{"id":7527,"date":"2024-12-17T23:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/university-of-manitoba-students-advance-research-with-new-remote-observatory-winnipeg\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T23:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T23:47:18","slug":"university-of-manitoba-students-advance-research-with-new-remote-observatory-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/university-of-manitoba-students-advance-research-with-new-remote-observatory-winnipeg\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Manitoba students advance research with new remote observatory &#8211; Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Twenty minutes south of the Perimeter Highway, University of Manitoba students have built a new telescope to capture their own raw footage of the night sky.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The Glenlea Remote Observatory contains a telescope that can rotate 360 degrees. It works much faster than the other telescopes at the university, and enables students to track moving objects like comets and satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all, they don\u2019t even need to be on site to use it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was normally an on-site activity \u2014 students would have to drive out here in the cold and the rain to operate this telescope \u2014 now they can do so completely remotely from a secure computer link,\u201d says graduate student Ryan Wierckx, who led the design and assembly of the project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before it can be fully operational, they need some clear skies so they can calibrate the telescope\u2019s position. They\u2019re hopeful it will be up and running within a few weeks, and they can start collecting and processing their data \u2014 which is not always something university students get to do.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10922068\/wisconsin-school-shooting-natalie-rupnow-shooter\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CP173700826.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Wisconsin school shooting: 15-year-old female student IDed as assailant\" data-title=\"\">Wisconsin school shooting: 15-year-old female student IDed as assailant<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10921825\/canada-post-strike-services-resume\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/canada-post-services-resume.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Canada Post warns of delays as workers return after strike\" data-title=\"\">Canada Post warns of delays as workers return after strike<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the images we get from Hubble and from NASA are already processed, whereas in this case we\u2019re actually learning the process of, for example, editing the pictures to ensure they\u2019re correct,\u201d says graduate student Charles Lee<\/p>\n<p>According to assistant professor Tyrone Woods, now they don\u2019t need to wait until they graduate to gain these skills, and have a professional astronomy experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing exploding stars, supernovae, as well as other variable stars that change over time, and tell us subtle hints into their distances from us and the nature of their evolution,\u201d says Woods.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2024 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10922966\/university-of-manitoba-research-new-oremote-observatory\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size Twenty minutes south of the Perimeter Highway, University of Manitoba students have built a new telescope to capture their own raw footage of the night sky. 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