Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21521003a&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #210.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.417
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
From Earth to the Universe (FETTU) is a collection of astronomical images that showcase the most dramatic views of our Universe. The images represent the incredible variety of astronomical objects that are known to exist - planets, comets, stars, nebulae, galaxies and the clusters in which they congregate - and are being exhibited in over 250 locations throughout the world in 2009 and 2010 as part of the International Year of Astronomy. The FETTU project was originally conceived to last beyond 2009 because of the scale of the exhibits, the logistical and monetary investments made, and the ongoing interest in the displays. Therefore the FETTU images were cleared for use in public locations through 2010 with the understanding that existing panels would continue to be used while they were still in good physical shape. In the United States, we will have two traveling versions still ongoing in 2010. We have also proposed to create a smaller FETTU exhibit that would be cheaper and even easier to disseminate in more rural or under-served areas of the US, and we hope to propose for additional monies to keep the current version of the NASA-funded traveling FETTU exhibits (for sighted and non-sighted communities) distributed throughout the US beyond 2010. Based on the preliminary evaluations currently underway, this project -- the first of its kind as a large-scale, worldwide astronomy outreach in non-traditional locations -- has been a success. We will present some of the early findings about the impact of the exhibit as well as the on-going efforts for 2010 and beyond.
Arcand Kimberly
Watzke Megan
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