A portable inflatable planetarium for Lancashire and Cumbria

有了这个火花奖，再加上兰开斯特大学的现有资金，我们将为兰开夏郡和坎布里亚郡购买充气天文馆的所有设备。天文馆将设在兰开斯特，距离最近的现有设施（利物浦和曼彻斯特）约50英里。我们将利用天文馆在各种情况下，包括学校参观，当地活动和节日从事天文学的儿童和成人。我们预计每年将有超过7，000人参与该设施，并且可能在>~10年的寿命中>~ 70，000人。我们将特别针对低社会经济地位（SES）学生比例高的当地学校，以及非传统STEM活动的当地人。

With this Spark Award, combined with existing funding from Lancaster University, we will purchase all of the equipment for an inflatable planetarium for Lancashire and Cumbria. The planetarium will be based in Lancaster, which is ~50 miles away from the nearest existing facilities (in Liverpool and Manchester). We will use the planetarium to engage children and adults in astronomy in a variety of circumstances including school visits, local events and festivals. We expect to engage in excess of ~7,000 people per year with the facility, and >~70,000 over it's likely >~10 year lifetime. We will particularly target local schools with a high fraction of low socioeconomic status (SES) students, and local people at non-traditional STEM events.