1. Mark Ackland and Bob Gatten
U3A Astronomy for beginners Feb 24th 2015 Using the remote telescopes of FTP
1. How to plan your observing session - Stellarium 2. How to use the FTP website to take pictures 3. How to make the most of your images – DS9
Mark Ackland and Bob Gatten

2. Free software Easy to use A good general guide to Astronomy
Stellarium
Free software
Easy to use
A good general guide to Astronomy

3. Stellarium - identify an object

4. Faulkes Telescope Project (FTP)

5. FTP - login and startscreen

6. FTP - Observing

7. FTP - Submitting

8. DS9 – Merge your images

9. DS9 – Open files (FITS)

10. DS9 - Zoom

11. DS9 - Scale

12. DS9 – Colour (Color)

13. DS9 - Betelgeuse

14. DS9 – Horsehead Nebula by Mark