Faulkes Telescope North

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Faulkes Telescope North

The Faulkes Telescope North is a clone of the Liverpool Telescope, and is located at Haleakala Observatory in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is a 2 m (79 in) f/10 Ritchey-Chrétien telescope.

The telescope is owned and operated by LCOGT. This telescope and its sister telescope Faulkes Telescope South are used by research and education groups around the globe. The Faulkes Telescope Project is one such group which provides observing time (awarded by LCOGT) for educational projects for UK schools and amateur astronomers.

In 2013, it imaged the defunct Herschel Space Observatory.

See also

• List of largest optical reflecting telescopes
• Faulkes Telescope South
• Liverpool Telescope

External links

• Faulkes Telescope Project website
• The RoboNet global network which controls the Faulkes Telescopes over the internet
• LCOGT - The organisation which owns and operates the Faulkes Telescopes