The National Schools' Observatory: Access to the Universe for All
Abstract
The National Schools' Observatory is an educational platform that offers free access to all schools in the UK and Ireland to the world's largest robotic telescope, the Liverpool Telescope. The website offers activities, resources for teaching and importantly Go Observing, the telescope interface. The website receives 1.5 million visitors a year and has registered users in 80 countries. The next generation of robotic telescopes offer a unique opportunity to build in education, that is open and accessible to all.
- Publication:
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Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- 2021
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921321001186
- Bibcode:
- 2021IAUS..367...28C
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics;
- Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics;
- High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Physics;
- Physics Education