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Welcome to StAnD

StAnD – StudenTs As plaNetary Defenders

An Erasmus+ KA220 project that will bring the exciting subject of Planetary Defence to schools in Europe.

Learn more about StAnD

Students will have the opportunity to achieve original discoveries regarding asteroids, meteors and meteorites by conducting real research in the classroom using StAnD’s tailor-made activities. These include meteor camera systems, micrometeorite collection kits, and asteroid search campaigns and follow-up observations. Teachers will receive training by participating in summer schools and enrolling massive open online courses.

This website will be continuously updated with project news and resources.

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Join StAnD and bring the subject of Planetary Defence to your School.

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Join the StAnD Academy

A comprehensive training program for educators participating in StAnD.

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Discover our Resources

Here you can find concepts, tools and materials developed by the project.

Highlights

StAnD Image Competition

Enable your students to create their own astronomy images with professional robotic telescopes. The best images will be printed in the StAnD Calendar 2027!
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StAnD Asteroid Search Campaigns

Join StAnD Asteroid Search Campaigns organised in collaboration with the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC).
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News

StAnD Astronomy Club Launched

A new astronomy club has been launched in the Collège Victor Hugo in Harnes, in the north of France. This club is different–it’s a girls-only club!

Encourage your Students to Enter the StAnD Image Competition!

In case you missed this, StAnD has opened an image competition for students using robotic telescopes (and there’s also a category for images from StAnD meteor detection cameras, if the students have access to one)!

First Fireball Captured by All 3 Greek StAnD Cameras

We’re excited to announce the first joint detection of a fireball from all StAnD meteor detection cameras in Greece!

StAnD PASCAL Software Demonstrated in Turin

High school students benefitted from lectures on astrometry and photometry for the extra-curricular Astronomy and Astrophysics course from INAF.

Auroras Spotted by StAnD Meteor Cameras in Germany!

Did you know that the StAnD meteor detection cameras can also spot aurora? Students in Germany were lucky enough to observe the aurora in colour with the naked eye — and they could also study the phenomenon using an image captured by their StAnD meteor camera.