Observatories |
Astronomical Research Institute
7644 NCR 1800E
Charleston, IL 61920
Telephone: (217) 345-2200 |
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| Bareket
Observatory A observatory
operates for educational and scientific purposes and
is developing the most unique and sophisticated educative
and teaching astronomical materials in Israel. |
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Capilla
Peak Observatory
Capilla Peak Observatory is a research facility owned and operated
by the Institute for Astrophysics at the University of New Mexico. Our
61cm (24") Boller & Chivens Cassegrain is available for use primarily
by the staff, students and faculty at UNM. |
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| Global
Telescope Network - Sonoma State
University - an informal association of scientists, students,
individuals and observatories interested in supporting
the NASA Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST),
Swift, and XMM-Newton missions by obtaining and reducing
ground based observations for objects related to the
primary science goals for these missions. |
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| Ironwood
North Observatory, AZ - a
small roll-off roof observatory measuring 8' x10' owned
and runn by Frank Pino. It is equipped with a LX-200
10" f6.3 Classic telescope, a SBIG ST-9XEI camera,
and the autoguiding is handled by a Borg 50 scope with
SBIG ST-237A camera. |
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Nepean Astronomy Centre
The Centre for
Astronomy, University of Western Sydney Nepean; AF Building,
Werrington North; Penrith Campus.
Centre for Astronomy;
University of Western Sydney Nepean; PO
Box 10; Kingswood
2747; AUSTRALIA
Phone +61 2 96787524
Fax +61 2 96787202
HOU Palmdale Telescope |
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
In 1997, NRAO joined HOU as an Informal Science Site and used HOU Informal
Activities in their Special Events Series during the summer tour season.
The NRAO Technology Institute supports the West Virginia Department of
Education endorsement of HOU as a means of integrating relevant technology
into the science curriculum, and as a way to add astronomy to your courses.
NRAO-HOU Radio Astronomy Investigations [http://www.gb.nrao.edu/epo/hou.html]
include (1) The Radio Moon, (2) To Be a Star or not a Star? That is the
Question! (3) From Hubble to Hubble: Measuring the Age of the Universe.
(3) Resolution: It's not just for New Years. NRAO maintains an archive
of 16 bit radio images.
http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ |
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Observatory Network
Please see the Images area of the HOU homepage
for the many other important observatories who have contributed to the
image sets used in the Explorations activities and other HOU curriculum projects. |
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Perth Observatory
Perth Observatory
has two operational internet telescopes connected with
HOU: (1) the HOU "Real Astronomy Experience" (RAE)
telescope, operational as of Dec 2005, owned by the University
of California - Lawrence Hall of Science, USA, and (2)
R-COP (Remote Telescope Partnership between Clarion University
- Science in Motion, Oil Region Astronomical Society
and Perth Observatory - the Oil Region Astronomy Society
and Clarion University are both located in Pennsylvania,
USA. The R-COP telescope became operational in 2008.
HOU participants around the world request observations
from an automated telescope, download these images, and
analyze them with the aid of user-friendly image processing
software. Students in the USA have already successfully
accessed Perth Observatory's Internet telescope thus
successfully exploiting the fact that the US school day
coincides with night in Perth. Our collaborators at Perth
Observatory have successfully mounted an
sky
camera that updates a picture of the sky every 10
minutes. |
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| Pi
of the Sky The PI of the Sky is a collaboration
among several institutions in Poland. The PI of the
Sky project is a collection of instruments and software
designed to detect optical transients. An optical transient
is a source in the sky that flares up or appears and
then fades to eventually become undetectable. |
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Sierra Stars Observatory Network (SSON) - an automated astronomy education and research
facility of professional telescopes remotely accessible
via the Internet. We currently have two observatories
in our network. |
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| Yerkes
Observatory is
a collaborating observatory with HOU. Yerkes is an observatory of
the University of Chicago. Yerkes is located at 373 West Geneva
Street, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 53191. 262-245-5555. Free
Public Tours on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and Noon. Yerkes Observatory
is the source of many HOU images used in the Explorations pages. |
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Museums and Community
Science Centers |
Abrams
Planetarium
The Talbert and Leota Abrams Planetarium, located on the beautiful
Michigan State University campus, serves as an astronomy and space science
education resource center for central Michigan. The planetarium is an
outreach unit of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and as such,
we support astronomy teaching on campus as well as offer a variety of
planetarium shows to the public--preschool through senior citizens. |
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| Since 1930, the Adler
Planetarium & Astronomy Museum has been at the forefront of
space exploration, presenting the latest astronomy discoveries and showcasing
one of the world's largest collections of historic scientific instruments.
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum is located at 1300 South Lake
Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 1-312-922-STAR. Adler
partners with HOU especially in sponsoring HOU workshops, creating HOU
activities, and collaborating with observatories. |
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Drake
Planetarium
Drake Planetarium offers science programs to children ages pre-school
through university level. These programs are designed to enhance and reinforce
the science curriculum based on the State of Ohio Science Model as well
as the National Science Literacy Model. Each planetarium program has a
specific curriculum consisting of pre-activities, a lab experience, post
activities, and an evaluation tool. |
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| Lawrence Hall
of Science ...where science is something everyone can do and enjoy.
More than a museum, more than a research center, Lawrence Hall of Science
is a public science museum and a center for teacher education, research,
and curriculum development at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lawrence Hall of Science is the new home of Hands-On Universe! |
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Morrison
Planetarium
The Morrison Planetarium is located in the California Academy of Sciences,
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The Morrison Planetarium's star projector,
built between 1948 and 1952, is not a Zeiss, Spitz, Minolta, Goto, or
any other mass-produced planetarium instrument. It is one-of-a-kind, designed
and constructed by the staff of the California Academy of Sciences, and
is formally referred to as the "Academy Projector." |
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Science
Museum, Tokyo
The Science Museum, founded by the Japan Science Foundation, opened its
doors in April 1964 to promote public understanding of science and technology.
