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Sydney Observatory and Astronomy Teaching in the 90s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Nick Lomb
Nick Lomb*
Affiliation:
Sydney Observatory, PO Box K346, Haymarket, NSW 2000, [email protected]
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Abstract

Computers and the Internet have created a revolution in the way astronomy can be communicated to the public. At Sydney Observatory we make full use of these recent developments. In our lecture room a variety of sophisticated computer programs can show, with the help of a projection TV system, the appearance and motion of the sky at any place, date or time. The latest HST images obtained from the Internet can be shown, as can images taken through our own Meade 16 in telescope. This recently installed computer-controlled telescope, with its accurate pointing, is an ideal instrument for a light-polluted site such as ours.

Keywords

educationcomputersInternet
Type
Education in Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1996 , pp. 173 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1996

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