1. PIRATE

2. The piCETL Robotic Astronomical Telescope Explorer Ulrich Kolb, Rob Lucas, Vadim Burwitz

3. PIRATE site Observatori Astronomic de Mallorca (OAM) host observatory of SXR208 Longitude E 2° 57' 06'' Latitude N 39° 38' 38'' Altitude 203 m

8. Main telescope Celestron 14 14 inch (35.6 cm) aperture focal length 3910 mm SBIG camera STL1001E 1024 x 1024 pixels @ 24µm 22 arc min field of view 8 position filter wheel

9. Guiderscope Celestron aperture 80mm focal length 600mm SBIG camera ST402 ME 765 x 510 pixels @ 9µm 40 arcmin field of view Mount Paramount ME (German equatorial mount)

10. The teaching context 3 rd level: S382 Astrophysics, module 2 –One of a choice of 2 projects –Groups of 4-6 use PIRATE in direct mode –Selection, monitoring and classification of unclassified variable stars in the WASP archive 2 nd level: S282, tutor-led practical activity in direct mode Traditional university context (Leicester): –Lab course –Project tool

11. lightcurve of the magnetic cataclysmic variable HU Aqr (30 sec exposures, 172 frames, clear filter) 2.0868 h orbital period, 14.6-16.1 mag maximum brightness 22 23 24 hours since 2008-08-02 0h UT (JD 2454680.5) 3.10 1.55 0 0.775 relative magnitude 1 mag

12. A WASP-detected transiting exoplanet (unpublished) data taken by Stefan Holmes

13. The teaching context  Outreach: demonstrate physics of the Universe  1 st level: demonstration tool for “Online astronomy” sessions

15. all-sky camera view: good night (but full moon) all-sky camera: bad night (and moon!)

16. PIRATE – a 14 inch telescope