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Workshop activities

Through the Hands-On Universe program, students were introduced to image processing of real astronomical data.

 

 

 

 

Students are learning about parsec measurement by doing angle measurments of their fists

 

 

Results of parsec measurements

 

This student understands parsecs by measuring the angle between the yardsticks

 

To understand parallax, students see how objects appear viewed from different angles

 

 

Teacher Michael Lane uses parallax to calculate the distance between Jupiter and Io