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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!
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