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v124 v125 58 58 A new outreach program entitled Rooftop Variables is set to begin in October 2008. Spearheaded by Marcel Agueros and funded by a Chandra grant, this program pairs graduate students with motivated high school science teachers from around New York City. The program provides the teachers with an 8" telescope and a CCD camera for use with their science students with the aim of starting an astronomy club at each respective school. Furthermore, the grads mentor the teachers in proper use of the equipment and teach them how to make variable star observations (as per [http://www.aavso.org]) so the teachers are actively contributing to the scientific community. (Variable stars are an area where the amateur community has a huge impact on observing programs). If you'd like to learn more or potentially volunteer, Rooftop Variables has its own website at: [http://rv.astro.columbia.edu]. 59 59 60 == Podcasts == 61 365 Days of Astronomy 60 == 365 Days of Astronomy Podcasts == 61 The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is a project that will publish one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in duration, for all 365 days of 2009. The podcast will be made available through an RSS feed. The podcast episodes will be written, recorded and produced by people around the world. It is a project put together for the IYA, and our department is contributing 16 podcasts to the project from 14 students and post-docs. [http://365daysofastronomy.org/] 62 63 Our schedule of speakers will be: 64 * Cameron Hummels - Monday, April 27th 65 * Robert Morehead - Monday, May 25th '''Tides: More Than What Floats Your Boat.''' 66 * Maureen Teyssier - Monday, June 1st 67 * Erika Hamden - Monday, June 8th 68 * Josh Schroeder - Wednesday, June 17th '''The Big Bang! ''' 69 * Sarah Tuttle - Monday, July 27th '''Astronomical Ballooning - Or, What Goes Up Must Come Down''' 70 * Lia Corrales - Monday, August 3rd '''Black Hole Street Smarts''' 71 * Adam Fuller - Monday, August 10th '''What happened to Saturn's rings?''' 72 * Holly Larson - Monday, August 24th '''The Reemergence of Planetary Science: Revisiting Percival Lowell''' 73 * Destry Saul - Monday, August 31st '''The Accidental and Amateur Birth of Radio Astronomy''' 74 * Duane Lee - Monday, September 28th '''The Connection between Metal Abundances and the Evolution of Galaxies''' 75 * Marcel Agueros - Monday, October 19th 76 * Nitza Santiago - Sunday, November 8th '''Radio Astronomy: An Important Tool''' 77 * Lia Corrales - Monday, November 23rd '''The Extraterrestrials in Your Back Yard''' 78 * Adam Fuller - Monday, November 30th '''When Galileo fell into Jupiter''' 79 * Andrew Brown - Monday, December 28th 62 80 63 81 == Group Visitations == 82 We get frequent requests from school/scout/activity groups to come visit the department. We handle these on a case-by-case basis, but generally all groups get a tour of the observatory, observing and some sort of lesson administrated by our volunteer graduate students. Events typically last 1-2 hours and are attended by 10-30 people. 64 83 65 84 == Telescopes on 125th St in Harlem == 85 We're planning to take our portable 6" telescopes out on 125th St to engage the public as they walk the streets. We will carry two 6" Dobsonians to the Adam Clayton Powell Plaza on 6th Ave and 125th St on clear evenings. Sky lights are bright, but from here we should have a view of the ecliptic, Orion, Taurus, etc. 66 86 67 87 == Scaled Solar System == 88 An ambitious project to place a scaled solar system across Manhattan, this is still in its infancy. The tentative plan is to have a 5-meter diameter disk representing the Sun placed in Battery Park at the Southern tip of Manhattan, and then place appropriately scaled planets throughout the island, leaving Pluto 14 miles to the North in Inwood Park. Stay tuned. 68 89 69 90 == Galileoscopes == 91 The Galileoscope is a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit developed for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 by a team of leading astronomers, optical engineers, and science educators. No matter where you live, with this easy-to-assemble refractor you can see the celestial wonders that Galileo first glimpsed 400 years ago and that still delight stargazers today, including lunar craters, the phases of Venus, the moons of Jupiter, and Saturn's rings. Kit includes Plossl eyepiece, and 5-cm diameter glass objective lens. 25x and 50x magnification should be achievable with good image quality. Tripod mount point included. 92 93 Our department will be purchasing ~500 of these at the bulk rate of $12.50/telescope, and then selling them at the individual rate of $15.00/telescope. We will then use the proceeds to finance a number of these which will be given away at our events to children, best question asked, etc. [[www.galileoscope.org]] 70 94 71 95 == Educational Material Giveaways == 72 96 After writing to the EPO officers for several NASA space telescopes, we've received an abundance of outreach materials including posters, pins, pictures, CDs, bookmarks, trading cards, etc. We give these away at our events depending on supplies. 97 98 == From Earth to the Universe Photo Exhibition == 99 The “From Earth to the Universe” project is an exhibition arranged by the IYA2009 that will bring beautiful multi-wavelength images of the cosmos to a wider audience in non-traditional venues such as public parks and gardens, art museums, shopping malls and metro stations. We at Columbia University will be hosting the Silver exhibit on campus for about a month starting in early May. 100 101 [[http://www.fromearthtotheuniverse.org/]] 73 102 ---- 74 103 … … 79 108 == Unscheduled/Tentative == 80 109 81 * Family Astro - March 7th 2-4PM 82 83 * GLOBE at Night 84 85 * 100 Hours of Astronomy - April 1-4th 110 * GLOBE at Night - March 16-28th 111 112 * 100 Hours of Astronomy Star-Gazing - Saturday, April 4th 86 113 87 114 * Astronaut Appearance 88 115 89 * From Earth to the Universe Photo Exhibition 116 * From Earth to the Universe Photo Exhibition - May 90 117 91 118 == Scheduled == … … 96 123 Volunteers:[[BR]] 97 124 125 '''Feb 18''' - Visiting School Group [[BR]] 126 Volunteers: Josh Schroeder, Lia Corrales, Destry Saul [[BR]] 127 98 128 '''Feb 27 (7:00-9:00)''' - [wiki:Talks/Spring2009/Outreach/20090227 Public talk by Joe Patterson: ''Exploding Stars From Your Backyard''][[BR]] 99 129 Volunteers: Cameron Hummels, Neil Zimmerman, Robert Morehead, Erika Hamden, Adam Fuller, Nitza Santiago, Maureen Teyssier, Lia Corrales[[BR]] … … 102 132 Volunteers: Cameron Hummels, Neil Zimmerman, Josh Schroeder, Andrew Brown, Adam Fuller, Nitza Santiago, Jess Werk, Ian McGreer, Maria Pereira[[BR]] 103 133 134 '''Mar 7 (6:00-8:00)''' - Family Astro 135 Volunteers: Lia Corrales, Maria Pereira, Robert Morehead 136 104 137 '''Mar 20 (8:00-10:00)''' - [wiki:Talks/Spring2009/Outreach/20090320 Public talk by Sasha Hinkley: ''Imaging New Planets from Here on Earth''][[BR]] 105 Volunteers: Cameron Hummels, Josh Schroeder, Andrew Brown, Adam Fuller, Nitza Santiago, Jess Werk, Johnny Ruan,Maria Pereira[[BR]]138 Volunteers: Cameron Hummels, Josh Schroeder, Andrew Brown, Adam Fuller, Nitza Santiago, Jess Werk, Maria Pereira[[BR]] 106 139 107 140 '''Apr 3 (8:00-10:00)''' - [wiki:Talks/Spring2009/Outreach/20090403 Public talk by Maureen Teyssier: ''Putting Hubble Images in Context: The Local Map of the Universe''][[BR]]
