HoU in Poland

Waldemar OGŁOZACracow Pedagogical University

ogloza@ap.krakow.pl

                                                            

 

Participants in Polish HOU:

• Pilot-programme schools (~25)

• Teacher-training colleges (Cracow Pedagogical Universites)

• Astronomy Clubs, Planetaries ... (MOA, Almukantarat, ... )

• Unregistered users who benefit from the online resources, but who do not participate directly.

Example of HoU grow activity

• „Coronado” case

• Scientific picnic

• Asteroids discovery

„Trade”

Coronado filter price = ~50 school visiting

MOA webcam movie

Let people know about HoU

Asteroid discovery

Example of HoU grow activity

• „Coronado” case

• Scientific picnic

• Asteroids discovery

Another method ???

Polish HoU activities:1. Repeat Eratosthenes' experiment to measure the radius of the Earth

2. Home-built PVC telescopes and spectrographs

3. Supernovae programme and web-portal4. Eclipsing binary stars programme and web-portal5. Minor planets discovery programme6. Webcam astronomy (see C08 tal at 15:30)7. Use of INO (see C09 tal at 15:45) and LCOGTN robotic optical telescopes

8. (Planned) use of robotic radio telescopes

9. Simulations of Solar cycles observaions

10. Theoretical exercises based on existing observations11. Discovering features on Earth using Google Earth

Repeat Eratosthenes' experiment to measure the radius of the Earth

PVC Telescope

Practical, Versatile,

Cheap Telescope

Pipes ~17 $Obective 6 or 50 $Eyepiece ~ 50 $

Home-built spectrographs

Use of LCOGTN telescope

- Imaging

- RGB colour imaging with filters

- Photometry (variable stars and supernovae; H-R diagrams of clusters)

- Time-lapse movies (e.g. minor planets; moons of Jupiter)

Supernovae programme and web-portal

2006 light curves

SN2006ac, JD 245+

SN2006ef, JD 245+

SN2006iv, JD 24540+

SN2006mq, JD 24540+

SN2006oq, JD 24540+ SN2006or, JD 24540+

SN2006mr, JD 24540+

SN2006jc, JD 24540+

SN2006ep, JD 245+

SN2006jd, JD 24540+

SN2006my, JD 24540+

SN2006ov, JD 24540+

SN2006hb, JD 245+

SN2006dd, JD 245+

LCOGTN cooperation example:

Solar cycles simulator

Jodrell Bank Internet Observatory

SCAN SPECTRUM

Crab nebula observations