursery for new stars.new stars.

• Different filters Different filters bring out different bring out different details in the details in the images.images.

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• To obtain the colour To obtain the colour image three images image three images are taken with blue, are taken with blue, green and red filters green and red filters in turn.in turn.

• The three images The three images are then combined are then combined to produce the to produce the colour image.colour image.

Quasar NGC1275Quasar NGC1275

• NGC 1275 is a NGC 1275 is a distant 235 million distant 235 million light-years away light-years away and known to emit and known to emit powerful signals at powerful signals at both X-ray and both X-ray and radio frequencies. radio frequencies.

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The blue filterThe blue filter

3C 84 (NGC 1275) radio 3C 84 (NGC 1275) radio image. image. 3C 84 is the famous 3C 84 is the famous

radio galaxy radio galaxy Perseus A, Perseus A, identified with NGC identified with NGC 1275, the 1275, the dominant giant dominant giant elliptical galaxy in elliptical galaxy in the Perseus the Perseus cluster. cluster.

mg0414+0534 mg0414+0534

• This image shows This image shows gravitational gravitational lensing.lensing.

• It was taken with It was taken with an infrared filter for an infrared filter for 120 seconds.120 seconds.

NGC 891NGC 891

• NGC 891 is a fine NGC 891 is a fine edge-on spiral with edge-on spiral with a faint dust lane a faint dust lane along its equator. along its equator.

Happy Birthday Jodrell Happy Birthday Jodrell Bank!Bank!• This work is part of the ‘Seeing the This work is part of the ‘Seeing the

Invisible’ project in which a group of Invisible’ project in which a group of schools across Britain collaborated schools across Britain collaborated using the Faulkes telescope.using the Faulkes telescope.

• All images shown here were taken by All images shown here were taken by West Mon School and are courtesy of West Mon School and are courtesy of the Faulkes telescope project.the Faulkes telescope project.