Observatories – Museums – Universities – Funders
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| Astronomical Research Institute 7644 NCR 1800E Charleston, IL 61920 Telephone: (217) 345-2200 |
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| Bareket Observatory A observatory operates for educational and scientific purposes and is developing the most unique and sophisticated educative and teaching astronomical materials in Israel. |
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| Capilla Peak Observatory Capilla Peak Observatory is a research facility owned and operated by the Institute for Astrophysics at the University of New Mexico. Our 61cm (24″) Boller & Chivens Cassegrain is available for use primarily by the staff, students and faculty at UNM. |
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| Global Telescope Network – Sonoma State University – an informal association of scientists, students, individuals and observatories interested in supporting the NASA Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), Swift, and XMM-Newton missions by obtaining and reducing ground based observations for objects related to the primary science goals for these missions. |
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| Ironwood North Observatory, AZ – a small roll-off roof observatory measuring 8′ x10′ owned and runn by Frank Pino. It is equipped with a LX-200 10″ f6.3 Classic telescope, a SBIG ST-9XEI camera, and the autoguiding is handled by a Borg 50 scope with SBIG ST-237A camera. |
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| Nepean Astronomy Centre The Centre for Astronomy, University of Western Sydney Nepean; AF Building, Werrington North; Penrith Campus. Centre for Astronomy; University of Western Sydney Nepean; PO Box 10; Kingswood 2747; AUSTRALIA Phone +61 2 96787524 Fax +61 2 96787202 HOU Palmdale Telescope |
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| National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) In 1997, NRAO joined HOU as an Informal Science Site and used HOU Informal Activities in their Special Events Series during the summer tour season. The NRAO Technology Institute supports the West Virginia Department of Education endorsement of HOU as a means of integrating relevant technology into the science curriculum, and as a way to add astronomy to your courses. NRAO-HOU Radio Astronomy Investigations [http://www.gb.nrao.edu/epo/hou.html] include (1) The Radio Moon, (2) To Be a Star or not a Star? That is the Question! (3) From Hubble to Hubble: Measuring the Age of the Universe. (3) Resolution: It’s not just for New Years. NRAO maintains an archive of 16 bit radio images. http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ |
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| Observatory Network Please see the Images area of the HOU homepage for observatories who have contributed to the image sets used in the Explorations activities and other HOU curriculum projects. |
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| Perth Observatory Perth Observatory has two operational internet telescopes connected with HOU: (1) the HOU “Real Astronomy Experience” (RAE) telescope, operational as of Dec 2005, owned by the University of California – Lawrence Hall of Science, USA, and (2) R-COP (Remote Telescope Partnership between Clarion University – Science in Motion, Oil Region Astronomical Society and Perth Observatory – the Oil Region Astronomy Society and Clarion University are both located in Pennsylvania, USA. The R-COP telescope became operational in 2008. HOU participants around the world request observations from an automated telescope, download these images, and analyze them with the aid of user-friendly image processing software. Students in the USA have already successfully accessed Perth Observatory’s Internet telescope thus successfully exploiting the fact that the US school day coincides with night in Perth. Our collaborators at Perth Observatory have successfully mounted a sky camera that updates a picture of the sky every 10 minutes. |
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| Pi of the Sky The PI of the Sky is a collaboration among several institutions in Poland. The PI of the Sky project is a collection of instruments and software designed to detect optical transients. An optical transient is a source in the sky that flares up or appears and then fades to eventually become undetectable. |
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| The Sierra Stars Observatory Network (SSON) – an automated astronomy education and research facility of professional telescopes remotely accessible via the Internet. We currently have two observatories in our network. |
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| Yerkes Observatoryis a collaborating observatory with HOU. Yerkes is an observatory of the University of Chicago. Yerkes is located at 373 West Geneva Street, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 53191. 262-245-5555. Free Public Tours on Saturdays at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and Noon. Yerkes Observatory is the source of many HOU images used in the Explorations pages. |
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| Torus Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets large aperture optics and advanced research telescopes. With numerous, successful installations in major universities, governments, and observatories, Torus research telescopes have set industry standards by innovating and implementing the latest technological advances in astronomy, science and engineering. The company also manufactures opto-mechanical instruments for the Lidar market. |
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Observatories – Museums – Universities – Funders Museums and Community Science Centers |
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| Abrams Planetarium The Talbert and Leota Abrams Planetarium, located on the beautiful Michigan State University campus, serves as an astronomy and space science education resource center for central Michigan. The planetarium is an outreach unit of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and as such, we support astronomy teaching on campus as well as offer a variety of planetarium shows to the public–preschool through senior citizens. |
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| Since 1930, the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum has been at the forefront of space exploration, presenting the latest astronomy discoveries and showcasing one of the world’s largest collections of historic scientific instruments. Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum is located at 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 1-312-922-STAR. Adler partners with HOU especially in sponsoring HOU workshops, creating HOU activities, and collaborating with observatories. |
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| Drake Planetarium Drake Planetarium offers science programs to children ages pre-school through university level. These programs are designed to enhance and reinforce the science curriculum based on the State of Ohio Science Model as well as the National Science Literacy Model. Each planetarium program has a specific curriculum consisting of pre-activities, a lab experience, post activities, and an evaluation tool. |
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| Lawrence Hall of Science …where science is something everyone can do and enjoy. More than a museum, more than a research center, Lawrence Hall of Science is a public science museum and a center for teacher education, research, and curriculum development at the University of California, Berkeley. Lawrence Hall of Science is the new home of Hands-On Universe! |
