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The Green Bank Observatory And The Space Race - Introduction, Katelyn Flanagan
The Green Bank Observatory And The Space Race - Introduction, Katelyn Flanagan
West Virginia Connection
For this portion of the materials, I included two “Piktographs” for students to use as a resource for their research for the final assignment. The first is one on the contributions specifically from West Virginia to the space race. It includes specific people from West Virginia and their contributions to this portion of our nation’s history. This way students are able to make home connections to West Virginia. The second Piktograph is one specifically on The Green Bank Observatory located in Green Bank, WV. It is home to the first radio telescope, as well as being the first national astronomy …
The Space Race Piktograph, Katelyn Flanagan
The Space Race Piktograph, Katelyn Flanagan
West Virginia Connection
For this portion of the materials, I included two “Piktographs” for students to use as a resource for their research for the final assignment. The first is one on the contributions specifically from West Virginia to the space race. It includes specific people from West Virginia and their contributions to this portion of our nation’s history. This way students are able to make home connections to West Virginia. The second Piktograph is one specifically on The Green Bank Observatory located in Green Bank, WV. It is home to the first radio telescope, as well as being the first national astronomy …
The Green Bank Observatory Piktograph, Katelyn Flanagan
The Green Bank Observatory Piktograph, Katelyn Flanagan
West Virginia Connection
For this portion of the materials, I included two “Piktographs” for students to use as a resource for their research for the final assignment. The first is one on the contributions specifically from West Virginia to the space race. It includes specific people from West Virginia and their contributions to this portion of our nation’s history. This way students are able to make home connections to West Virginia. The second Piktograph is one specifically on The Green Bank Observatory located in Green Bank, WV. It is home to the first radio telescope, as well as being the first national astronomy …
Mount Graham, Janet Butler Munch
Mount Graham, Janet Butler Munch
Publications and Research
Mount Graham, in southern Arizona, is considered a sacred location by the Apaches. The remoteness and high elevation of the mountain makes it an ideal location for astronomical research. After protracted litigation suits, the University of Arizona prevailed and was allowed to establish the Mount Graham International Observatory on the site.
"Insufferably Stupid Or Miserably Out Of Place": F.A.P. Barnard And His Scientific Instrument Collection In The Antebellum South, Stephen Case
Faculty Scholarship – Geology
In the 1850s, the American scientist and educator Frederick A. P. Barnard created a collection of scientific apparatus at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, of a size and expense that surpassed any collection in the United States at that time. The collection, which would come to include over three hundred instruments of both American and European manufacture, was the attempt by Barnard, born and educated in the North, to bring Big Science to the South and challenge the dominance of Northern schools in science education. In this respect it failed, and the collection became a forgotten footnote in …
Stargazing: Observatories At Gettysburg College, 1874-Present, Andrew A. Carlson
Stargazing: Observatories At Gettysburg College, 1874-Present, Andrew A. Carlson
Hidden in Plain Sight Projects
Astronomy has long been a subject which has attracted the interest of man. Examples of early astronomers can be found in many ancient civilizations, including but not limited to, the Egyptians, the Chinese and the Greeks. As time passed the methods for interpreting the stars and theories that surrounded them changed concordant with the technology available. One of the largest breakthroughs in the world of astronomy was the invention of the telescope in the early seventeenth century. Often mis-attributed to Galileo (who was responsible for building the first reflecting telescope in 1688), the telescope was actually first designed by a …
An Astronomical Account: A History Of Hatter Planetarium From 1966-2006, Jonathan D. Neu
An Astronomical Account: A History Of Hatter Planetarium From 1966-2006, Jonathan D. Neu
Hidden in Plain Sight Projects
When most individuals stare up at the vast dome of Hatter Planetarium, they often gaze upon the projected stars appearing on its surface, listening to an astronomical story told by one of its operators. However, there is a second story told by the planetarium itself. This story is the history of Hatter Planetarium, which spans five decades and includes the events in the lives of several individuals who have played a critical role in its existence at Gettysburg College. Its history has encompassed several phases of Gettysburg College traditions but is in danger of passing permanently and fixedly into the …
Book Review: Stargazer: The Life And Times Of The Telescope, T. D. Oswalt
Book Review: Stargazer: The Life And Times Of The Telescope, T. D. Oswalt
Publications
This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Stargazer : the Life and Times of the Telescope by Fred Watson. Da Capo, 2004 342p, 0306814323 $24.95
Colonial Astronomers In Search Of The Longitude Of New England, Richard F. Rothschild
Colonial Astronomers In Search Of The Longitude Of New England, Richard F. Rothschild
Maine History
This article deals with aspects of progress made between 1755 and 1785 to identify the longitude of New England and the reasons for the failure of the Harvard-American Academy of Arts and Sciences expedition to Penobscot to see the totality of the solar eclipse of October 27 1780.