We are proud to announce that the StAnD camera prototype has detected its very first meteor! The excitement started on 21 April, and we are now able to release the animation of the detection, thanks to the hard work of the StAnD team at Istituto Nazionale di...
Read about how the technical Gymnasium in Weinheim, Germany operates remote-controlled telescopes in Hawaii and Australia. In April, the first German Multiplier-Event for StAnD took place at the Hans-Freudenberg-Schule in Weinheim. The local physics course, group TG2,...
Last Saturday night (May 18, 2024) a very bright meteor – a bolide – lit up the skies over Spain and Portugal. The fireball was registered by meteor cameras such as AllSky7 operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), as well by dozens of individuals who...
We’re really impatient and can’t wait to start on the StAnD project, so we’ve taken a peek inside the Teacher’s Toolkit. It’s looking good, so we have to share it with you before we reveal all this summer… This extract introduces the topic of space debris,...
We’re holding our breath right now for good weather and clear skies. This is because the main element of the StAnD meteor camera toolkit is currently being tested and it’s much better with good weather. StAnD meteor camera. Photo by Osservatorio Astronomico Comunale...
STudents As plaNetary Defenders (StAnD) was in the spotlight in Turin, Italy! During the 5th Training Course for Teachers, organised by INAF – Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica and the Department of Physics of the Università degli Studi di Torino , Senior...
