Educational resources in astronomy
The Online Observatory project offers educational activities for schools and students of all ages.
The project is run by a consortium of astronomers from Denmark, Norway, Finland, Latvia and the UK, and is funded by an EU Erasmus+ grant.
Through OO, users can access a variety of educational classroom resources, free software, data archives and even make use of robotic and remotely controlled telescopes located around the world.
OO will help bring the universe into your classroom!
Here you can see a small selection of the resources we offer. Click on the Resources tab to see the full range of classroom materials available through OO.
We give virtual tours of five European historical observatories. Whether you are planning to visit any of our observatories, or just curious to how they look – enjoy!
The first guided tours are still under development…
There are many online data archives about exoplanets, so here we have gathered together some of the better ones. Most of these will provide you with up-to-date information on the current status of exoplanet discoveries, including new results from the NASA TESS mission. NASA Exoplanet Archive: This is a very up-to-date and comprehensive data archive …
“Stars are much like humans. They are born, live their lives and die.” Ilgmars Eglitis, astronomer Observing the spectra of stars allows us to look deep into their origin and characteristics. A large catalog of star spectra exists at Baldone Observatory in Latvia, which is being made available online this year. In the picture above, …
In astrophotography, colours are treated in different ways – telescopes generally do not take colour pictures, but use special filters to capture light in particular parts of the optical spectrum (e.g. red light only). This interactive app from the Faulkes Telescope project will show you how colour images are made using different filters, combining them …
Continue reading “Learning about colours in astro photography”
We are a collaboration of five European observatories with key interests in making astronomy accessible for young students. Our project was started in 2018 and is funded by the European Union through an Erasmus+ grant.
