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Enabling Outreach with Virtual Observatories Mark Voit – NVO Outreach Coordinator

Explore the universe and engage with real data through virtual observatories. Educational activities, interactive exhibits, and new discoveries await schoolchildren, museum visitors, and more.

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Enabling Outreach with Virtual Observatories Mark Voit – NVO Outreach Coordinator

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  1. Enabling Outreachwith Virtual ObservatoriesMark Voit – NVO Outreach Coordinator

  2. Virtual Observatories & the Public • The universe at anyone’s fingertips • Educational activities involving real data • New discoveries made by schoolchildren • Interactive exhibits based on archived data • Astronomy as a motivator for learning about computing

  3. Who are “the Public?” • Museum visitors • Web surfers • Schoolchildren • Amateur astronomers • Magazine readers • University students • Scientists in other fields Virtual observatories will need to partner with the people who serve these communities

  4. Vocabulary Problem CMB CROSS-CORRELATION SKY COVERAGE RIGHT ASCENSION ROSAT DECLINATION R-BAND AB MAGNITUDE CONE SEARCH O III 5007 FITS FILE LYMAN a GRB LIGHT CURVE

  5. The Public Loves Pictures 10,000,000 hits/day Apr 29 Apr 30 May 1

  6. An Outreach Fantasy Voyager / Carina Software

  7. An Outreach Fantasy Select a region of sky with cursor Voyager / Carina Software

  8. An Outreach Fantasy OBJECTS IN REGION Crab Nebula (M1): Supernova Remnant Pinwheel Cluster (M36): Open Star Cluster Alnath: B star … Select all Stars Select all Nebulae Select all Galaxies … Select a region of sky with cursor

  9. An Outreach Fantasy OBJECTS IN REGION Supernova Remnant RA: 5 34.5 DEC: +22 01 Distance: 6300 lt-yrs CRAB NEBULA (M1) Crab Nebula (M1): Supernova Remnant Pinwheel Cluster (M36): Open Star Cluster Alnath: B star … Images & Data: Press Release Images Optical, X-ray, Radio Amateur Images … Calibrated Data … Uncalibrated Data … Educational Resources: Ed. Activities: Measure the Age of the Crab Pulsar, … Historical Supernovae SN 1054, … Supernova Animations Hayden Planetarium, … … Select all Stars Select all Nebulae Select all Galaxies …

  10. An Outreach Fantasy CRAB NEBULA: PRESS RELEASES Optical: Palomar … OVERLAY TOOL X-ray: Chandra … Radio: VLA …

  11. Preparing the Way • Protocol for outreach-related queries • Popularity index for famous objects • Outreach-related metadata • WCS for press-release images • Amateur photography archive • Directory of educational resources

  12. What NVO is Doing • Recruiting outreach partners • Imagining the possibilities • Identifying key outreach capabilities • Building outreach-friendliness into the NVO infrastructure • Educating outreach developers about NVO

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