Undergraduate Teaching Observatory Telescope

本科教学天文望远镜

• 批准号: 9351359
• 负责人: C. Martin Gaskell
• 金额: $ 0.93万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-06-01 至 1995-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9351359&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Teaching; Observatory; Telescope

With funds from a private donor the University of Nebraska department of Physics and Astronomy has been able to purchase a CCD with photometric head and a computer. It is not able to be used to its full potential because the telescope which the department has on campus is inadequate. In this project a permanently mounted 16" Cassegrain/Newtonian telescope is used to allow the CCD system to be permanently mounted and readily available for use by a wide range of classes. The telescope allows long exposures which let undergraduates get hands on experience observing just about every class of astrophysical object. This enhances the astrophysics major program in the following three ways: first, it greatly improves the teaching of observational techniques by allowing students to try things on their own and at their own pace; second, it allows the easy introduction of relevant observational activities into all of the other courses for majors; and third, it lets students carry out an enormous range of independent research projects with relatively little supervision.

内布拉斯加州物理与天文学系的私人捐助者的资金已经能够购买带有照相头和计算机的CCD。它无法充分发挥其潜力，因为该部门在校园内的望远镜不足。 在该项目中，永久安装的16英寸Cassegrain/Newtonian望远镜用于允许CCD系统永久安装并随时可用，可供多种类别使用。望远镜允许长时间的接触允许长期接触，使您可以在上面的经验上获得几乎所有的体验，这些体验几乎可以观察到每个类型的天文学的方法。允许学生自行尝试并以自己的步伐来进行，因此可以轻松地将相关的观察活动引入所有其他课程，并让学生进行大量的独立研究项目。