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Digitala Astronomdagarna 2021

21–22 Oct 2021
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Europe/Zurich timezone

Session

Astronomical Culture

3
21 Oct 2021, 16:20
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Conveners

Astronomical Culture

  • Gasper Kukec Mezek (Linnaeus University)

Astronomical Culture

  • Gasper Kukec Mezek (Linnaeus University)

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  1. 4. The dance of celestial bodies: Embodied astronomy learning
    Elias Euler (Lund University)
    21/10/2021, 16:20
    Talk

    Explaining the dynamics of a binary star system can be a tricky task, especially for students that may not be confident in using the disciplinary discourse of physics and astronomy. In this talk, we examine video data of a pair of physics students, showing how they successfully reason about binary star motion without the terminology of Newtonian mechanics, but rather by recruiting their bodily...

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  2. 11. The VASCO project: the 2021 update
    Dr Beatriz Villarroel (Nordita)
    21/10/2021, 16:30
    Talk

    The “Vanishing & Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations” (VASCO) project uses existing survey data to search for exceptional/unknown astrophysical transients (see Villarroel et al. 2020) that might occur during a 70 years of time baseline, in particular vanishing objects. The broad set of astrophysical goals range from searching for natural astrophysical objects e.g. Active...

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  3. 15. Outreach for sustainability, science capital and a future in space at Onsala Space Observatory's new visitor centre
    Robert Cumming (Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology)
    22/10/2021, 11:45
    Talk

    Space and astronomy offer important opportunities for helping young people to increase their science capital. Motivated also by the UN's sustainability goals and the challenge of Earth's changing climate, Chalmers is building a new visitor centre and exhibition covering space and astronomy technology at Onsala Space Observatory, with kids in years 2-9 as a main target audience. We present...

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  4. 29. How can we better support young researchers?
    Emily Freeland (Stockholm University)
    22/10/2021, 11:55
    Talk

    I will present a handful of initiatives that we, the Swedish astronomical community, could choose to implement to support young researchers. In our current system, these groups (PhD students and postdocs) are the most vulnerable to exploitation, bullying, and general insecurity in their career situation.

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