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The Profile of Astronomy Amateurs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2006

A. Ortiz-Gil ,
V. Martínez  and
K. Czart
K. Czart*
Affiliation:
Torun Centre for Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. Gagarina 11, 87-100 Torun, Poland Polish Astronomy Portal ASTRONOMIA.PL, ul. Podgórna 58, 05-822 Milanówek, Poland
*
[email protected] ; [email protected]
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Abstract

Presentation of questionnaires carried out on Polish Astronomy Portal websites. There was over 80 questionnaires during 2 years period. As most part of users visiting this website are astronomy amateurs, we can assume questionnaires give a picture of astronomy amateurs community. Questionnaires can be divided into four main thematical groups: profile of users (age, sex, activities), what do they think about controversial astronomical problems (is Pluto a planet?), what are their likings (favorit star, most beatiful planet) and “business” questions (how did they find our website?, how many astronomicalservices do they visit regularly?).

Type
Research Article
Information
European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 16: Teaching and Communicating Astronomy – JENAM'04 , 2005 , pp. 101 - 110
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2005

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