A New Observatory for Undergraduate Training and Faculty Research at Swarthmore College

该项目将为斯沃斯莫尔学院购买一台0.6米的研究望远镜，该望远镜将与单独资助的相机和光谱仪一起用于教师和学生的研究。这项研究将包括监测年轻恒星的吸积，研究OB恒星的风，以及研究Be恒星盘。这些领域的研究最好是用专门的设备和大量的望远镜时间来进行。该设施将使天文学本科专业的研究培训成为可能，其中大约一半是女性，其中很大一部分成为专业科学家。培训内容包括使用研究级仪器规划和执行观测，以及整理、分析和发表所得数据。天文台也将向更大的天文团体开放。该奖项由天文科学部和MPS多学科活动办公室资助

This project will acquire a 0.6-meter research telescope for Swarthmore College which will be used with a separately-funded camera and spectrograph for faculty and student research. This research will include monitoring of accretion in young stars, a study of the winds of OB stars, and a study of Be stellar disks. These areas of research are best studied with a dedicated facility and large amounts of telescope time.This facility will enable research training of undergraduate astronomy majors, roughly half of whom are women, and a significant fraction of whom become professional scientists. The training includes experience in planning and carrying out observations using a research-grade instrument, and reducing, analyzing, and publishing the resulting data. The observatory will also be available to the larger astronomical community.This award is funded by the Division of Astronomical Sciences and the MPS office of Multidisciplinary Activities