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PARTNeR, a Radio Astronomy experience for students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2006

A. Ortiz-Gil ,
V. Martínez ,
O. Suárez ,
C. Blasco ,
J.F. Gómez ,
M. Herranz ,
B. Montesinos  and
J. García
O. Suárez*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain ; ; ;
C. Blasco
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain ; ; ;
J.F. Gómez
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain ; ; ;
M. Herranz
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain ; ; ;
B. Montesinos
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain ; ; ; Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Granada, Spain
J. García
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental (LAEFF), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Madrid, Spain ; ; ;
*
olga@laeff.esa.es
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Abstract

PARTNeR is the acronym for Academic Project with the NASA Radio Telescope at Robledo. The 34-m antenna in Robledo de Chavela is used by high schools, universities and amateur astronomers to learn about radioastronomy, physics and to get interested in science. The main project we develop is the observations of radio-bursts in X-ray binaries.
The high-school teachers joining our program take a training course to learn the basis of radioastronomy. Some practical lessons to teach the children the physical fundamentals of radioastronomy are also given to them.
The operational phase of the project started in 2004, and 25 high schools, 5 universities and 4 societies of amateur astronomers have been involved in the project.

Type
Research Article
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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 16: Teaching and Communicating Astronomy – JENAM'04 , 2005 , pp. 159 - 165
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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