Why every observatory needs a disco ball
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2024
Commercial disco balls provide a safe, effective and instructive way of observing the Sun. We explore the optics of solar projections with disco balls, and find that while sunspot observations are challenging, the solar disk and its changes during eclipses are easy and fun to observe. We explore the disco ball's potential for observing the moon and other bright astronomical phenomena.
solar eclipses
the Sun
pinhead mirrors
astronomy
pinhole optics
informal learning
Författare
Robert Cumming
Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium
Alexander Pietrow
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Livia Pietrow
Universiteit Leiden
Maria Cavallius
Stockholms universitet
Dominique J.M. Petit dit de la Roche
Université de Genève
Casper Pietrow
Universiteit Leiden
Ilane Schroetter
Universite Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
Moa Skan
Stockholms universitet
Physics Education
0031-9120 (ISSN) 13616552 (eISSN)
Vol. 59 2 025012Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)
Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi
Infrastruktur
Onsala rymdobservatorium
DOI
10.1088/1361-6552/ad1fa0