Micro-Observatories for Undergraduate Astronomy and Physics

本科生天文学和物理学微型天文台

• 批准号: 9250493
• 负责人: David Meisel
• 金额: $ 2.3万
• 依托单位: SUNY College at Geneseo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-01 至 1994-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9250493&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Micro; Observatories; Undergraduate; Astronomy; Physics

Small cooled CCD cameras with wide-angle lenses and a portable control computer is used to increase student participation in outdoor, nighttime sky observations as an integral part of astronomy and physics laboratories. Currently available technology makes it possible to assemble portable micro- observatories that even a novice can setup and operate. The unguided images obtained in this way can be used for astrometry, photometry, and spectroscopy of bright stars, planets, and comets to red magnitudes of 6.5. The micro- observatory concept can be used at any site where weather and lights normally render outdoor activities ineffective for producing useful scientific results in large class sections.

带有广角镜头和便携式的小型冷却CCD相机 控制计算机用于提高学生参与 户外，夜间天空观测作为一个组成部分， 天文学和物理学实验室。 当前可用 技术使组装便携式微型 即使是新手也能安装和操作的天文台。 的 以这种方式获得的无引导图像可以用于 天体测量学、光度学和明亮恒星的光谱学 行星和彗星的红色星等为6.5等。 微- 天文台的概念可用于任何地点， 灯光通常使户外活动无效， 在大型班级中产生有用的科学成果。