Texas Observatory for Remote Research and Education

德克萨斯州远程研究和教育天文台

• 批准号: 0721742
• 负责人: Christopher Johns-Krull
• 金额: $ 51.75万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0721742&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Texas; Observatory; Remote; Research; Education

This project, The Texas Observatory for Remote Research and Education, will modify the existing 30 inch telescope dome at the McDonald Observatory in Texas and install a 24 inch remotely operated telescope which will have access to a variety of users, in research and in education. This includes programs provided for students in grades K through 12, community college students, university-level undergraduates, graduate students and the professional astronomical community at-large. Research will be focused primarily on imaging studies (variable stars, extra-solar planet searches, jet variability, asteroid studies) but will also include efforts using low resolution spectroscopy. The project joins researchers from Rice University with the local community college, Houston Community College, and will include traditionally under-represented groups in Astronomy, women and minorities.

该项目是德克萨斯州的远程研究和教育天文台，将修改德克萨斯州麦当劳观测站现有的30英寸望远镜圆顶，并安装24英寸远程操作的望远镜，该望远镜将可以在研究和教育中访问各种用户。 这包括为K至12年级的学生提供的课程，社区大学生，大学级本科生，研究生和专业的天文学社区一般。研究将主要集中在成像研究（可变恒星，明显的行星搜索，喷气变异性，小行星研究）上，但还将包括使用低分辨率光谱法的努力。 该项目与赖斯大学的研究人员一起与休斯顿社区学院的当地社区学院一起，并将包括传统上代表性不足的天文学，妇女和少数民族的群体。