Happy Birthday Jodrell Bank! From West Mon School’s Astronomy Club and GCSE Astronomy Classes

Our birthday project. To celebrate Jodrell bank’s 50 th anniversary by taking images using the Faulkes telescope to complement the radio data and discoveries made by Jodrell bank.

Our birthday project. The images were taken from a target list provided by Jodrell Bank for ‘The Seeing the Invisible’ anniversary activity.

M1 (The crab Nebula). In 1054 a supernova was seen and was visible even during the day. Can you see the star responsible for the supernova in the middle of the nebula?

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

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

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

M42 (The Orion Nebula). The Orion nebula is located in the sword beneath Orion’s belt. The Orion nebula is located in the sword beneath Orion’s belt. The four new stars in the middle are known as the trapezium. The four new stars in the middle are known as the trapezium. Does the gas cloud look like a map of Wales? Does the gas cloud look like a map of Wales?

The green filter M42 is a vast region of dust and gas which is a stellar nursery for new stars. M42 is a vast region of dust and gas which is a stellar nursery for new stars. Different filters bring out different details in the images. Different filters bring out different details in the images.

The blue filter To obtain the colour image three images are taken with blue, green and red filters in turn. To obtain the colour image three images are taken with blue, green and red filters in turn. The three images are then combined to produce the colour image. The three images are then combined to produce the colour image.

Quasar NGC1275 NGC 1275 is a distant 235 million light-years away and known to emit powerful signals at both X-ray and radio frequencies. NGC 1275 is a distant 235 million light-years away and known to emit powerful signals at both X-ray and radio frequencies.

The green filter

The blue filter

3C 84 (NGC 1275) radio image. 3C 84 is the famous radio galaxy Perseus A, identified with NGC 1275, the dominant giant elliptical galaxy in the Perseus cluster.

mg This image shows gravitational lensing. This image shows gravitational lensing. It was taken with an infrared filter for 120 seconds. It was taken with an infrared filter for 120 seconds.

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

Happy Birthday Jodrell Bank! This work is part of the ‘Seeing the Invisible’ project in which a group of schools across Britain collaborated using the Faulkes telescope. This work is part of the ‘Seeing the Invisible’ project in which a group of schools across Britain collaborated using the Faulkes telescope. All images shown here were taken by West Mon School and are courtesy of the Faulkes telescope project. All images shown here were taken by West Mon School and are courtesy of the Faulkes telescope project.