Posts Tagged ‘astronomy’
MiniSpaceWorld Design Contest
MiniSpaceWorld aims to create a spectacular scale model world for space flight and astronomy. Light and sound effects, day and night simulations in the different Worlds, historical and modern vehicles in motion, and representation of future life scenes will enrich the visitors’ experience. Under the motto “Space for Everybody”, [...]
Radio JOVE
The Radio JOVE project is a hands-on inquiry-based educational project that allows students, teachers and the general public to learn about radio astronomy by building their own radio telescope from an inexpensive kit and/or using remote radio telescopes through the internet. Radio JOVE students and amateur scientists observe and [...]
PlanetQuest Collaboratory
The PlanetQuest Collaboratory will turn your computer (Mac, PC, Linux, and others) into a virtual astronomical observatory that you can use to make and share real scientific discoveries. Our telescopes are focused on extremely dense star regions, such as the center of the galaxy in Sagittarius, and when an observing run [...]
Night Sky Network
A network of amateur astronomy clubs around the U.S. who hold events for the public (e.g. star parties, planetarium shows, classrooms, etc.). The Night Sky Network is a nationwide coalition that regularly shares their knowledge, time, and telescopes to bring amazing aspects of astronomy to you (it’s essentially a [...]
LCROSS Amateur Observation Campaign
A NASA mission to search for water on the moon needs help from citizen scientists with 10-12″ aperture telescopes to observe a lunar impact in early October. The project is actively asking for you to send in your images of the impact.These images will provide a valuable addition to the archive of data chronicling the impact and its aftermath. [...]
100 Hours of Astronomy
A four-day event designed to bring astronomy to the public around the world. Whether it’s a few hours on one day or a 100-hour marathon event, how groups choose to participate is up to them. One of the key goals of 100 Hours of Astronomy is to have as many people as possible look through a telescope as Galileo did for the first time 400 years ago. Plans should fit the [...]
Hubble’s Next Discovery
People around the world can vote to select the next object the Hubble Space Telescope will view. In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now, 400 years later, your vote will help make the momentous decision of where to point modern astronomy’s most famous telescope. Choose from a list of objects Hubble has never observed before and enter [...]