A Telescope and Instrumentation for a New Astronomy Curriculum

天文学（11）本项目将对其他几所大学本科生使用的望远镜进行改造，这是一架60厘米（24英寸）的计算机控制望远镜，配有灵敏的1024 × 1024像素CCD相机，以显著提高学院的天文成像能力，提高学生项目的数量和质量。该摄像机与现有仪器（狭缝摄谱仪、光纤馈入摄谱仪和光圈光度计）相结合，构成了一套灵活而强大的现代天体物理学观测仪器。项目范围从标准天文观测的变化，到根据研究文献改编的工作，再到学生研究项目。该项目的总体目标是利用公众对天文学的兴趣，以增加对科学有理解和欣赏的学生的数量，无论是作为受过教育的公民还是作为职业科学家。新设备支持天体物理学的几门新的本科课程，以及为流行的天文学入门课程改进实验室。该设备还支持科学专业学生的独立研究项目、当地科学教师的讲习班以及公众的参观。

Astronomy (11) The project is adapting a telescope used by a few other institutions for undergraduates, a 60-cm (24-inch) computer-controlled telescope with a sensitive 1024 x l024-pixel CCD camera, to improve dramatically the college's astronomical imaging capabilities, increasing the number and quality of student projects. The camera, combined with existing instrumentation (a slit spectrograph, a fiber fed spectrograph, and an aperture photometer) form a flexible and powerful suite of modern instrumentation for observational astrophysics. Projects range from variations of standard astronomy observations to work adapted from the research literature to student research projects. The overall goal of the project is to exploit the reservoir of public interest in astronomy to increase the number of students who develop an understanding of and appreciation for science, whether as educated citizens or as career scientists. The new equipment supports several new undergraduate courses in astrophysics, as well as improving the laboratory for the popular introductory astronomy course. The equipment also supports independent research projects by science majors, workshops for local science teachers, and visits by the general public.