In a big town where the night sky is virtually invisible and if often only a virtual experience a telescope is the best channel for the real sky. Even a small telescope. Moon, planets, double stars and some deep sky objects become real objects viewed through an eyepiece or by means of modern CCD In the last few years, in the nice location of our Astrogarden, we did a lot of public outreach and educational activities using small telescopes. Our results show that these activities are very efficient in the broadening of understanding of astronomy and science with the public, in stimulating scientific interests with the young people and in developing useful skills in university students.
Bernieri, E., Altamore, A., De Angelis, I. (2012). Real sky through small telescopes. In Symposia European Week of Astronomy and Space Science 2012. (pp.202).
Real sky through small telescopes
ALTAMORE, Aldo;De Angelis I.
2012-01-01
Abstract
In a big town where the night sky is virtually invisible and if often only a virtual experience a telescope is the best channel for the real sky. Even a small telescope. Moon, planets, double stars and some deep sky objects become real objects viewed through an eyepiece or by means of modern CCD In the last few years, in the nice location of our Astrogarden, we did a lot of public outreach and educational activities using small telescopes. Our results show that these activities are very efficient in the broadening of understanding of astronomy and science with the public, in stimulating scientific interests with the young people and in developing useful skills in university students.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
