Light in the North: SUN at the Orkney International Science Festival 2023

北方之光：2023 年奥克尼国际科学节上的 SUN

• 批准号: ST/X005801/1
• 负责人: Howie Firth
• 金额: $ 1.87万
• 依托单位: Orkney International Science Festival
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FX005801%2F1
• 关键词: Light; North; SUN; Orkney; International

The overall aim of the project is to develop a theme around "astronomy, solar and planetary science" by displaying the immersive SUN installation in St Magnus Cathedral as centrepiece throughout the seven days of the Orkney International Science Festival (OISF) from Thursday 7 to Wednesday 13 September 2023. This aim of bringing the SUN to Orkney is particularly important, as the geographical remoteness of the islands means that the nearest science centre, in Aberdeen, is a 6-hour ferry journey away, with two overnight stays as well. So a package of activities is being put together around the visit of the SUN, to provide a combined richness of experience that normally would be impossible in an island situation. The activities will include two concerts in the Cathedral, talks on topics from fusion research to Maxwell's discovery of the nature of light, art activities, and an exhibition on the life and work of a 19th-century Orcadian physicist whose geomagnetic studies confirmed the link between solar storms and terrestrial magnetic effects.Skilled explainers will be on hand to provide guided tours of the SUN. Some will be young postgraduate researchers from UCLAN, and two will be experienced Festival astronomy presenters.Direct benefits to schools are a key factor. Orkney's school population is approximately 3,000 (18 primaries, two senior secondaries and three junior highs). Geographical remoteness limits access to the rich range of resources available to city schools. The Scottish Government's Urban Rural Classification (2020) lists Orkney's population as 33.5% in Remote Small Towns (with 3 schools) and 66.5% Remote Rural (20 schools). Overall, the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 has 12 Orkney schools in areas of high deprivation (mainly SIMD 2 and 3). Hence, the requested funds will be key to engage schools and community groups, adults and families from across Orkney, including its outer islands which through their remoteness rank high on the Scottish Index for Multiple Deprivation and Urban-Rural Classification.The overall impact we aim for is:- inspiring the community with a first-hand encounter with something unique, the outcome of a creative collaboration between an artist and a solar physicist, and the feeling of coming close to the sheer scale of the seething mass of energy of the Sun- providing a back-up context of information from display material and first-hand information from skilled explainers, opening up connections to the process of scientific understanding and some of the people involved in it- stimulating school pupils and provide teachers with added opportunities and resources to enrich the curriculum- opening up new creative opportunities for people in Orkney's lively artistic community- giving the community an overall feeling that great things are possible after several years in which the necessities of public health have led to a climate of caution and holding back and staying in

该项目的总体目标是围绕“天文学，太阳和行星科学”开发一个主题，在2023年9月7日星期四至13日星期三的奥克尼国际科学节（OISF）的七天中，将圣马格努斯大教堂的沉浸式太阳装置作为中心。将太阳带到奥克尼群岛的目的尤其重要，因为这些岛屿的地理位置偏远，这意味着距离最近的科学中心阿伯丁有6个小时的渡轮旅程，还有两个过夜的住宿。因此，围绕太阳的访问，正在安排一系列活动，以提供在岛屿情况下通常不可能的丰富体验。活动内容包括在大教堂举行两场音乐会、从核聚变研究到麦克斯韦发现光的本质等主题讲座、艺术活动，以及一个关于19世纪奥卡德物理学家生平和工作的展览。奥卡德物理学家的地磁研究证实了太阳风暴和地磁效应之间的联系。一些将是来自UCLAN的年轻研究生研究员，两名将是经验丰富的天文节主持人。学校的直接利益是一个关键因素。奥克尼群岛的学校人口约为3，000人（18所小学、2所高中和3所初中）。地理位置偏远限制了城市学校获得丰富资源的机会。苏格兰政府的城乡分类（2020年）列出奥克尼的人口为33.5%的偏远小城镇（3所学校）和66.5%的偏远农村（20所学校）。总体而言，2020年苏格兰多重贫困指数在高度贫困地区（主要是SIMD 2和3）有12所奥克尼学校。因此，所要求的资金将是关键，以吸引学校和社区团体，成年人和家庭从整个奥克尼，包括其外岛，通过其偏远的排名高的苏格兰指数为多重驱逐和城乡分类。我们的目标是整体影响：- 通过与独特事物的第一手接触来激励社区，这是艺术家和太阳物理学家之间创造性合作的结果，以及接近太阳能量沸腾质量的纯粹规模的感觉-提供来自显示材料的信息的备份上下文和来自熟练解释者的第一手信息，开放与科学理解过程和参与其中的一些人的联系-刺激学校学生，并为教师提供更多的机会和资源来丰富课程-为奥克尼生动的艺术社区的人们开辟新的创造性机会-让社会整体感觉到，在几年来公共卫生的需要导致谨慎和退缩的气氛之后，