MRI Acquisition: Hawaii-based Undergraduate Leadership in Astronomy [HULA] by Acquiring Instrumentation for an Educational 1m-Class Telescope

MRI 采集：夏威夷本科生在天文学方面的领导力 [HULA] 通过获取教育 1m 级望远镜仪器

• 批准号: 0923136
• 负责人: William Heacox
• 金额: $ 14.17万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii at Hilo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0923136&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Hawaii; based; Undergraduate

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Few undergraduate institutions are able to provide their faculty and students with research grade telescopes and instrumentation. The University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) is, however, an exception. They have recently acquired a new one-meter class telescope which is located on the top of Mauna Kea, one of the world's premier sites for observational astronomy. Dr. David James of UHH is heading up the installation of two new instruments for the telescope: a new digital optical camera and a spectrograph which will be used to analyze the light from stars. The new equipment will allow faculty astronomers to conduct important scientific research. It will also be used extensively to provide training and scientific research experiences for UHH undergraduate students. The instrumentation is being made possible through the NSF's Major Research Instrumentation program.

该奖项根据 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）提供资金。很少有本科院校能够为其教职员工和学生提供研究级望远镜和仪器。 然而，夏威夷大学希洛分校 (UHH) 是一个例外。 他们最近购买了一台新的一米级望远镜，该望远镜位于莫纳克亚山的顶部，莫纳克亚山是世界上最重要的观测天文学地点之一。 夏威夷大学休斯顿大学的大卫·詹姆斯博士正在负责为望远镜安装两台新仪器：一台新的数码光学相机和一台用于分析恒星发出的光的摄谱仪。新设备将使天文学家能够进行重要的科学研究。 它还将广泛用于为 UHH 本科生提供培训和科研经验。 该仪器是通过美国国家科学基金会的主要研究仪器项目实现的。