It was designed to be operated remotely with the aim of encouraging an interest in science by young people.

Funds were initially sourced by charitable donations from philanthropist Dr. Martin C.

[1] Faulkes Telescope South saw first light in 2004 with full operations occurring by 2006.

[2] 2008 HJ is a small near-Earth asteroid which at the time of its discovery was the most rapidly rotating object in the solar system.

[3] On the 4 May 2007 the first ever observation of one of the satellites of Uranus passing in front of another was made by Marton Hidas and Tim Brown.