Presentation 1 : Poster
Education and public outreach at Haute-Provence Observatory
S. Ilovaisky and J.-P. Sivan
Haute-Provence Observatory (south of France) is a medium-sized
observing facility with 1.9m, 1.5m, 1.2m and 0.8m telescopes open to professional astronomers and qualified students from France and abroad.
Instrumentation offered includes CCD imaging and spectroscopy.
Haute-Provence Observatory hosts different education-related activities involving hands-on astronomical observations for graduates, undergraduates and advanced high-school students. The observatory is open to daytime visits by the general public on Wednesdays.