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Education and public outreach at the Carl Sagan Solar Observatory of the University of Sonora

We discuss the importance of small solar observatories for EPO (Education and Public Outreach), mentioning why they are relevant and what kind of equipment and software require. We stress the fact that technological advances have made them affordable and that they should be widely available. This wo...

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Autores principales: Saucedo-Morales, Julio, Loera-González, Pablo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25685436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2012.10.003
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spelling pubmed-42950442015-02-14 Education and public outreach at the Carl Sagan Solar Observatory of the University of Sonora Saucedo-Morales, Julio Loera-González, Pablo J Adv Res Original Article We discuss the importance of small solar observatories for EPO (Education and Public Outreach), mentioning why they are relevant and what kind of equipment and software require. We stress the fact that technological advances have made them affordable and that they should be widely available. This work is a result of our experience with one: The Carl Sagan Solar Observatory (CSSO). We briefly describe its status and the solar data obtained daily with students participation. We present examples of the data obtained in the visible, Ca II and two in Hα. Data which is widely used for education. Finally we talk about the capability for remote operation as an open invitation for collaboration in educational and scientific projects. Elsevier 2013-05 2013-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4295044/ /pubmed/25685436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2012.10.003 Text en © 2012 Cairo University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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