Robotic telescopes – classroom activities at the cutting edge of science
Issue 333 | Page 73 | Published Jun 2009
Description
With the advent of robotic telescopes and the wide-scale availability of the Internet in schools, it is now possible to carry out real investigations of astronomical phenomena from almost every classroom in the UK.
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