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A leading amateur astronomer has made a major astronomical discovery thanks to a sophisticated educational telescope project led by Cardiff University astronomers.
Amateur astronomer, Nick Howes, has taken the first pictures showing a split in the icy nucleus of Comet C2007 C3 using a remote-controlled telescope through the Faulkes Telescope Project based in the School of Physics and Astronomy.
The project offers access to a pair of remotely controlled telescopes, located on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and at Siding Spring in Australia - via the Internet.
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An amateur astronomer has made a "major astronomical discovery" while accessing a telescope in Hawaii over the internet while at work in the UK.
Nick Howes took pictures showing the icy nucleus of a comet breaking up while sat at his desk in Wiltshire.
He used a remote-controlled telescope through the Faulkes Telescope Project, run by experts from Cardiff University.
Dr Paul Roche said the university was delighted and that the images appear to show the comet nucleus disintegrating.
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