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STARBASE: A Network of Fully Autonomous Telescopes for Hands-on Science Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Richard Gelderman
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA42101
David Barnaby
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA42101
Michael Carini
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA42101
Karen Hackney
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA42101
Richard Hackney
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA42101
Charles McGruder
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA42101
Roger Scott
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA42101

Abstract

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Students Training for Achievement in Research Based on Analytical Space-science Experiences (STARBASE) is being established to provide exciting hands-on research opportunities for students. STAR-BASE is a network of networks, consisting of dedicated hardware, universities, professional astronomers, teachers, and students all working together in scientific investigations. Funded through the NASA Office of Space Science, the STARBASE network is working to bring major science research projects to motivated students all over the globe.

Type
I. Telescope Arrays and Networking
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001

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