Transit of Mercury, 9th May 2016 - an event programme for Cardiff

水星凌日，2016 年 5 月 9 日——卡迪夫的活动计划

• 批准号: ST/N005643/1
• 负责人: Jana Horak
• 金额: $ 0.44万
• 依托单位: National Museum Wales
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FN005643%2F1
• 关键词: Transit; Mercury; 9th; May; 2016

The aims of this application link directly to delivering public engagement events in Cardiff to coincide with, and promote, the transit of Mercury on 9th May 2016.1. To build on the success of the Cardiff 2015 solar eclipse events to promote astronomy and astrophysics to public audiences in the Cardiff area. 2. To mark the transit of Mercury by providing viewing opportunities and promote recent research on Mercury to an audience with a wide range of science knowledge and range in age range. The transit of Mercury comes shortly after the ending of the MESSANGER mission and provides an idea vehicle to promote research findings to local audiences in South Wales. The partnership between Cardiff University and Amgeuddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales (AC-NMW) allows us to combine the expertise of active researchers with a track record of public engagement with the experience of engaging both known, and new, audience through inclusive community engagement and participation. 3. To use the transit of Mercury to attract and engage a non-science audience through a cross-over art and science event. In an educational system that frequently results in students at 16+ having a curriculum polarised between art and science, we aim to provide a bridge between these extremes. This facilitates non-scientist to appreciate the magnitude and beauty of planetary exploration rather than being alienated by the complexity of the science.4. To proactively include socially deprived groups within events to expand the reach of the enagement.

此申请的目的直接与在卡迪夫举办公众参与活动相关联，以配合并促进2016年5月9日水星过境。以卡迪夫2015年日食事件的成功为基础，向卡迪夫地区的公众推广天文学和天体物理学。2. 通过提供观测机会来纪念水星凌日，并向具有广泛科学知识和年龄范围的观众宣传有关水星的最新研究。水星凌日是在信使号任务结束后不久进行的，它提供了一个向南威尔士当地观众宣传研究成果的好机会。卡迪夫大学与Amgeuddfa Cymru -威尔士国家博物馆（AC-NMW）之间的合作伙伴关系使我们能够将活跃研究人员的专业知识与公众参与的记录与通过包容性社区参与和参与吸引已知和新观众的经验相结合。3. 通过艺术和科学的交叉活动，利用水星的运行来吸引和吸引非科学的观众。在一个经常导致16岁以上学生在艺术和科学之间的课程两极分化的教育体系中，我们的目标是在这两个极端之间提供一座桥梁。这有助于非科学家欣赏行星探索的宏伟和美丽，而不是被科学的复杂性所疏远。主动将社会弱势群体纳入活动范围，扩大参与范围。