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| Morrison Planetarium The Morrison Planetarium is located in the California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The Morrison Planetarium’s star projector, built between 1948 and 1952, is not a Zeiss, Spitz, Minolta, Goto, or any other mass-produced planetarium instrument. It is one-of-a-kind, designed and constructed by the staff of the California Academy of Sciences, and is formally referred to as the “Academy Projector.” |
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| Science Museum, Tokyo The Science Museum, founded by the Japan Science Foundation, opened its doors in April 1964 to promote public understanding of science and technology. The “UNIVERSE LIVESHOW” program is performed by Astronomers on every Saturday afternoon. A HOU observing corner in the show is a distance learning from the Yerkes Observatory. Also KITANOMARU INTERNET TELESCOPE (KIT), located on the Science Museum rooftop, is in collaboration with the Hands-On Universe project. |
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Observatories – Museums – Universities – Funders Universities and Research Institutions |
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| TERC TERC is a nonprofit research and development organization committed to improving mathematics and science learning and teaching. Founded in 1965, TERC is internationally recognized for creating innovative curricula, fostering teacher professional development, pioneering creative uses of technology in education, contributing to educators’ understanding of learning and teaching, and developing equitable opportunities for under served learners. TERC partners with Hands-On Universe, especially in areas of curriculum design and development. |
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| The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA) investigates the origin of structure in the Universe by using the unique advantages of the Polar Plateau for astrophysics. CARA is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center. CARA is head quartered at the University of Chicago. CARA Outreach. |
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| Hardin Simmons University hosts the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) – an educational outreach program in which students make original discoveries of Main Belt asteroids and important observations that contribute to the NASA Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program. |
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| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Ernest Orlando Lawrence founded this Lab, the oldest of the national laboratories, in 1931. Lawrence invented the cyclotron, which led to a Golden Age of particle physics and revolutionary discoveries about the nature of the universe. Known as a mecca of particle physics, Berkeley Lab long ago broadened its focus. Of our nine Nobel Prizes, five are in physics and four in chemistry. Today, we are a multi-program lab where research in advanced materials, life sciences, energy efficiency, detectors and accelerators serves America’s needs in technology and the environment. |
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| University of California, Berkeley, Department of Astronomy Observational, experimental and theoretical research in Astronomy and Astrophysics at UC Berkeley covers the full range of modern astronomical activity, from studies of the planets, through investigation of stars and the interstellar medium, to inquiry into the origin of galaxies and of the Universe as a whole. |
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| University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics Physics at Berkeley has long been in the forefront of discovery and achievement. In 1931, Ernest O. Lawrence invented the cyclotron at Berkeley, ushering in the era of high-energy physics and a tradition of achievement that continues today. Seven of the Berkeley’s thirteen Nobel Prizes were awarded to Berkeley physicists. In the most recent National Research Council nationwide rankings, the department is identified as one of the best in the nation. |
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| University of California, Berkeley, Center for Particle Astrophysics. Within the framework of the NSF Science and Technology Centers, we see our mission as playing a leading role in the investigation of the central scientific problem of dark matter while developing a new model of scientific research more attuned to the multidisciplinary nature of our enterprise and the environment in which we live. |
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| University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The University of Chicago is home to many of the most exciting projects in astrophysics and cosmology. Projects include: The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which will find the 3D positions of one million galaxies and over 100,000 quasars. Several projects that study the cosmic microwave background, including: TopHat, a balloon-borne experiment. DASI, an 13-element interferometer that will be based at the South Pole. MAP, a MIDEX-class satellite, will be launched in Fall 2000. PLANCK is an ESA satellite due to be launched in 2003. The Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect is being detected on a scale never dreamed possible. The Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes uses supercomputers to solve the long-standing problem of thermonuclear flashes on the surfaces of compact stars. |
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| Supernova Cosmology Project This project was founded by HOU co-director and founder Carl Pennypacker, who led this experiment to its first discovery. Based at Berkeley Lab and headed by Saul Perlmutter of the Physics Division, the Supernova Cosmology Project shares the citation with the High-z SupernovaSearch Team led by Brian Schmidt of Australia’s Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories. Both teams are international collaborations, with researchers in England, France, Germany, and Sweden among the members of the Supernova Cosmology Project. |
 Science Magazine December 1998: Science Breakthrough of the Year |
| The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) represents the most extensive investigation of mathematics and science education ever conducted. Approximately 50 countries have participated in this comparative survey of education focusing upon nine-year old students, thirteen-year old students, and students in their last year of secondary schools. |
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Observatories – Museums – Universities – Funders Resources and Funding |
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| The National Science Foundation Hands-On Universe gratefully acknowledges major funding support from the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Education and Human Resources, Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Science Education. http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=ESIE |
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| Illinois State Board of Education Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum and Hands-On Universe happily recognize our collaboration with the Illinois State Board of Education’s Near and Far Sciences for Illinois (NFSI) SKYWatch project! |
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| Toyota For over a decade, the Toyota USA Foundation has been working with 501(c)3 organizations to fund K-12 education programs; especially in the areas of mathematics and science. Currently the Toyota USA Foundation provides $1.7 million a year to support innovative math and science programs. |
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| U. S. Department of Defense Education Activity DoDEA is committed to providing your children with the best education possible. |
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