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The Europlanet consortium, a 9.95 million euro project funded by the European Commission as part of Horizon 2020, announced that it will support the "Planetary Radio Telescope Network" Connacht Schools "as part of its funding program encourage the creation of eight new dual dipole antenna telescopes on the grounds of rural high schools in Galway, Roscommon and Mayo Counties. Each radio telescope, about twenty feet long, ten feet high and more like two lines of washing, will be used by teachers and students to observe the equivalent of aurora borealis over the regions. polar of the planet Jupiter. These observations will contribute to NASA's extensive network of Radio Jove facilities used to monitor the giant planet's magnetosphere, observing and badyzing the natural radio emissions from Jupiter, the Sun and our galaxy. Observations can be made whatever the weather, and the low population densities around each school will limit "radio frequency interference". Each observatory, when operational, will feed a NUI Galway server with real-time data
. Project leader, Aaron Golden of the NUI Galway School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, explains: "The practical activities in astronomy potential to inspire students in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM However, the possibilities are limited because of the need for specialized equipment and facilities, to work at non-social times and, of course, to have clear skies, certainly for Optical Astronomy: Radioastronomy offers a very cost-effective alternative for teachers and students to participate in real observations of radio objects such as the Sun and the planet Jupiter, and to participate in the study of the largest astronomical community on the solar planet.planets of the system. "
Participating Schools of the Planetary Telescope Network of the Connacht Schools:
- Scoil M Agus Pádraig, Swinford, County Mayo.
- Ardscoil Mhuire, Ballinasloe, County Galway.
- Mount St. Michael High School, Claremorris, County Mayo
- Chiarain Colaist, Athlone, Roscommon County
- Ballinrobe Community School, Ballinrobe, County of Mayo.
- Joseph's Patrician College, Galway.
- Presentation Headford College, County Galway
- Coláiste na Coiribe, Gaillimh.
The project, along with others selected as part of the Europlanet Public Engagement and Funding Scheme Showcase, will be officially launched at the 2018 European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) in Berlin in September.
For more details, visit: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2018/session/29978
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