News
Red Spot Jr. gets bumpy !!!
June 5, 2006: The two biggest storms in the solar system are about to
go bump in the night, in plain view of backyard telescopes. Read the NASA story .
Science Picnic in Warsaw with LCOGT telescope
On Saturday June 3rd the Polish EU-HOU team took part in the
Science Picnic organized in Warsaw. Together with the British
Council of Warsaw we set up live observations with the LCOGT telescope at Hawaii. The weather was excellent and images ... just see yourself 
(You can download processed images in .jpeg format or fits files in G,R and B filters).
EU-HOU/LCOGT Supernovae Follow-up Programme
EU-HOU and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (former Faulkes
Telescope) have launched a common Educational Supernova Follow-up Programme.
The programme is coordinated by TRA Krzysztof (Chris) Rochowicz from Torun,
Poland. We hope to have a dedicated web site within
couple of weeks. At the moment, to join the programme, simply write
Krzysztof at kroch@neostrada.pl . Access to LCOGT telescopes is possible through nationak EU-HOU coordinators.
7-m Radio Telescope Available for School Projects
Jodrell Bank Observatory 7-m Radio Telescope
The EC-funded project RadioNet is now providing EU-HOU, through the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory (UK), a 7-m radio telescope for use by schools throughout Europe for simple real-time observing projects.
To use this telescope you will need to be registered for internet observing under the RadioNet project. To register, send an email to radionet@jb.man.ac.uk giving your contact name, address and email address. You will then be sent a registration pack which includes a username and password, a brief manual for the use of the telescope and several simple radio astronomy exercises to perform with the 7-m telescope.
EU-HOU partner from UK visits Portugal
NUCLIO welcomed Robert Hill, from the Armagh Planetarium (Northern
Ireland), to Portugal for a very successful visit. The two EU-HOU
partners joint efforts to establish a collaboration that aims to have
middle and high-schools use Faulkes Telescope integrated in real
scientific projects, under the supervision of portuguese scientists
from NUCLIO. A meeting at the British Council (BC) in Lisbon initiated
negotiations regarding the support from the BC to these collaborative
projects.
Total Solar Eclipses, by Prof.Jay Pasachoff
Power point presentation total_solar_eclipses.zip (7.11 Mb)
Globe at Night - check the light polution in your neighbourhood !
Come Join the GLOBE at Night Program for a Star-Hunting Party during March 22 29, 2006!
Visit www.globe.gov/globeatnight.
What does it mean to REALLY watch the stars? When you look at the night sky, do you see an endless swath of glittering jewels set against a deep velvet black sky? Or do you see only a dozen or so pinpricks of light doggedly shining through the soft amber glow of streetlamps? And how could streetlamps make a difference
in the way the sky looks?
Join thousands of other students, families, and educators by participating in GLOBE at Night an international event designed to observe and record the visible stars as a means of measuring light pollution in a given location. Participation is open to anyone anywhere in the world who can get outside and look skyward during the week of March 22-29, 2006! There is no cost to participate in GLOBE at Night. Help us reach our goal of 5000 observations from around the world!
The quality of the night sky for stellar observations is impacted by several factors including human activities. By locating specific constellations in the sky, students from around the world will learn how the lights in their community contribute to light pollution. Students will explore the different light sources in their community learning the relationship between science, technology and society, and they will report their observations online through a central database allowing for authentic worldwide research and analysis. The observations made during GLOBE at Night will help students and scientists together assess how the quality of the night sky varies around the world.
Here s How to Participate in GLOBE at Night!
- Visit http://www.globe.gov/globeatnight
- Download the GLOBE at Night Activity Packet
- Choose a clear night during the week of March 22-29, 2006
- Find the constellation Orion
- Compare what you see to the Magnitude Charts
- Report your observations on our website
- Sign up for the GLOBE at Night mailing list to receive the results of this international event!
What Students Will Learn:
- a.. How to locate and identify constellations in the night sky
- b.. How their view of the night sky is impacted by light pollution
- c.. How science and technology have produced local and global challenges
- d.. How light energy is distributed at local and global scales
- e.. How effective and efficient different light sources are in their environment
- f.. About economic factors involved in light pollution in their community
- g.. How to understand patterns of human population distribution
For more information please contact globeatnight@globe.gov
GLOBE at Night is a collaboration between The GLOBE Program, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), Centro de Apoyo a la Didactica de la Astronomia (CADIAS), Windows to the Universe, and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI).
Kindly provided by Margarita MetaxaMarch 2006
