Improved Astronomical Facility for Undergraduate Instruction

改进本科教学的天文设施

• 批准号: 9452315
• 负责人: Cynthia Peterson
• 金额: $ 0.98万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-01 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9452315&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improved; Astronomical; Facility; Undergraduate; Instruction

9452315 Peterson This project is to equip the University of Connecticut's observatories with a CCD camera and data processing system to bring them to a state-of-the art facility. Ancillary apparatus has been acquired for on site image acquisition, preliminary data processing, subsequent data reduction, storage, printing. Several experiments are being developed for advanced students, as well as CCD cluster investigations for the beginning level. In addition to serving as basic training for future astronomers, the laboratory also serves the large number of introductory students interested in astronomy and their peers who are physics majors. A second major item is a Proxima Desk Top Projector which facilitates planetarium discussions of solar system configurations and planetary motions that were not possible before with the simple Spitz planetarium. It is also used in demonstrations in the lecture hall and for travelling presentations in libraries and schools. Both major items have the additional attraction that they are making astronomy at the University of Connecticut accessible to handicapped students for whom the planetarium and observatories were previously user-unfriendly and inaccessible, respectively.

9452315彼得森这个项目是为康涅狄格大学的天文台配备一台CCD相机和数据处理系统，使它们成为最先进的设施。已获得辅助设备，用于现场图像采集、初步数据处理、后续数据整理、存储、打印。目前正在为高年级学生设计一些实验，并为初级学生设计CCD集群调查。除了作为未来天文学家的基本培训外，该实验室还为大量对天文学感兴趣的入门学生和物理专业的同龄人提供服务。第二个主要项目是Proxima桌面投影仪，它有助于天文馆讨论太阳系的配置和行星运动，这在简单的斯皮茨天文馆之前是不可能的。 它也用于演讲厅的演示以及图书馆和学校的巡回演讲。这两个主要项目都有额外的吸引力，它们使康涅狄格大学的天文学对残疾学生开放，这些学生以前分别对天文馆和天文台不友好和无法进入。