China-VO EPO activities

Shanshan Li2017.05

China-VO EPO activities

• Interactive Astronomy Education

• Astronomy Public Science Project

• Astronomy Public Outreach Online

INTERACTIVE ASTRONOMY EDUCATION

WorldWide Telescope (WWT)

Courtesy of Dr. Jim Gray

Interactive Astronomy Education

Advanced Education Method

Chongq i n g Sh i x i n Road P r ima ry Schoo l

B e i j i n g No rma l Un i v e r s i t y

T h e A f f i l i a t e d H i g h Schoo l o f SCNU (Guangdong )

Hebe i No rma l Un i v e r s i t y

NAOC Shahe S t a t i o n

Interactive Digital Planetarium

Interactive Astronomy Education

Data Driven Astronomy Education System

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B a s e d o n W W T P l a t f o r m

Interactive Astronomy Education

Teacher Tra in ing Program

China-VO has already held over ten times WWT teacher training session. Hundreds of teachers from different primary schools, high schools and universities in China participated in the training.

Interactive Astronomy Education

WWT Tours Contest

WWT Tours Contest

ASTRONOMY CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT

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Internet

Traditional Astronomical observations combined with Internet

Remote Control Observatory

Live Sky

Citizen Science

Project

Astronomy Citizen Science Project

• New tech: Internet, Cloud technology,

Big Data, machine learning;

• Designed by scientist and teacher;

• Participants need no professional

astronomical background;

• Astronomical discovery.

POPULAR SUPERNOVA PROJECT（PSP）

• Popular Supernova Project，PSP, designed by Xingming Observatoryand Chinese Virtual Observatory (China-VO) provides a platform for all the people around the world to make real astronomical discoveries. PSP is based on data from amateur astronomy observatory. It provides a new way of public education and citizen sciences, which effectively combine web technologies and astronomical learning together. 

• 2015.7.29 PROJECT START• 11 SUSPECTED TARGET REPORTED• 6 SUSPECTED SUPERNOVA TARGET CONFIRMED• 1 SUSPECTED NOVA TARGET CONFIRMED

FIRST SUPERNOVA CONFIRMED

• In the morning of Oct. 3rd, 10-year-old jiamingLiao found a suspected object and confirmed 2 days later by astronomer from Yunnan Observatories and Tsinghua University.

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ASTRONOMY ONLINE

Live stream from observatory

• ZhongShan Station, China

• Lijiang 2.4M, China

• BOOTES-4, Lijiang, China

• Taiwan Automated Telescope (TAT), Lijiang, China

• Lick Observatory, CA, USA

• ATNF(Australia Telescope National Facility), Australia

• Mount Wilson Observatory, CA, USA

• Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), Hawaii, USA

• Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), Arizona, USA

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Public�Outreach�on�WeChat

T h a n k Yo u！