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The STAR CENTRE at Sheffield Hallam University

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

John H Parkinson ,
D. Ashton ,
K. Atkin  and
B. Harrison
John H Parkinson
Affiliation:
School of Science and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Pond Street, Sheffield S1 1WB
D. Ashton
Affiliation:
School of Science and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Pond Street, Sheffield S1 1WB
K. Atkin
Affiliation:
School of Science and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Pond Street, Sheffield S1 1WB
B. Harrison
Affiliation:
School of Science and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University, Pond Street, Sheffield S1 1WB

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The Star Centre is a national astronomy and space science base which

  1. facilitates public access to news and information

  2. promotes public awareness, interest, enjoyment and understanding.

The Star Centre meets these twin aims by providing an information service which can be accessed in a variety of ways and by offering a menu of public observing events.

The concept of a national astronomy base developed as part of the Centre for Science Educations growing portfolio of initiatives in both the formal education sector and the wider umbrella of the Public Understanding of Science. In December 1996 the Star Centre was launched with the aid of a Royal Society COPUS development grant and matching funding from Sheffield Hallam University.

Type
Section Five
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 162: New Trends in Astronomy Teaching , 1998 , pp. 185 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © 1996