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SALT/HET Cooperation in Education and Public Outreach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Mary Kay Hemenway  and
Sandra Preston
Mary Kay Hemenway
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-1083, U.S.A. e-mail: marykay@astro.as.utexas.edu
Sandra Preston
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712-1083, U.S.A. e-mail: marykay@astro.as.utexas.edu

Abstract

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The “Science with SALT” meeting in March 1998 opened avenues of cooperation between SAAO and the University of Texas at Austin in education and public outreach. This paper will review past interactions and future plans. SAAO personnel have visited the HET and McDonald Observatory and have taken part in planning meetings for the Texas Astronomy Education Center museum area and educational programming. Discussions concerning the extension of the daily radio show StarDate (English), Universo (Spanish) and Sternzeit (German) versions to a southern hemisphere version are underway. In addition, we are cooperatively planning a workshop to discuss an international collaborative for educational outreach for state-of-the-art telescopes for which a regional collaborative in southwestern U.S. (SCOPE) serves as a model. The towns of Sutherland and Fort Davis are discussing forming a “twin-town” relationship. Projects and plans that link cutting-edge astronomical research to classrooms and the public will be reviewed.

Type
Section 3: Initiatives in Astronomy Education
Information
Transactions of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Special session: Astronomy for Developing Countries , 2001 , pp. 152 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2001

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