Presentation 1 : Oral/Invited
JA-HOU
T.Handa
HOU activities in Japan Current activities related to HOU
in Japan are reported. Practical applications along the original HOU
curriculum are curried out at several places. At the Science Museum
Tokyo a part of main course is used in a course for applicants of
repeated visitors of the museum. HOU curriculum for Junior high school
was translated into Japanese and it is used at a Junior high school in
Tokyo. "Jupiter project 2002" was done under coordination of JA-HOU
Teachers. The project to make "Spectrum Curriculum" was finished in
Japanese language. English version for international users is under
progress by JA-HOU Teachers. The first draft of English version is
finished in some sections. To increase accessibility and supply of
real astronomical image data "Kitanomaru Interactive Telescope" (KIT)
was built at the rooftop of the Science Museum Tokyo. It is run by
JA-HOU. KIT can be remotely operated through the Internet. At present
test operations have started under steering of the KIT administration
group. Some related but non-HOU activities are also reported here.
The project "Umigame (Turtle) Live", which is online monitoring
project using an Internet camera under sea, is carried out by some
JA-HOU teachers and Internet freaks in Japan. An interstellar
cruising software "HippLiner" is developed by JA-HOU teachers and
collaborators. The viewpoint and viewing angle can be moved through an
insterstellar space and a viewing mode can be changed
interactively. It is helpful to understand a 3 dimensional
distribution of stars around Sun. It is used in a live-show at the
Science Museum Tokyo.
Presentation 2 : Oral/Invited
JAHOU curriculum on Spectroscopy, latest status
T.Handa, R.Furusho, T.Arai, I.Harada, Y.Kakeya, T.Kawabata, T.Nagai, O.Oshima
In modern astronomy spectroscopic studies are very important. However,
we have not quick introduction for astronomical spectroscopy as a
counter part of astronomical imaging in HOU curriculum. To improve the
situation JA-HOU teachers made a "spectrum curriculum" as a minimum
course to understand spectroscopic studies in modern astronomy. We have
finished the first version textbook/work book, which is written in Japanese.
We start to distribute it for JA-HOU teachers to evaluate how effective it is.
We start to transrate whole texts in English with some additional JA-HOU
teachers for international use.
Presentation 3 : Oral/Invited
Japan: JAHOU Automated and Large Japanese Telescopes overview
Presentation 4 : Oral/Invited
The Universe liveshow in the Science Museum at Tokyo
Conventional planetariums are designed to understand the planet motion
on sky viewing from Earth. It gave a conceptual impact for people
about planetary motion on the sky by changing the time rate of motion.
The latest digitalized planetariums can move the viewpoint in the
solar system. It gives another impact which comes from relation
between apparent motions of planets on the sky and their actual
motions in space. However, we have many other conceptual impacts from
many results of mordern astronomy. Using computer graphics and
simulations we can show these latest impacts to many people. To
realize it we have made and play the "universe liveshow" in the
Scicence Museum Tokyo. It is composed by several sections: online
remote astronomical observations, traveling in the solar system,
cruising in an interstellar space, interactive talk on radio
astronomy, gravitational interaction between two galaxies, light ray
affected by gravitation, and others. The liveshow is conducted by one
of the reserved scientists, which enable an interactive style and give
extendable talk to background sciences. The conductor scientists also
introduce a larger reservoir of scientists in various scientific
fields and from the reservoir a scientist comes the show and gives a
talk with a conductor scientist.
Presentation 5 : Practical demonstration
HippLiner, a new presentation software to get a concept of star field in space :
T.Handa, T.Nomoto
We have made a software to present 3 dimensional distribution of nearby stars aroud Sun. The software is named "HippLiner" after its funtion of free flight between most of stars in Hipparcus catalog.
Using the software we can present a distribution of stars. HippLiner has two presentation modes; "view" and "map" modes. Using them we can show how look like the costellations on othre stars and disk-like distribution in large scale, which is a mordern version of "Kepteyn's Galaxy". HippLiner also shows proper motions of stars in three directions and we can show the constellations a million years ago and after.
Presentation 6 : Remote Observation
KIT: Kitanomaru Interactive Telescope
T.Handa, Kaoru Kimura and Vivian Hoette
We have made a software to present 3 dimensional
distribution of nearby stars aroud Sun. The software is named
"HippLiner" after its funtion of free flight between most of stars in
Hipparcus catalog. Using the software we can present a distribution
of stars. HippLiner has two presentation modes; "view" and "map"
modes. Using them we can show how look like the costellations on othre
stars and disk-like distribution in large scale, which is a mordern
version of "Kepteyn's Galaxy". HippLiner also shows proper motions of
stars in three directions and we can show the constellations a million
years ago and after.