The "UNIVERSE LIVESHOW" program is performed by Astronomers
on every Saturday afternoon. A HOU observing corner in the show is a distance
learning from the Yerkes Observatory. Also KITANOMARU
INTERNET TELESCOPE (KIT), located on the Science Museum rooftop, is
in collaboration with the Hands-On Universe project. |
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Colleges and Research
Institutions |
TERC
TERC is a nonprofit research and development organization
committed to improving mathematics and science learning
and teaching. Founded in 1965, TERC is internationally
recognized for creating innovative curricula, fostering
teacher professional development, pioneering creative
uses of technology in education, contributing to educators'
understanding of learning and teaching, and developing
equitable opportunities for under served learners. TERC
partners with Hands-On Universe, especially in areas
of curriculum design and development. |
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The
Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA) investigates
the origin of structure in the Universe by using the unique advantages
of the Polar Plateau for astrophysics. CARA is a National Science Foundation
Science and Technology Center. CARA is head quartered at the University
of Chicago.
CARA Outreach. |
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| Hardin
Simmons University hosts the International
Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) - an educational
outreach program in which students make original discoveries
of Main Belt asteroids and important observations that
contribute to the NASA Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program. |
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Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory
Ernest Orlando Lawrence founded this Lab, the oldest of the national laboratories,
in 1931. Lawrence invented the cyclotron, which led to a Golden Age of
particle physics and revolutionary discoveries about the nature of the
universe. Known as a mecca of particle physics, Berkeley Lab long ago
broadened its focus. Of our nine Nobel Prizes, five are in physics and
four in chemistry. Today, we are a multi-program lab where research in
advanced materials, life sciences, energy efficiency, detectors and accelerators
serves America's needs in technology and the environment. |
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University
of California, Berkeley, Department of Astronomy
Observational, experimental and theoretical research in Astronomy
and Astrophysics at UC Berkeley covers the full range of modern astronomical
activity, from studies of the planets, through investigation of stars
and the interstellar medium, to inquiry into the origin of galaxies and
of the Universe as a whole. |
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University
of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics
Physics at Berkeley has long been in the forefront
of discovery and achievement. In 1931, Ernest O. Lawrence
invented the cyclotron at Berkeley, ushering in the era
of high-energy physics and a tradition of achievement
that
continues today. Seven of the Berkeley's thirteen Nobel
Prizes were awarded to Berkeley physicists. In the most
recent National Research Council nationwide rankings,
the department is identified as one of the best in the
nation.
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University
of California, Berkeley, Center for Particle Astrophysics
Within the framework of the NSF Science and Technology Centers,
we see our mission as playing a leading role in the investigation of the
central scientific problem of dark matter while developing a new model
of scientific research more attuned to the multidisciplinary nature of
our enterprise and the environment in which we live. |
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University
of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
The University of Chicago is home to many of the most exciting projects
in astrophysics and cosmology. Projects include: The Sloan Digital Sky
Survey, which will find the 3D positions of one million galaxies and over
100,000 quasars. Several projects that study the cosmic microwave background,
including: TopHat, a balloon-borne experiment. DASI, an 13-element interferometer
that will be based at the South Pole. MAP, a MIDEX-class satellite, will
be launched in Fall 2000. PLANCK is an ESA satellite due to be launched
in 2003. The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect is being detected on a scale never
dreamed possible. The Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes uses
supercomputers to solve the long-standing problem of thermonuclear flashes
on the surfaces of compact stars. |
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Research Projects |
Supernova
Cosmology Project
This project was founded by HOU co-diretor and founder Carl Pennypacker,
who led this experiment to its first discovery. Based at Berkeley Lab
and headed by Saul Perlmutter of the Physics Division, the Supernova Cosmology
Project shares the citation with the High-z SupernovaSearch Team led by
Brian Schmidt of Australia's Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories.
Both teams are international collaborations, with researchers in England,
France, Germany, and Sweden among the members of the Supernova Cosmology
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Science Magazine December 1998: "Science Breakthrough of the
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The
Third International Mathematics and Science Study
(TIMSS) represents the most extensive investigation of mathematics
and science education ever conducted. Approximately 50 countries have
participated in this comparative survey of education focusing upon nine-year
old students, thirteen-year old students, and students in their last year
of secondary schools. |
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Telescopes |
Torus
Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets large aperture
optics and advanced research telescopes. With numerous, successful installations
in major universities, governments, and observatories, Torus research
telescopes have set industry standards by innovating and implementing
the latest technological advances in astronomy, science and engineering.
The company also manufactures opto-mechanical
instruments for the Lidar market.
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Resources and Funding |
The
National Science Foundation
Hands-On Universe gratefully acknowledges major funding
support from the National Science Foundation's Directorate
of Education and Human Resources, Division of Elementary,
Secondary, and Informal Science Education.
http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=ESIE |
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Illinois
State Board of Education
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum and Hands-On
Universe happily recognize our collaboration with the
Illinois State Board of Education's Near and Far Sciences
for Illinois (NFSI) SKYWatch project! |
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Toyota
For over a decade, the Toyota USA Foundation has been working
with 501(c)3 organizations to fund K-12 education programs; especially
in the areas of mathematics and science. Currently the Toyota USA Foundation
provides $1.7 million a year to support innovative math and science programs. |
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U. S.
Department of Defense Education Activity
DoDEA is committed to providing your children with the best education
possible. |
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