A Telescope and Instrumentation for a New Astronomy Curriculum

天文学（11）该项目正在改造其他几个机构为本科生使用的望远镜，这是一个60厘米（24英寸）计算机控制的望远镜，配有灵敏的1024 × 1024像素CCD照相机，以大大提高该学院的天文成像能力，增加学生项目的数量和质量。该相机与现有的仪器（狭缝光谱仪，光纤光谱仪和孔径光度计）相结合，形成了一套灵活而强大的现代观测天体物理仪器。项目范围从标准天文学观测的变化到从研究文献到学生研究项目改编的工作。该项目的总体目标是利用公众对天文学的兴趣，使更多的学生了解和欣赏科学，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个新的本科课程，以及改善流行的天文学入门课程的实验室。这些设备还支持科学专业的独立研究项目，为当地科学教师举办研讨会，以及公众参观。

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.