North Manchester Education and Community Astronomy centre.

北曼彻斯特教育和社区天文学中心。

• 批准号: ST/P001351/1
• 负责人: Stuart Alan Rodgers
• 金额: $ 1.12万
• 依托单位: Holy Cross College
• 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%2FP001351%2F1
• 关键词: North; Manchester; Education; Community; Astronomy

Astronomy, being the study of the origin and evolution of the Universe, the physics and chemistry of celestial objects, and the calculation of their positions and motions, is one of the most fascinating and important of human endeavours. Hence a fundamental aim of this project is to encourage people to participate in this study, in both practical and theoretical ways. As a result of this participation, some of them will be inspired to pursue the subject further and possibly follow an astronomy related career.Another aim is to provide a multi-purpose Community Astronomy centre in the North Manchester region, sited in Bury, where currently no other facilities exist.The roof top observatory will be based at Holy Cross sixth form college Bury, Lancashire and will comprise a fully automated dome and telescope viewed and controlled form a pre-existing fully equipped laboratory below that can hold up to 30 people at a time.The Astronomy centre will serve a large community in and around North Manchester and Lancashire. The project will promote Astronomy on a number of levels: Education, from Primary to post 16, teacher training via the IOP and the general public will be given full access via independent Astronomy groups.The Astronomy centre bid is for the building of a fully remote dome and telescopes. The Astronomy room below, Computer suites and interactive whiteboard is not part of the bid.For the centre to reach as many people as possible from families to student and amateur research projects, the evening operation will be undertaken by a local Astronomy group independent of the college, and also with support from the IOP and local teachers who are trained in its operation. The idea being that the more people who are trained to use it the more we can snowball this expertise and involve as many pupils, families and general public in the Science.The centre is a resource for all.

天文学研究宇宙的起源和演化、天体的物理和化学以及它们的位置和运动的计算，是人类最迷人和最重要的努力之一。因此，该项目的一个基本目标是鼓励人们以实践和理论的方式参与这项研究。由于这次参与，他们中的一些人将受到启发，进一步追求这一主题，并可能遵循天文学相关的职业生涯。另一个目标是在北曼彻斯特地区提供一个多用途的社区天文中心，位于伯里，目前没有其他设施存在。屋顶天文台将设在圣十字六年级学院伯里，该天文中心将由一个全自动的圆顶和望远镜组成，从下面一个预先存在的设备齐全的实验室观察和控制，一次最多可容纳30人。该天文中心将为北曼彻斯特和兰开夏郡及其周围的一个大型社区提供服务。该项目将在多个层面上促进天文学：教育，从小学到16岁后，通过IOP进行教师培训，公众将通过独立的天文学团体获得全面的访问。天文学中心投标是为了建造一个完全远程的圆顶和望远镜。下面的天文室，电脑套件和交互式白板不是投标的一部分。为了让该中心尽可能多地接触到从家庭到学生和业余研究项目的人，晚上的操作将由独立于学院的当地天文小组进行，并得到IOP和当地教师的支持。我们的想法是，越多的人谁是训练有素的使用它，我们就越可以滚雪球这种专业知识，并涉及尽可能多的学生，家庭和公众在科学。该中心是一个资源，为所有。