AstroArt Workshop: Beauty of the Heavens

In this incredible experience we will combine art and the beautiful universe using NASA's MicroObservatory during this week-long workshop for ages 7-17.  We'll also compare objects in space to things we see in the earth's oceans. You'll be working with an astronomer, Kevin Manning, who was a Consultant for NASA, worked with space telescopes, and won an international award for Astro-creativity.

Kevin will guide you through requesting images from robotic telescopes and process those images like professional astronomers do. Cosmic Images Across the Spectrum will require using a search engine to locate and download images of the selected object taken by detectors sensitive to various frequencies in:

• radio
• infrared
• ultraviolet
• X-rays
• gamma rays

and assemble with the processed visible image.

Then, information for each selected object, such as:

• type of object
• when discovered and by who
• constellation found in
• celestial coordinates
• apparent and true size
• brightness, etc.

will be compiled onto a page or "block" and submitted to be added to a cyber “Cosmic Quilt.” Color poster-sized printouts of all blocks submitted can be assembled for a physical Cosmic Quilt and put on display as an exhibit for all to see.  This is just the beginning of several multidisciplinary and multi-themed projects that will have extraordinary tangible results. You've never seen anything like this before!