AAVSO Workshop for Spectroscopic Observations: Empowering Amateur Astronomers

AAVSO 光谱观测研讨会：赋权业余天文学家

• 批准号: 2005676
• 负责人: Stella Kafka
• 金额: $ 4.96万
• 依托单位: American Association of Variable Star Observrs
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-03-01 至 2022-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2005676&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AAVSO; Workshop; Spectroscopic; Observations; Empowering

The primary goal of the workshop is to train up to 100 amateur astronomers in how to use spectroscopy as a tool for astronomy, collect spectroscopic data, and reduce and share them with the international variable star research community through a well-established database organized by the American Association of Variable Star Observers. Professional and experienced amateur astronomers will organize and run the workshop and provide presentations and hands-on experience with instrumentation and data reduction software, making recommendations for best practices in spectroscopy. The workshop will increase the active engagement of amateur observers in scientific projects, and will benefit the professional community by developing a network of amateur astronomers trained in spectroscopy. This workshop targets citizen astronomers, providing training to enable their active participation in scientific projects. The organizers will ask attendees to share educational resources from the workshop within their local communities and to serve as a local resource to help others become more skilled in spectroscopy. In addition, five high school teachers from underserved communities will be recruited to participate in the workshop. These educators will bring spectroscopic science into the classroom, enhancing the scientific curriculum with technical knowledge and connections to authentic research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该研讨会的主要目标是培训多达100个业余天文学家，如何使用光谱作为天文学的工具，收集光谱数据，并通过美国可变星观察家协会组织的良好成熟的数据库进行减少并与国际可变星研究社区共享。 专业和经验丰富的业余天文学家将组织和运行研讨会，并提供仪器和数据减少软件的演示和动手经验，从而为光谱学的最佳实践提供建议。 该研讨会将增加业余观察者在科学项目中的积极参与，并通过开发接受光谱训练的业余天文学家网络来使专业社区受益。该研讨会针对公民天文学家，提供培训以使他们积极参与科学项目。 组织者将要求与会者从其当地社区内的研讨会分享教育资源，并作为当地资源，以帮助他人在光谱方面变得更熟练。此外，将招募来自服务不足社区的五个高中教师参加研讨会。这些教育者将将光谱科学带入课堂，通过技术知识和与真实研究的联系增强科学课程。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子的智力优点和更广泛影响的审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。