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400 Years of the Telescope

July 15, 2008 - June 30, 2011 | Media and Technology, Public Programs
400 Years of the Telescope was an interactive, multimedia project enabling the public to participate in real and virtual telescope experiences, understand the far reaching advances that the telescope has made possible, and discover how technology, science, and society are interconnected. Partners included PBS (Southern Oregon Public Television - SOPTV), Interstellar Studios, Leading astronomers and science writers, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), Carnegie Science Center (Buhl Planetarium) and 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i. A two-hour, high-definition documentary, aired twice on PBS in 2009, kicking off the International Year of Astronomy.

Funders

NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0813414
Funding Amount: 3090060

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Kris Koenig
    Principal Investigator
    Interstellar Studios
  • James Manning
    Co-Principal Investigator
    Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • Rose Tseng
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Hawaii at Hilo
  • Mark Stanislawski
    Co-Principal Investigator
    PBS
  • Shawn Laatsch
    Co-Principal Investigator
    University of Hawaii at Hilo
  • Discipline: Space science | Technology
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media | Planetarium and Science on a Sphere | Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs

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