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Hands-on Universe/Europe
Ana Inés Gómez de Castro
Universidad Complutense de
Madrid
www.euhou.net
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¿What is EU-HOU?
European Union- Hands-on the Universe is an
educational project to bring frontline
astronomy (concepts) and instrumentation in
the classroom (14-17 years old students)
Objectives:
 Renovate scientific education methods
 Bringing the excitement of scientific discovery
into the classroom to motivate scientific/technical
studies among teenagers
 At European-wide scale
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BASICS:
Project based on Astronomical Research because relevant discoveries
can be made with rather unexpensive instrumentation and basic
scientific knowledge.
Project Milestones:
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Provide instrumentation to the School System
Students carry out and process their own astronomical
observations obtained either at the classrooms thanks to either a
global system of robotic telescopes controlled through the
internet or small telescopes and tools developed for the project
(webcam systems, small radiotelescopes)
Exercises and Projects
Pupils are introduced into open research problems associated to the
European Research Space.
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INSTRUMENTS
FAULKES Telescopes:
Two 2m optical telescopes located at
profesional observatories and dedicated
to educational projects in United Kindom.
Pilot Schools participating in the project
enjoy observing time at this facility during
the duration of the project.
SALSA-ONSALA
The Onsala Space Observatory
(Chalmers Technological University,
Sweden) has develop a prototype of
small radiotelescope that has been
made available to the Pilot Schools to
carry out real time observations through
the internet.
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WEBCAMs for small telescopes
The Center for Theoretical Physics of the
Polish Academy of Sciences has
designed a cheap and easy to use
system to record electronically
astronomical observations obtained
with small telescopes or efficient
photographic elements. This allows
students to process the data and
understand some very basic
technological problems.
Projects are related with variable stars,
planets and simple geometric
calculations.
The EU-HOU team has bought 160
(optics+electronic) equipments for the
European Pilot Schools.
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SOME EXERCISES:
1. To observe the highly collimated jets from young Solar Systems and
determine the characteristic ejection time. How planets can be formed in
such an active environment? Is the Sun a “normal” star?
2. To observe and determine how the Sun orbits around the Galactic Center.
3. Are the planetary systems detected by now alike our Solar System?, if you
could travel among them… which one would you pick up? How could you
minimize the travelling time among many systems?
4. To sail into Space. Why are there launching windows for space missions?
What is the effect of Solar radiation in Solar sails? Are rigging relevant?
(Solar Systems “America’s” cup)
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INSTRUMENT: FAULKES TELESCOPE
DATA PROCESSED
WITH SALSAJ
EXERCISE
1:
Observing jets from young
Solar Systems.
Determining time scales: a 10
years long monitoring!
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EXERCISE 2:
To detect/study the
rotation of the Sun around
the Galactic Center.
Velocity=220km/s (792.000km/h)
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EXERCISE 3:
How do planetary systems look like?
If you could travel among them?
Which ones would you pick-up? Why?
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EXERCISE 4
The rotation
stream!!!
Sailing into Space.
Why it is better to delay the launching
of a Space mission to certain
launching windows?
How solar radiation may assist the
navigation of Space Ships?
V
V
It takes much
energy to sail
against the
stream!
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Vr
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SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE…
The COSMOS-I project
…modifies the
radial component of
the velocity
S cos()
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S
Incident
Radiation
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THE LARGEST
THE SURFACE
THE LARGEST
MANOUEVERING
POSIBILITIES!!!
How many hexagons
are you able to fit in?
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ORGANIZATION:
Both tools and exercises are free and available in the project web:
www.euhou.net..
There is a coordinator per country who, in addition to develop resources
coordinates the implementation in the local educational system.
There are European-wide training sessions for the Teachers in the Pilot Schools.
We are testing levels and methods in Secondary/High School across Europe.
English is the basic language though tools manuals and exercises are being
translated to all languages.
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THE FUTURE:
COMENIUS Network of Pilot Schools: funding training & meetings
MINERVA – IMAGING processing and testing (extending to biology)
MINERVA – Global Positioning (extending to Geographic coordinates)
SEEKING for Virtual Environments where students can meet to work together
on scientific problems
PROBLEMS:
•Language
•Not enough funding to keep teams at work on several years scales.
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THE EUROPEAN TEAM
Es-HOU : Pr Ana I. GÓMEZ DE CASTRO
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
F-HOU : COORDINADORA
Dr Roger FERLET - Dr Anne-Laure MELCHIOR
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Francia
Gr-HOU : Dr Margarita METAXA
Arsakeio High School, Grecia
It-HOU : Alessandra ZANAZZI
Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, Italia
Pl-HOU : Pr Lech MANKIEWICZ
Center for Theoretical Physics, Polonia
Pt-HOU : Dr. Rosa DORAN
NUCLIO, Núcleo Interactivo de Astronomia,Portugal
Se-HOU : Dr. Cathy HORELLOU
Onsala Space Observatory, Suecia
UK-HOU : Robert HILL
Armagh Planetarium, Reino Unido
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INSTITUTOS/COLEGIOS PARTICIPANTES
Colegio BASE
Colegio Brains
Colegio Joyfe
Colegio Los Peñascales
Colegio Retamar
Colegio San José del Parque
Colegio Santa María del Pilar
Colegio Valdeluz
IES Fortuny
IES José Churrigura
IES Isabel la Católica
IES Marqués de Suances
IES Mirasierra
IES Pío Baroja
IES Rafael Alberti
IES Ramiro de Maeztu
IES San Juan de la Cruz
COORDINACIÓN HOU-ESPAÑA
Ana Inés Gómez de Castro
Facultad de Ciencias Matemáticas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Plaza de Ciencias 3;
E-28040 Madrid, ESPAÑA
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Tfno/FAX: 913944615