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

该项目的总体目标是通过展示圣马格努斯大教堂的身临其境的太阳装置，作为奥克尼国际科学节(OISF)从2023年9月7日星期四至13日的七天中的中心展品，以此为主题发展一个主题：天文学、太阳和行星科学。这个把太阳带到奥克尼的目的尤其重要，因为这些岛屿的地理位置偏远，这意味着最近的科学中心，在阿伯丁，需要6个小时的渡轮车程，还有两个过夜。因此，围绕太阳的访问，人们正在组织一系列活动，以提供在岛屿情况下通常不可能获得的丰富体验。这些活动将包括在大教堂举行的两场音乐会，从聚变研究到麦克斯韦发现光的本质的演讲，艺术活动，以及关于一位19世纪奥卡迪亚物理学家的生活和工作的展览，他的地磁研究证实了太阳风暴和地球磁效应之间的联系。现场将有讲解员提供太阳的导游。其中一些将是来自加州大学洛杉矶分校的年轻研究生研究人员，两个将是有经验的节日天文学主持人。对学校的直接好处是一个关键因素。奥克尼的在校学生人数约为3000人(18名小学学生、2名高中学生和3名初中学生)。地理位置偏远限制了对城市学校可用的丰富资源的获取。苏格兰政府的城乡分类(2020)显示，奥克尼市33.5%的人口居住在偏远的小城镇(有3所学校)，66.5%的人口居住在偏远的农村(20所学校)。总体而言，苏格兰2020年多重贫困指数有12所奥克尼学校处于高度贫困地区(主要是SIMD 2和SIMD 3)。因此，所申请的资金将是吸引来自奥克尼各地的学校和社区团体、成年人和家庭的关键，包括其外岛，这些岛屿因地处偏远而在苏格兰多重剥夺和城乡分类指数中排名靠前。我们的总体目标是：-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创造性合作的结果，以及接近太阳炽热能量质量的感觉--提供展示材料和熟练讲解员提供的第一手信息的备份环境，打开与科学理解过程和一些参与其中的人的联系--刺激小学生，为教师提供更多的机会和资源来丰富课程--为奥克尼活跃的艺术社区的人们打开新的创作机会--让社区总体上感觉到，在公共卫生的必要性导致谨慎、克制和留在学校的几年后，伟大的事情是可能发生的

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