July 15th, 2008 - June 30th, 2011 | PROJECT
400 Years of the Telescope was an interactive, multimedia project enabling the public to participate in real and virtual telescope experiences, understand the far reaching advances that the telescope has made possible, and discover how technology, science, and society are interconnected. Partners included PBS (Southern Oregon Public Television - SOPTV), Interstellar Studios, Leading astronomers and science writers, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), Carnegie Science Center (Buhl Planetarium) and 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i. A two-hour, high-definition documentary, aired twice on PBS in 2009, kicking off the International Year of Astronomy.
Project Website(s)
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Project Products
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231285/
Team Members
Kris Koenig, Principal Investigator, Interstellar StudiosJames Manning, Co-Principal Investigator, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Rose Tseng, Co-Principal Investigator, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Mark Stanislawski, Co-Principal Investigator, PBS
Shawn Laatsch, Co-Principal Investigator, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 0813414
Funding Amount: 3090060
Tags
Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Space science | Technology
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Broadcast Media | Media and Technology | Museum and Science Center Programs | Planetarium and Science on a Sphere | Public Programs