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| This is an image produced in radio waves at 21-cm of our galaxy, by the participants of ERIRA using the 40-foot educational telescope at the NRAO in Green Bank, WV. | ||||||
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| This is an image produced in radio waves at 21-cm of our galaxy, by the participants of ERIRA using the 40-foot educational telescope at the NRAO in Green Bank, WV. | ||||||
Educational Research In Radio Astronomy (ERIRA) is an educational outreach program coordinated by, Dan Reichart (North Carolina University -- Chapel Hill), Andy Stephens (Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics PUC), Walter Glogowski (Ridgewood High School), and Jeremy Garris (Bradford, PA). It is a week long education field trip to the National Radio Observatory in Green Bank, WV. Students from around the country including high school students from Ridgewood High School explore the universe using the observatories 40 foot educational telescope.
Students pick team project and work together on real astronomical scientific problems. Projects include, producing a low-noise image of Andromeda, measuring Cassiopeia A the last supernova in our galaxy, observing the sun and predicting sun spot numbers, measuring the temperature of the moon, resolving the Orion Nebula, and one of the coolest projects ever, doing a spectrum analysis of the Milky Way Galaxy. In addition to all of this, Ridgewood High School brought down several successful projects; solar flare and Jupiter burst monitoring, and building a small 2-meter parabolic dish telescope to observe the sun.
The 1999 year program took place during the week of August 17, 1999 and the participants included:
The 2000 year program took place during the week of August 13, 2000 and the participants included:
The 2001 year program took place during the week of August 19, 2001 and the participants included:
The 2003 year program took place during the week of August 10, 2003 and the
participants included:
History of Radio Astronomy