Global Jet Watch South African Dome
Early in July, a team from Oxford travelled to Cape Town to install the Global Jet Watch observatory dome at the South African School. Despite the best efforts of the weather (Cape Town had its heaviest rain and worst flooding in 50 years during the first 2 days of the visit), the dome was successfully erected at the site. This was mostly thanks to the incredible level of help we were given by the school's maintenance team.
Below you can see a number of photographs of the installation process ably assisted by the school's maintenance staff, and get an idea of how bad the weather was!
Published: Sept. 8, 2009
Global Jet Watch First Light
We are very proud to announce that the Australian Global Jet Watch telescope has achieved First Light after final calibrations and testing during the recent installation visit. This is a doubly important event as it marks First Light for the project as a whole as the Australian telescope is the first of the 4 telescopes to be installed and commissioned. Using an SBIG STL-4020 science grade imaging camera on the back of the RC Optical telescope we have been able to obtain images of well-known astronomical objects during the first few nights of observing. We look forward to many more stunning images such as these as well as the commencement of science observations of SS433 with the Australian telescope in the coming weeks.
Published: July 1, 2009
Commissioning of the first Global Jet Watch telescope
We are delighted that the installation and testing of the first of the Global Jet Watch network of telescopes is underway. This telescope, manufactured by RC Optical in Arizona, is being commissioned at our Australia school. The picture shows the telescope inside its dome, with protective card and packing still in place for the installation process.
Published: June 11, 2009
Dome delivered to site of Indian school
Global Jet Watch construction continues! Earlier this month the latest of our domes was delivered to its new home in India.
Published: March 24, 2009
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