SBIR Phase I: Sky Explorer: A Low-Cost Telescope/CCD Camera System, Incorporating Interactive Software, to Enrich High School Science and Technology Learning in Astronomy

SBIR 第一阶段：Sky Explorer：低成本望远镜/CCD 相机系统，结合交互式软件，丰富高中天文学科技学习

• 批准号: 9660693
• 负责人: George Tucker
• 金额: $ 7.41万
• 依托单位: Boston Engineering Services
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 1997-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9660693&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Sky; Explorer; Low

*** 9660693 Tucker This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project to be carried out by Boston Engineering Service takes advantage of falling costs and increasing performance of small computer-assisted telescopes and charged coupled diode (CCD) cameras to achieve a new, lower cost design that is optimized for student learning and affordable for all schools. Such a system of telescope and camera, combined with user friendly, interactive software that acts as an "intelligent tutor" in showing how to use the equipment and do projects, can allow high school students to perform projects of genuine scientific discovery, previously only attempted by adults with scientific training. Such projects include Johnson-Morgan standard (UBVRI) photometry of variable stars and the discovery and tracking of asteroids. The research objective is to arrive at a suitable telescope/camera design and an effective software user interface to meet cost objectives and student needs. The research consists of extensive experimentation by a software developer and instrument designer with a group of high school students using a prototype of such a telescope/camera system on a set of astronomy projects. This project offers students the opportunity to participate in scientific discovery and to become knowledgeable about the latest technology. Potential commercial applications are a marketable educational instrument for secondary, middle and elementary schools, for universities, and the amateur astronomy and public education audiences. ***

*** 9660693塔克 这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将由波士顿工程服务公司进行，利用小型计算机辅助望远镜和电荷耦合二极管（CCD）相机的成本下降和性能提高，以实现一个新的，成本更低的设计，优化学生的学习和负担得起的所有学校。 这样一个望远镜和相机系统，结合用户友好的交互式软件，在展示如何使用设备和做项目时充当“智能导师”，可以让高中生执行真正的科学发现项目，以前只有受过科学训练的成年人才能尝试。 这类项目包括变星的约翰逊-摩根标准测光以及小行星的发现和跟踪。 研究的目标是达到一个合适的望远镜/相机的设计和有效的软件用户界面，以满足成本目标和学生的需求。 该研究包括由软件开发人员和仪器设计人员与一组高中学生在一组天文学项目上使用这种望远镜/相机系统的原型进行的广泛实验。 该项目为学生提供了参与科学发现并了解最新技术的机会。 潜在的商业应用是中等、中等和小学、大学以及业余天文学和公共教育受众的适销教育工具。 ***