{"id":3095,"date":"2024-07-22T23:53:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T23:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/?page_id=3095"},"modified":"2024-07-22T23:53:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T23:53:20","slug":"workshop-investigating-our-place-in-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/astronomy-adventures-in-the-canary-islands\/aeaci-2024\/workshop-investigating-our-place-in-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop \u2013 Investigating our place in the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Could your students investigate what the Solar System is like and our place in it just from their own observations? Well, the answer is yes, and it\u2019s not as difficult as you might think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this session we will learn how to investigate planets and other objects in the Solar System from observations with robotic telescopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author: Nayra Rodr\u00edguez Eugenio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Astrophysicist, science communicator and educator at the Outreach and Communication Unit of the IAC. Coordinator of the Educational Project with Robotic Telescopes (PETeR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Learning Scenario: VENUS AND MARS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine that you are an astronomer from the beginning of the XVII century as Galileo was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two types of models that explain, with more complications or less, the observations of the planets\u2019 movements.<br><br>How could you find out which one is right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s investigate it like Galileo did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Preparing for our research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Download and install in your computer one the following image analysis softwares:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>PeterSoft<\/li><li>SalsaJ<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Download the images of Venus and Mars obtained with the Liverpool Telescope:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Download Venus images from <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.iac.es\/index.php\/s\/Kece4JHXCSKHwgz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VENUS folder<\/a><\/li><li>Download Mars images from <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.iac.es\/index.php\/s\/B7kcdCmi6iMw24D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MARS folder<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Materials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Didactic Unit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/planetas-interiores-y-exteriores\/\">Inner and outer planets<\/a>\u201c<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.iac.es\/peter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/UNIT-1-inner-and-outer-planets_teachers-1.pdf\">Teaching guide \u201cInner and outer planets\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Collaborative spreadsheets<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>IMAGES<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>LINK<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>VENUS<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/19S3HpiHlwC_wxY50EST46MktcNLted2F2wvj2A2BarM\/edit?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/19S3HpiHlwC_wxY50EST46MktcNLted2F2wvj2A2BarM\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MARS<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Ny6BCOA1Kv3hjNcKunBjttRi2RNICCE1gcxNZGTSPPI\/edit?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1Ny6BCOA1Kv3hjNcKunBjttRi2RNICCE1gcxNZGTSPPI\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Diagram of Venus phases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s create our own diagram of Venus phases collaborately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Access this padlet: <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/ned8tdgjt347f5s6\">https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/ned8tdgjt347f5s6<\/a><\/li><li>Include the image of Venus you have analysed (all images zoomed to 200%, so that they all have the same scale). The title should be the date the image was obtained in the format YYYYY\/MM.<\/li><li>Sort images from oldest to most recent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Diagram of Mars apparent sizes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s also create our own diagram of Mars apparent sizes collaborately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Access this padlet: <a href=\"https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/our-diagram-of-mars-apparent-sizes-ar0lcdtfxc65e22i\">https:\/\/padlet.com\/nre5\/ned8tdgjt347f5s6<\/a><\/li><li>Include the image of Mars you have analysed (all images zoomed to 200%, so that they all have the same scale). The title should be the date the image was obtained in the format YYYYY\/MM.<\/li><li>Sort images from oldest to most recent.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could your students investigate what the Solar System is like and our place in it just from their own observations? Well, the answer is yes, and it\u2019s not as difficult as you might think. 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