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The Use of Photographs in Astronomical Instruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

M.T. Brück  and
S.P. Tritton
M.T. Brück
Affiliation:
Craigower, Penicuik, EH26 9LA
S.P. Tritton
Affiliation:
Royal Observatory Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ

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For many years, copies on film of photographs, both direct and through objective prisms, taken with the 1.2 m United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope, have provided teaching material suitable for universities and colleges (Brück and Tritton, 1988). Table 1 outlines the various types of application to which the photographs may be put. With additional data, some real physics can be injected into the exercises, allowing students to perform quite elaborate projects.

Type
Section One
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 162: New Trends in Astronomy Teaching , 1998 , pp. 20 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © 1996

References

Brück, M.T. & Tritton, S.B. 1990, The Teaching of Astronomy, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, IAU Colloquium no.105, 124–137.Google Scholar
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