Hunting for Asteroids

Welcome to the Asteroid Hunt

The National Schools' Observatory has teamed up with the Institute of Physics to create a special event bringing the heavens into your classroom.

Using observations from the Liverpool Telescope, you will be able to learn more about the Universe while hunting for Asteroids. The project combines a workshop (lasting approximately one hour) with a range of follow-up activities for use in the classroom, in science clubs or for yous to pursue in their own time.

News Update : 21st November 2007:
New observations added (Asteroid Field 5): These can be obtained from the Downloads Page.

Workshop Downloads

To take part you need to register here. Remember, registration for the NSO is free to UK schools.
To help you run workshops, there are some useful workshop resources available for you to download and use.
Of course you need some observations from the Liverpool telescope if you want to hunt for asteroids. These can be obtained from the Downloads Page.