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The Nanango TIE QUT Observatory (NTQO) is a joint collaboration between the following parties:
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Telescopes In Education (TIE),a
NASA education outreach program supported by a number of institutions and many
volunteers worldwide.
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The Queensland University of Technology (QUT), one of Australia's largest universities,
providing undergraduate and postgraduate programs in most professional disciplines for over 40,000 students from 80
countries world wide.
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Stuart Range Observatory (SRO), an astronomical facility owned and operated by Jim and Lyn Barclay, which is dedicated to
research and education.
Our purpose is to deliver the opportunity for school students and community groups from around the world to remotely control research-quality telescopes and CCD cameras via the Internet from their local computer. This will give students and teachers a real-time, hands-on interactive environment to explore, helping to establish a broad cross-discipline skill-base demonstrated by a real-world application.
Although the program is aimed specifically at student groups, there will exist provision for community groups such as Scouts/Guides to gain access to the telescopes. NTQO will also provide the general public with free access to a library of astronomical images that have been acquired with the telescopes.
The Queensland University of Technology will act as the host institution for TIE facilities in Australia (the installation at SRO
being the first), and will manage the NTQO site in conjunction with the Stuart Range Observatory and Telescopes In Education.
Students from QUT's Faculty of Science will have the opportunity to use the telescopes for research projects, and students in the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering will work on the technology systems during their studies. The Education Faculty is also looking to incorporate use of the observatory into their student teaching program.
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The NTQO Team: Jim Barclay, Gilbert Clark, Mark León and Duncan Campbell |
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