Ho U in Poland Waldemar OGOZA Cracow Pedagogical

Ho. U in Poland Waldemar OGŁOZA Cracow Pedagogical University ogloza@ap. krakow. pl

Participants in Polish HOU: • Pilot-programme schools (~25) • Teacher-training colleges (Cracow Pedagogical Universites) • Astronomy Clubs, Planetaries. . . (MOA, Almukantarat, . . . ) • Unregistered users who benefit from the online resources, but who do not participate directly.

Example of Ho. U grow activity • „Coronado” case • Scientific picnic • Asteroids discovery

„Trade” MOA webcam movie Coronado filter price = ~50 school visiting

Let people know about Ho. U

Asteroid discovery

Example of Ho. U grow activity • „Coronado” case • Scientific picnic • Asteroids discovery Another method ? ? ?

Polish Ho. U activities: 1. Repeat Eratosthenes' experiment to measure the radius of the Earth 2. Home-built PVC telescopes and spectrographs 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Supernovae programme and web-portal Eclipsing binary stars programme and web-portal Minor planets discovery programme Webcam astronomy (see C 08 tal at 15: 30) Use of INO (see C 09 tal at 15: 45) and LCOGTN robotic optical telescopes 8. (Planned) use of robotic radio telescopes 9. Simulations of Solar cycles observaions 10. 11. Theoretical exercises based on existing observations Discovering features on Earth using Google Earth

Repeat Eratosthenes' experiment to measure the radius of the Earth

PVC Telescope Practical, Versatile, Cheap Telescope Pipes Obective Eyepiece ~17 $ 6 or 50 $ ~ 50 $

Home-built spectrographs

Use of LCOGTN telescope - Imaging - RGB colour imaging with filters - Photometry (variable stars and supernovae; H-R diagrams of clusters) - Time-lapse movies (e. g. minor planets; moons of Jupiter)

Supernovae programme and web-portal

SN 2006 dd, JD 245+ SN 2006 ac, JD 245+ 2006 light curves SN 2006 ef, JD 245+ SN 2006 ep, JD 245+ SN 2006 iv, JD 24540+ SN 2006 jc, JD 24540+ SN 2006 jd, JD 24540+ SN 2006 mq, JD 24540+ SN 2006 mr, JD 24540+ SN 2006 my, JD 24540+ SN 2006 oq, JD 24540+ SN 2006 or, JD 24540+ SN 2006 ov, JD 24540+ SN 2006 hb, JD 245+

LCOGTN cooperation example:

Solar cycles simulator

Jodrell Bank Internet Observatory Crab nebula observations SCAN SPECTRUM