Education and public outreach at the Carl Sagan Solar Observatory of the University of Sonora

Julio Saucedo-Morales; Pablo Loera-González

doi:10.1016/j.jare.2012.10.003

Education and public outreach at the Carl Sagan Solar Observatory of the University of Sonora

Julio Saucedo-Morales^*, Pablo Loera-González

^*Corresponding author for this work

Departamento de Investigación en Física

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We discuss the importance of small solar observatories for EPO (Education and Public Outreach), mentioning why they are relevant and what kind of equipment and software require. We stress the fact that technological advances have made them affordable and that they should be widely available. This work is a result of our experience with one: The Carl Sagan Solar Observatory (CSSO). We briefly describe its status and the solar data obtained daily with students participation. We present examples of the data obtained in the visible, Ca II and two in Hα. Data which is widely used for education. Finally we talk about the capability for remote operation as an open invitation for collaboration in educational and scientific projects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	315-319
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Advanced Research
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2012.10.003
State	Published - May 2013

Keywords

Astronomical instrumentation
Education and public outreach
Image processing
Small observatories
Solar Astronomy
Solar activity

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